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Show fclty to tho end that they may receive a square deal. I CLOSING OF LOCAL PICKLE WORKS. Tho closing of the Utah Vinegar & Pickle Works, 2471 Wall avenue, and the plant of Geo. Lucas, 2230 Wall, is viewed by the local manufacturers of pickles as discriminatory on the part of tho government officials, as they maintain that tho pickling process employed em-ployed in the Ogden plants I3 not different dif-ferent from that of the Heinz or other eastern factories. There is some $ 50,000 in stock and machinery involved in this inhibition to do business, which is a financial upset that those in authority should be slow in bringing about until they are absolutely certain of their ground. The closing of the markets to the local houses Is said to have been inspired in-spired by a trade jealousy in Salt Lake where tho same preservatives are used. It Is claimed that pickles cannot be preserved in live vinegar, and this any housewife will attest who has put up , pickles in vinegar. Vinegar ip a product of fermentation and the action continues while there is vegetable vege-table matter on which to act. During the process of fermentation acetic acid Is produced. Now to overcome this chemical action, pickle worku have used acetic acid distilled from wood and furnished by the Gracilll Chemical company of Cleveland. Ohio, which prcservee but does not set up a fermentation. The local pickle men claim tho preservative is not injurious. injur-ious. There is some free sulphuric acid but. sulphuric acid in small quantities quan-tities is present in all pickle preservatives. preserva-tives. It is maintained by J. s. Carver of the state pure food commission that Heinz and other manufacturers do not ue acetic acid or preservatives other than vinegar, therefore, their products pass Inspection, but Bichsel and Lucas Lu-cas take issue with him on this point The question ls oue for chom,ca, determination. If the local factories are producing pickles as wholesome as those of outsido manufacture thev should be backed by the best' and strongest financial Interests of this . |