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Show :ITATL CHEMIST IAS ' MOGH 10 CCIS lerman H. Harms, in Bi-scnnlal Bi-scnnlal Report, Notes Prog-' Prog-' ress Made. At'.a:r aro iu suoh I''t-iUnt shu'V ! i pt'- -" t no n T of 1 1 o r nut u H . a : iv. s , s i a t o hen: is : , that h o h as io WT.'.ir.oiulalioi to niakt to t ho ov-;nor ov-;nor in his luonnial rorort in the ovoruor 's otru t vtterav. Ho will cov.r in rtvoir.r.u-uutiotis for the ad-jir.vVTnr.t ad-jir.vVTnr.t of oth;r dopartiiioiits, to, hi:h bo is rolatoa. stwh as the dniry ai foci bureau. Mr. Hrm$ notes in bis report tbat "tab is one of tbo ioromo.H stares in he union in tbo matter of pure food iwj snJ their enforcement. Th pr.lv o is better prouvwM hero, ho avers. ain:-t inferior and uuwho!;somo food rodu'ts than iu rr.oit state. rig:ilance Is Rewarded. "Ctah 15 oo longer tbo dumpiu round for unscrupulous uiarmf aoturers o unload their adulterated stint with ;biv.h no honest manutaoturer can com-ete, com-ete, ' ' says to report. " Yet the oe-artmont oe-artmont oac-.iot and must not rrinx it- i'iiance, to keep up the nigh standard trained at present." "It is a- pleasure to note," be cen-inucs, cen-inucs, "that Utah ranks high, not only c various food laws and entorooment o: ben:, but a-o in sanitary regulations, r. which most of the other states have itberto taken but little interest. Ve.r-herr-tore it ratifyira to note t::at he vbaracter ot the food supply iu tho rate ot Utah is continually improving. Cot oniv are the adu'.teraiions grown;; ess an d less, b u t the q u a i t y of t h e oc-J it soli is of a much higher st3ud-,rd st3ud-,rd than in fonuer years." The report goes on to say that while be price c' food hss advanced in Utah s e the consumer today is cv.lJ'. ,::t:r- more value tor his : oney hin he did in former years v'r-'n a poorer jjrade of ioodstu5s obtained. ppreciates Co-operation. The e h e x i s - pa y s a tribute to the r ero bants and m3nr.1actv.rers ot the rate, the ma iority ot whom, ho pays, re co-orratin? with the department n the pure food work and posr-ess the terlir-ii ip.ialities ot reliability, :airn-:ss .ni honesty. With a few xeeit:on?.! :e avers, they will not knowingly handle ; duiterated or misbrunded foods- j Education of the merchants and the I tublio as to tie value of befer food ! ? a far more potent force in the work ban the prosecution of offenders, be j ornts out. In this connection he com- diments the. press of the state, which 1 as. without exception, he says, sided ' bo 100 i department in very poss:b.e 1 ray. The prss. is of particular value. e say?, in holding up Violators oi' the l iw to the rurnous effects of pv.hiicity. j -hich they have come to fear far more ban they fear proserin ion ami a fine, "he press also has aided by tbo ri:s$ein-lation ri:s$ein-lation of is:t relstive to foods. ias Accomplished Much. Burins the two years covered in The e p o rt the chemist has made 1 3 9 inalyses cf food proiuc" and 132 icalvses uf water and ic- Of the 'nod" samples 1122 pas-ed the -standard i reqniremenT? and 41? samptes or ood and c rinks, r.ot mcitidtn water. 1 -ere not ra$?ei bo'-aus1 of the dis- overv of adulterations, misbranding or her faults. In this conne-ction he re-rarks re-rarks that probably less than one-:enth one-:enth of one per cet of the foods now in th markets in this state f?dl within he class of adulterated foc:is. His ms-yses were made only of tan pies of :eo a that had fallen under suspicion. The chem:5" writes strongly on the ark of a full weight iar and its en-:nr en-:nr cement in this state. TTtah is one f the only two rtates in the union '"here I'ss than s:xr.ern ounces of but-:er but-:er mav be sold leeaiiy in a nar.kag-e. :e declares. TTnderweiE'ht butter is he rule rather than the exception here, le declare?. The report add?: "There 9 eo fiixteen-ounce butter on the mat-:et mat-:et except a few instances of ranch cutter sold in a limited w-av. The pubic pub-ic is largely to blame for its apathy oward enforcement of a. full weight aw.J' Sutter Problem Vexes. Durirz the two year 3 402 samples of yjtter were examined and 251 failed .0 pais for lack of proper weight, misbranding mis-branding and rancidity. Tbo butter problem, he says, hi- grven his depart-nect depart-nect more trouble than anything elre. Mr. Harms reports that a thorough :e?t of alcohol on sale in drug stores, saloons and other places shows it to be, u the whole, well up to standard. He :otes improvement in the baking pow-ier pow-ier sold on the local markets. The general condition of canned goods he :oi;nd excellent, born the local products md those shipped in from other states. :hey arc freed from adulterations and lis "only criticism is short weight in, ome instances. viost Candy Found Pure, In a syecial rep-ort on candy he de-lared de-lared tnre has been vast improvement improve-ment in this product's manufacture. Very little adulteration exit's. iivn;e time ago, he rela tp. ir. was liscovered that alcohol from rum. ; h er rv v d n e and b ra n d y . vth :-. h ;? i n 2 j.-ed as fillers in choeoiatcs. .$ this is igaint the law the practice was topped immediately and has been lhandoned bv all manufacturers in th! tate, hp reports. While it lasted, hov? 'ver, the dealers had built up a re-r.arkable re-r.arkable demand for this class oi andy. partiirularly amonff boys and ;drls in the upper schools, he remarks. (ie recommends that small dealers he nade to handle their candies in nior '.ygienic and santiary manner. The chemist's report is the first cf ;he biennial reports to the governor vet to be received. It cover- th hi-f hi-f anium ending X o v e m b p r 3 r' . It is neatlv bound and contains about 20'"' |