Show PURE FOOD A HAS MERITS affects all manufactures in weeding n out the spurious and adulterated the enactment of ho pure food law last june combined with th the shortage ot of crous crops in the indies south america and mexico has produced an in unusual state ot of affairs in the cocoa and chocolate world said arthur R kline Eales salesman nann tor for runkle dros company pis this this has been a peculiar year in many r respects he continued for instance the pecan crop has been smaller than usual and as is a result pecans are selling for 75 and SO 80 cents a pound shelled while the usual price per pound Is but 40 cents cocoa beans have advanced 75 per cent also the crop has not been really away below that hat of oc other seasons but buthe the pure food law aw lias has forced all manufacturers rs anlo using nothing but the cocoa bean in their products this has created an unusual demand which the ordinary crop cannot meet PARAFFIN USE prohibited the manufacturers who had a license to produce cocoa and chocolate so called heretofore have placed products of any old composition 0 upon the market the new law regulates the manufacture of these goods one re regulation 9 fort provides that not more than GO 60 per tent cent sugar can be used in ili a composition the best provision is the one making it unlawful to mix paraffin in cocoa this will save the he lives of thousands of infants it is not generally known but true nevertheless that hundreds of infants are killed monthly by cocoas coccas containing large jarge per cent of paraffin hereafter all products must be labeled and their various ingredients marked upon the can or bottle or package another change the pure food law has wrought is the marking of weights upon products heretofore products marked one pound cocoa must contain one half pound of cocoa regardless of its whole weight STATE LAWS NEEDED the changes affected are a source of gratification to the legitimate mail manufacturers as they have been annoyer by the competition of spurious adulterated articles sonic some large firms have retained former prices but a general advance is noticeable in the market A peculiar advance is that made by manufacturers who have maintained sto itly tillit their products are absolutely pure I 1 believe that a state pure food law Is an ex celent celle nt thin thing utah has one but there are only a few states which have and enforce them without such a law tl the le national bill is powerless as a state manufacturer might circulate inferior products in his home hom ghate Es E talk |