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Show ! 1 PURITY OF PEOPLE'S f FOOD HELD TO BE ! 1 IN DANGER i'Vigorou Opposition to Pro- posed Elimination of State Dairy Bureau 1 L'l ' it Oretory, statistics and technical and J sihtI debate constituted the volley 5 -tf criticism fired yesterday against the t; " bill of Representative Day- providing ," lor the consolidation of the atate dairy nd food bureau with the atate board i "" ft health. The storm of protest oc-,-' eurred at a publio hearing on the lsj 3 efore the Joint agricultural commlt- ee nt the two houses. . 1 W. M. Hoyden, atate dairy and food j ;iJrommtssioner, led a fiery attack upon " CANNING INDUSTRY INTERESTED Ex-Senator John M. Barnes of ''-JCaysville, representing tha canning In--i dustry of the state, opposed the mea- -aure on the ground that all that has '"been gained by tha atate In the way of 'T tlon through the dairy and food bu- . pure food lawj and sanitary Inspec-Teau Inspec-Teau would be lost. Mr. Barnea said " that, while ha wu In favor of a re-ductlon re-ductlon of taies, ha would be willing is T TT r enntinua thy . work of tha department. - 8tat Chemist Herman Harms, one " of tha oldeat offlciala of the state In I" jHjInt of servlea.and who was instru- mental in framing the first pura food laws of Utah, reviewed the accom-' accom-' pllshments of tha dairy and food de-mZ de-mZ part men t alnca Its organization. He . declared that to consolidate the de-. de-. partment with the board of health '-would weaken 4he chances of main-"talnlng main-"talnlng the present high standards of food products. jAVE8 PEOPLE MONEY. i!in T. U Irvine, city sealer of weights And measures, submitted statistics purporting to show what the loss in " money would be to t'tah If he rigid ,,T"lnapectlon work la not continued. He M- SMld the present department not only " -protects tha health of eitimns, but also ""protects their pocketbooka. In 1S20, Mr. Irvine said, there were .t.lsfi.OvO pounds of butter manufuc-ur-d In Utah. Ha declared that If '"-tha standard weight required by law "' nad been reduced one ounca on each v. pound, tha people would have paid -,,!106.000 for something they did not re- '4-eive. He said 13,000.000 loaves of " tires J were baked last year and S 1 1 0. ''000 would have been lost to the public 'through a reduction of ona ounca per . Joar. k Mr. Irvine aal.l tha I'nlted Rtates government recognised the efficiency of dairy and food and weight Inspec-tlon Inspec-tlon in Utah and ranked It aa the , leaillng state fn standardisation. IV ' |