Show written for this raper paper PURE FOOD SALT LARIC eny utah march 1896 the subject of pure pare food for the people lo Is one of vital vita importance and de mands manda th tb i attention of our present 1 ii w makere maker an aa it has that of englard and other european Europ fan nations nat lone tons it to la a duty they owe their constituents to protect them by law against any article of consumption imported or of home borne production that th at contains COOtS iDS the preservation of the health of the people of this or any other state demands such protection I 1 am informed there is a bill introduced regarding candy why oot not make it general in its ito application and broad enough in ito provisions to cover all food prod the follo following clippings pinga may be of service and draw the tb attention of our ou ar legislators to we the necessity of a to foi d lav haw protective in KB its measures me asuree the first is IB irom from a utah paper 1886 and the pamphlet referred to belonged tt to ray self I 1 was wai offered 60 50 not to publish it SOCRATES we have been shown a pamphlet making startling disclosures in the analysis aoa lyela of a well known brand of if vio egar by eminent aney report a alysee of the throe three samples with the following results fromont from of each no I 1 contained of acid no 2 bad 59 6 86 grain free sold acid and 17 irraine puh full auric acid in ul plia tep no 3 bad 67 grains free eul thurlo acid and 79 52 grains grain e ul pruno acid in sulphates toe the certini caten of these several analis a are ar from well known analytic aud aid consult ing chemists and are citified to becort a notary public other chemists certify corti fl to the belief that such auch vinegar to la it wilur fous to health one physician classes aoh such as iii another says saja that add acid is unwholesome ome in pr proportion portion to the per tent cent contained that it attacks the teeth vigorously and injures them A cor ner woo who is ie a tri medical edical man bays bay a tbt tb t burio acid to ie not one of the neat parts of it is a grauu to call much a mixture vinegar aric ther physician writes enat such vinegar in IB very destructive to the tissues times oi 01 the body and he be would not under any circumstances use the fluid the vinegar referred to lo was of eastern manu mann facture fao ture with a name calculated t ti deceive the public regarding its ito quality it at oue time was waa largely sold in this m burket arket other eastern vinegars brodi brought lut west way may be nearly so as cloan io in character the adulteration of food has baa beet beci we me tar far too common ant an it gladue people in hand to look for pure articles how ghow much adulterated honey Is i soia olo in chicag that li is hard bard to efell said dr 0 C butler president prent dent of tie te state bookkeepers 1 sion aeb ciati elation ons out oui here to la a great deal ot of glucose which is gold eold fur for honey galt it is IB sal al since ince august chicago has hae received tons tone ot of bobey some people say bay over over 1000 cuir has baa been uld sold the increase to ig all glucose coee adulteration la in wholly ton traine honey it is to li impossible for human sri an to produce real houey in the comb which to is not a bungling bung liuK anair affair I 1 conot aa aw an aim attempt by a celebrated ger to imitate the bee and the work looked fairly well veil until it was wan placed alongside of real honeycomb when it was evident it was a bad job beekeepers Bee keepers feel sore duref over the sale ale of f glucose for the real article and we will go before the legislature at ailts its next session and ask that it be made a crim inal ina offense lenae of the adulteration lowers loveri the price of honest honey and injures its ite baja aale at any price chicago tribune Tri tune the ohio obio state health commissioner commies ioner has published it a table snowing showing the number articles of food examined last lan year and ana the number of these found to be adulterated thirteen hundred and twenty nine dino Sa IDDles in all were examined and only found to be pure for instance in 67 samples of butter examined 25 were adulterated in 66 65 samples amples ot of buckwheat flour 26 25 were adulterates ateo in two samples of beer no jue was adulterated 9 samples of beet beer iron and wine all were aj lb ID cheese 7 out of 12 samples were adul aerated te rated in 7 samples of choup a al were impure baki ft powder 8 out of 6 jolly jelly 46 45 out of 60 50 maple syrup arup 6 5 ut ol of 16 15 impure mol molasses assee 10 out of 17 even oleomargarine Js Is immure and in ID 94 samples 91 were adulterated in 81 au dampley of vl VI neger Deger 68 58 were impure and in 62 52 out of 64 were adulterated te rated J in some classes of goods the report biays more than three fourths of the articles placed upon the market were lu in some way in violation of the pur part laws jaws during the year there were prosecution sand the proceeds eede trot from these prosecutions amounted to SIV there is a good field in utah lr ir a vigorous cam campaign in the interest IF pure food no state to is more lax in this regard and as a result the territory Is made maae we he dumping around and our innocent consumers the victims of 0 spurious articles of food |