Show PROBLEMS Of I PEOPLE SHAll EAT j TO BE DISCUSSED AT A. NEW EW ORLEANS MEET Pr Problems bl nis of much Interest to consumers ers and manufacturers of the Intermountain tain country are to enter entel prominently Into the tho discussions at the annual convention convention convention con con- of the th Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments in New ew Orleans November 29 23 to December 2 This afternoon Gov William Spry Willard Hansen f tate state food tood and dairy commissioner and Herman Harms state chemist left for New Orleans to take part in the program and to see that reso- reso arc are adopted in favor of Utah in in In- Among the problems to be discussed at atthe atthe atthe the convention which are of or Interest locally lo locally locally lo- lo cally are bleached beached flour butter JUer substitutes substitutes weights and measures flour O weights and shrinkage labeling and uniformity uniformity uniformity uni uni- of laO laws laOs s The bleached flour question is one which h has been put off of in Utah because of the controversy In the tho east Despite tho the fact that bleached flour ha has been ad adjUdged adjudged adjudged ad- ad judged b by the federal courts court as impure because of the process necessary in the bleaching there is a public demand for forthe forthe forthe the product The unbleached flour Is isgen gen generally rall b believed to be h heavier avier and is is not pure white For that reason it is not as attractive to the housewife as is the pure white flour which has passed through the bleaching room The Tho eye of the housewife is of more importance than the quality of the flour flom The matter u. u u of ot restricting bleached flour from the market will rec receive lve deep consideration at atthe the tho convention Utah Standard Is High The standard standard of milk milk 0 products is important important important im im- I and will receive much tion Man Many of or the dairymen complain that tho the Utah standard is too high and for that reason the dairy dalry business bushless is in In- In In connection with the milk tests test means of rIdding th country of ot diseased milk cows will be devised The Thc recent agitation regarding the use of oleomargarine and other othor substitutes for buU butter r will be considered There has been some complaint about oleomargarine not being pure p and for that reason not desirable Practical talks arranged after long tests will be he given by emin eminent nt professors professors professors pro pro- from various parts of the country There is a great deal of agitation re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding weights and measures False bottoms In boxes cheap and unreliable scales and measures and other things will willbe willbe be he condemned at the convention James H. H Wallis of Idaho will speak on this subject subject sub sub- j ct and som some changes In the weights and measures of the country probably will be advocated Charges have been made mad in many states that a pound of butter sometimes weighs as little as thirteen thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen ounces Shortages also are found In flour coffee and many other articles About That Shrinkage The matter of how much a sack of flour flom shrinks while in storage will willbe be discussed discussed discussed dis dis- cussed by Prof Prot J. J T T. Willard food ana- ana state board Aboard of health Topeka Kan Kan- who has completed a a. series of tests A As flour dries out it is said it loses wel weigh weight ht rapidly and the millers claim that as the reason that a pound fifty sack of flour sometimes weigh 0 as as little as forty-five forty pounds Tho The results of experiments of Professor Willard Villard to determine the shrinkage should be Interesting and th data an important feature in the discussion discussion discussion discus discus- sion of oi legislation on weights and meas meas- There is a move on foot all an over the United States to force manur manufacturers to place upon the label Of their products the name of the manufacturer the wei weight ht of tho the contents of the package or 01 can the contents of the can and the ingredients ingredients of the contents These changes have been suggested as s the best means of re regulating manufacturers manufacturers and holding them within within the bounds of the law Probably the most important matter to tot t the e intermountain mountain states will wUl be the consideration consideration con con- of uniform laws This is an important matter to manufacturers as aswell aswell w well ll as to consumers At present ent some articles of food which are made in the cast east contain certain percentages of benzoate benzoate benzoate ben- ben of soda This might pass under the laws of the eastern state tate but would not be permitted on the markets of Utah or Idaho Candies containing certain artificial arti arti- coloring matter might pass inspection inspection inspection tion here but would be rejected from the market in other states This proposition has worked man many hardships on manufacturers making it necessary for them to change their labels for the different states and to chan change e the ingredients of the products probably for each state in which the products go It ItIs Itis is now proposed to make uniform laws law all over the United States Slates which will give the manufacturers a a. standard to work upon The convention proba probably ly vill bo the tho mo most t Important from a food standpoint ever held The resolutions adopted will willero ero go a long way toward being placed in the form of laws Jw fY y the legislatures of the various states tes |