Show adulteration there is a flutter in the dove cotes adulterators in consequence of increased activity on the part of public analysts in various parts of be country among the ingenious persons who successfully invite natures appearances but not its excellence there is a feeling akin to dismay as the ruthless report of the analyst lays bare the hidden of the factory and invites the public to make a choice between food and more or less noxious chemicals new hampshire has set an admirable example in the matter of food analysis that other localities will do well to imitate out of samples of food hat were selected over 45 per cent were discovered to be sailing under false colors and to be other than they claimed to be strawberry jam fruit preserves ras borry currant and pineapple jatta were found to differ only in name and flavor they were ona and all made of apples and ol 01 nothing but apples ain lesa except the coal tar and dyo arth which they were colored and the nty oring matter hat gave them their receptive other articles still more seriously arcen leae had beca made beautiful wath copper shells had been masod with the chocolate and valuable goose llvell was innocent of everything but flavored lard tha explanation of some of the in criminated parties Is perhaps equal in audacity to anything upon record we are assured that the public wishes to have their food adulterated that they dastre it to be supplied alth appie cores when they ask tor currant am and that they have cultivated an appreciative app eute for sulphate of copper tie mysteries of human tta ro ot course nast finding ont and thesa claims may be perfectly true but in this case boero can bo no valid complaint at the action of the health J authorities in widely publishing the exact analytic results that they have obtained with th respective names of the manufacturers by this arrangement ran gement tho buyers who wish to have peas and copper will know exactly where they can be obtained and others who fear the unduly exhilarating hila rating effects of chocolate will know where to buy that beverage duly tempered and it a free advertisement of this nature la welcomed by the manufactures it will be doubly welcome to the consumer and everyone will be pleased it Is by tree advertisement of this kind that the food problem will be solved let the state authorities protect the public by notifying them exactly chero they can satisfy their craving for sulphate of copper and where flavored lard may bc purchased ed the average anaa who wishes to buy old apple cores Is entirely at a loss and will be relieved to know that he can find them la cans rand bottles la bled currant jam advertising is tho very soul of commerce and we should have more of it |