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Show HUFF OF BUTTER ISJMHEB Compelled to Show Their Hand. J Creameries Beg Like a Whipped Child. I I FALSE LABELS ON PRODUCT MUST BE DESTROYED State Food Commissioner Lays Down tho Law to Makers of Watered Butter. State Food and Dairy Commissioner John Peterson's report to the governor Monday on tho questionable methods employed by some of tho butter manufacturers manu-facturers in this city, besides sustaining sustain-ing the allegations of Tho Tribune, threw a bomb into tho camp of tho' guilty creameries. F. W. Jonson of the Jensen Cream- cry company called upon Mr. Peterson Peter-son early Tuesdaj' morning, not to offer to post another forfeit of $200 for tho expenses of an investigating commission and .300 for charity, but to "get right," as he expressed it to Mr. Peterson. Mr. Peterson quickly showed him how to get right. "Removo your butter labels which proclaim that the butter is from tested cows, that this butter is delivered from the churn to the table, and that that butter is mndo from pure cream, sterilized steril-ized and pasteurized, and handled according ac-cording to the best scientific methods of modern butter-making, regardless of expense," volunteered Mr. Peterson. "Cut out the label proclaiming ecrgs that havo been in storage since last spring as nowly laid, fresh epes. " False Labels No More. Mr.. Jensen appeared willing to remedy rem-edy these matters, but pleaded with Mr. Peterson to give him somo time to uso up from 20.000 to 30,000 cartons on hand bearing tho extravagant and misleading praises of the foodstuffs they wero intended to contain. Mr. Peterson Peter-son was relentless, however, and the cartons will go to the rubbish' pile. Theso cartons are mado in tho cast, labels and all, liko somo. of tho ingredients ingre-dients of the product thej' arc alleged to contain ovcntually are shipped hero at tho order of tho local creameries. "Now for the food adulterators, thronph the legislature, " declared Mr. Peterson Tuesday afternoon. "Talk about watered stock! Thoso butter adulterators can beat any 'high financier finan-cier on this proposition a block. Tho peopio of Salt Lake City aro daily paying pay-ing -10 cents a pound for thousands of pounds of watered butter. Must Cut Out, Water. , "This is rather expensive, this paying pay-ing 40 cents for a pound of water, and I propose to stop it through tho next legislature, if it is in my power to do so. T will introduco a bill placing tho butter standard at S-i per cent puro butter fat a pound. This will have the effect of prohibiting tho butter manufacturer manu-facturer from incorporating so much water and cuid and other ingredients called over-run into thoir butter." Mr. Peterson will also attempt to get a bill through tho logislaturo wherehy thc shipping of poultry aud other like fowls into the slate with the ent'V'i still in them will bo prohibited. Keanv oven other state in the union has such a law aud Mr. Peterson- believes that Utah should havo one, too. i |
