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Show Food Inspector Says. Rig Creameries Cream-eries Are Selling Putrid Product. -A MENAGE TO HEALTH OF SAIP LAKE PEOPLE Serious Indictment of Men Engaged En-gaged in Manufacture of Table Staples. That some dciinito action to prevent the sale of unwholesome- and rancid butter in this c-it.v will be taken b3f the health authorities here in a few da3'S Js uovr assured by Waller Prazier, cit3' food inspector, who said Ved11esda3' that he had found evidence of a gross fraud in the manufacture and sale of butter by Creameries, and proposed pro-posed to prosecute offenders to the full extent of (he law. Ho said ho intended to have warrants issued for the arrest of two dealers, who have violated the pure- food ordinances of the ny, and hopes to have other warrants To:uy as soon as the necessary evidence can be collected. Examination of tho affairs of two large creameiy companies, com-panies, ho said, has revealed a state of affairs that is shocking, nnd discloses dis-closes an attempt to make exceptionally excep-tionally high profits in Ihc sale of butter at the expense of the health of I the people of I he 1'oinmunitv that al- most surpasses the bounds of belief. The health authorities claim to have secured evidence that these two concerns con-cerns have been purchasing butter from Eastern sources, placing it in cold storage, and after the lapse of nenrh- a 3'oar, placing some of it. on sale as the fresh product, and reclaiming reclaim-ing the rest and selling it as fresh churned butler of their own manufacture. manufac-ture. Mr. Erazier said that although tho butter may have becu "fresh churned," there was, nevertheless, evidence evi-dence Io show that it was not newty manufactured, and was not, consequently, conse-quently, their own product, tn addition addi-tion he said it was not onl3' not fresh butter, but in many cases was rancid, rotten, and unfit for use. It was sold, he said, at the regular price charged for the best butter. Butter Overworked. "Regarding the butter which had been kept in cold storage, Air. Prazier said ' it had been claimed by the creameries ! that it was in some cases worked over for use in cooking, but' examination showed much of it was sold as the best quality of butter. It had been claimed 113- the creameries that some of the butter but-ter which was worked over had been handled to remove the excess of moisture, which resulted from' its being kept in cold storage too long; 3'ct a j chemical test of that butter, sii3:s Mr. . J'Vazicr, showed there was too little J moisture, and that the butter had ' been worked until as much as possible of tho moisture had been removed, probabh- to cut. down the weight, and thus save freight charges. Tho butter, ho said, was nearly of the consistenc3-of consistenc3-of common lard, and uulit for use as butter. "There is evidence to show," said Mr, Prazier, "that, fheso two concerns have purchased butter during the spring of 107, in some cases not later than May 20 or June 5, placed it in cold storage, aud filial' taken it out and sold it during the past winter at high prices. It appears that, a good deal of butter placed in storage during the latter part of the past 3'car is still there, and that butter placed there last spring is still being sold after being worked over." Besides the direct ovidence from the creameries thomselves, he sa3's, there arc also the complaints of 'retail and wholesalo dealers all over the city regarding re-garding tho butter which they have received re-ceived from the creameries as pure, butter, and for which the3- have paid the full price, only to have it returned re-turned to them 1)3 their customers as rancid and unfit to eat. Mr. Prazier asserts that one retail grocer said ho had received back from one of his customers a quantity of bad butter, with instructions that his man need not call at that place again. It has been said that mairy of the grocers and small dealers about tho city are great I3- exercised over the matter, since in some instances they arc legally responsible as purvc3ors of impure foods, which tbe3" have purchased pur-chased in good faith from the creameries. cream-eries. Tho3' claim thc3' have no protection pro-tection from tho creameries, since the3' arc expected to supphy their ens lomcrs with butter, and this the3' cannot do without dealing with the creameries, which control practicalb all of the outyut in the vicinUy of Salt Lake. One merchant, who" 'formerly manufactured butter, claims that he was forced to go out, of business because be-cause he was under bid 1)3 the largo creameries for tho purchase t)f butter and cream. Crusade for Good Fruit. Besides tho complaints against tho creameries. Mr. Prazier has sfarled a |