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Show NTW TORK, Jan. 1. Tha pur food legislation enacted at tha last Congreaa bacomea operative today. The author of the bill believe it will pat atop to the aale of ' adulterated and impure foods, drugs, confectionery and liquor. Tha abusea sought to bo corrected, it is asserted, are numberless, after . it will be possible for cod sum era to know precisely what they are receiving for their money. Articles under the heads already enumerated will have to be what they purport to be, if the law i complied with. A large number of inspectors working work-ing under the supervision of the Department De-partment of Agriculture will watch dealers of all sorts to see that they do not violate the law. Offenses against the law will be punishable pun-ishable by lae or imprisonment or both. It will be illegal to manufacture any article of food or drug which is mis-branded mis-branded or adulterated. Convictions for an offense against this provision may be followed by a fine not exceed' ing $500, and subsequent convietiona by a fine of $1,000 or a year 'a imprisonment impris-onment or both. It is Considered a certainty that as a result of the law certain brands of iams, preserves and canned goods will be all but driven out of the market, because the law stipulates that all goods must be properly labeled. As all liquors in bottles offered for sale at bars must be labeled, what ia known to drinkers as "straight rye" whisky must be- designated "pure." Bottles containing so-called blended whisky must be marked in such a wit as truthfully to describe the contents, but exactly the form of such labels has not yet been fixed by the Department of Agriculture 'a experte. |