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Show LIQUOR DEALERS 1 GIVEN MUCUS Told What to Do and What Not to Do; Promise to Be Good. Sixty liquor dealers of tSalt Lake and Ogden learned yesterday afternoon from the state ! fedora I food and drug departments depart-ments what constitutes whisky, hraudy, rum and other spirituous beverages. The state dairy aud food bureau decided de-cided that the liquor dealers needed the information, since nearly two score samples sam-ples bought at Salt Lake and Ogden saloons sa-loons a mouth ago showed adulterations, adultera-tions, or misbranding, or short measure, meas-ure, or several such blemishes and h.le- I tractions. Accordingly the bureau called the dealers Lo a hearing at the capitol. On the promise of the 'saloonkeepers to ' ' he good'' and live up to the requirements re-quirements of ihe slate law, the bureau decided not to prosecute them. They expressed themselves, gratified to 'nave the opportunity of tailing things over with the bureau. The state dairy and food bureau has for its members State Senator Charles Oottrell, -Tr., .James Oaws.on, State Chemist Herman Harms and State Dairy and Food ("'omniissiuiier Heber C. Smith, who is ex-officio stato sealer of weights and menmires. They were all present, as were also T. L. Irvine 'and George Shorten, city inspectors of 1 weights aud measures for Salt Lakej and 0.rdenf respectively. The?e oft'i- j cials have co-operated with t lie state ; depari ment in detecting violations of the law regulating liquors. Requirements of the federal law? were explained at yesterday's conference confer-ence bv F. (" . Hart, division chief of I the federal food and drug ibureau. As the state law follows the federal law ' in almost every requirement, 1 he state bureau was gia'd of Mr. Hart's talk. Sniiie of the things that the liquor dealers must remember are; Whisky must never be In helf1 whisky unless it is at least 80 proof ' and unadulterated. If it is adulterated, a 'confession must be made on the label. The same applies ap-plies to brandy, rum nnd other be ve races. Short measure flasks must not be sold as full measure. A half-i half-i lit must be a half-pint, nothing Hot tics must not be mislabeled. Labels mu,.-t be frank and candid Ma lenient s about, the goods, with nothing cm-oaled. Mibt of the saloons which were found by the state officials to be ?dinrt- ; weiching, adulterating and misbranding were of" the second-rale type. Several. ' ommercial street 'booze Mores wres .ited. All the saloonkeepers Hereto grateful to the bureau for nt pressing Mic m-es at this time that they prom icd tn-t men-ly to reform their l.-ottl" gond-i. but to impru e the quabty ot : their whisky, jj The J.pi'ir dealers who were found lax I in Inc. uiNOMigations lat month wrrr especially cited to attend yesterday 's meeting, but an invitation 'was extended extend-ed to any liquor dealers interested to attend. Many did so. Two druggists who had been found selling adulterated alcohol were also present. They -were told that they must not do it again. On the whole, the alcohol alco-hol sold by druggists of the two cities was found to be very high grade. |
