The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume], April 28, 1907, PURE FOOD EDITION, Page Page Ten, Image 10

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The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram,
DEALERS LIKE HEW
NATIONAL FOOD LAW
Retailers Say . It Has Made
8uyers Exacting and Re
stored Confidence.
INCREASES BUSINESS TOO.
MEN IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH
PEOPLE PREDICT BENEFICIAL
FUTURE EFFECTS FROM RE
CENT LEGISLATION.
Expressions from 'Richmond retail
dealers indicate four important facts
in connection with the operation of
the new federal pure food law:
1. The concensus of observation
smong retailers ia that the great pub
lic that buys foodstuffs has been
growing much more discriminating in
what lc buys since the law1 went into
effect. The greatest amount of dis
, crimination is shown in what is
known as the high-class trade
those buyers who are careful of what
;they eat and care more for quality
ithan for price. Out of a very large
number of statements made by retail
grocers to the Palladium and Sun
. Telegram, only one or two say that
their trade is indifferent to quality
and these explain that the location
ef their stores in the poorer districts
accounts for this indifference.
2 Even with tie law in operation
;only three months, the grocerymen of
fltichmond say that the tendency of
!the new order has been to increase
fthe volume of trade. Almost univer
sally has the law had the effect, so
far as the retail trade is concerned,
of cntting down the trade in adulter
ated goods and increasing the trade
In goods of known purity. This con
dition lias not increased, in many
cases, the total volume; but in no
case does any retailer report a falling
off of trade due to the pure food law.
Confidence Is Returning.
3. One of the most significant facta
deducible from the interviews given
the Palladium and Sun-Telegram by!
retailers is the slowness with which j
the consuming public is regaining it3
confidence in the purity of foods. So
completely has this confidence been
shattered that even with the protection
of the present law, the public is still
suspicious. The reports show, how
ever, that the evidences of returning
confidence are so numerous and mark
ed as to render it absolutely certain
that within a short time the public will
forget the wrongs perpetrated on it by
unscrupulous manufacturers in the
past. In fact, it is entirely probable
that before the lapse of another three
months the eonsumtrs will take for
granted that they are being adequately
protected by law.
4. Without exception the retail gro
cers of Richmond praise the federal
law, so far as the reports show. Such
expressions as "the law Is a godsend"
are numerous. Among reputable
tradesmen nothing but the most enthu
siastic praise is to be found for the
law. Hertofore one of the chief banes
of honest dealers has been the unfair
competition presented by the men who
sold adulterated and "just as good"
products. Thi3 has been done away
with, and all honest merchants are
glad. -
Appended will be found some of the
expressions of retail dealers In Rich
mond as to the effect the law has had
so far on the public on their business
with, opinions as to the ultimate effect
of this far-reaching piece of national
legislation:
Author of Meat Inspection Bill
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STATE HEALTH BOARD
WIELDS MUCH POWER
Has Accomplished Considera
ble Toward Bringing About
Pure Food Conditions.
LOCAL PHYSICIAN ACTIVE.
DR. T. HENRY DAVIS, AS A MEM
BER OF THE STATE BOARD, HAS
BEEN IN THE FRONT RANK OF
THOSE WAGING THE WAR.
ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE.
Bowing Bros., 535 South E street
"The law has tended to increase both
confidence and trade. The general
public has taken great interest in the
pure food issue and the result has
) been stimulating. The law is a god
isend to the honest grocer."
Harry Bullerdick, 47 North Fifth
Old Carpets
Asfajjam Bros.
Weavers of
Fluff RUGS
Representative is at the Arnold Ho
tel. Telephone and he will call and
furnish estimates as to cost.
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WHY PAY
STOP AND SEE.
Our price as low as the
iuvvcoi. uucuiiy uic ucoi
that money will buy.
A. Harsh Coal & Snnnlv fo. t
Bell 113. Home 794.
INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE
LOANS, RENTS ?
W. H. Bradbury &. Son
Rooms 1 and 3, Westcott BIk 4
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PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY.
Street "Since the law was passed
the public is showing much more con
fidence in the purity of good products.
The effect of the" law " will be that
manufacturers will have to be more
careful."
Shofer & Brennan.' corner Thir
teenth and Main streets me con
sumer depends on the indorsement of
the retailer whose judgment is now
backed by a guarantee irom uie
manufacturer under the law."
Henry Deuker, Corner Sixth and
Ft. Wayne Avenue 1 una tnat me
public is becoming more careful about
what it buys, but I have not noticed
any difference in the volume of busi
ness. Confidence in the purity of
food supplies is growing. The feder
al law is a most excellent one."
John F. McCarthy, North Eighth
Street "I have noticed a marked in
crease in my business owing to the
restoration of confidence on the part
of the public. The " law is "a good
thing and will keep a lot of adulterat
ed stuff out of the market."
Balling & Bromley, 177 Ft. Wayne
Avenue "The public certainly has
become discriminating, but confidence
Is being restored only gradually be
cause people have been swindled so
long. The law will bo of the greatest
benefit to the honest dealers and. take
a lot of spurious trash out of the mar
ket." L. C. Hasecoster, 235 South Ninth
Street "The buyer has become deci
dedly more discriminating, and, not
withstanding this, the effect of the
law has been to increase out business.
Confidence is being restored rapidly.
It is bound to be of benefit to both
retailer and consumer."
Ed H. Temmie South Eighth and
E Street "Knowledge of the law has
made the consumer more mindful of
Its rights and has at the same time
restored much of the lost confidence
in the purity of food products. The
outcome of the law will be good."
v Norris & Sons, 725 North Tenth
Street "Our customers refuse to take
anything but pure goods. Our busi
ness has almost ; doubled since the
law went into effect. As the people
become educated in the effects of the
law and know they can buy pure
goods they will do less canning at
home and buy more prepared foods
of the srocer."
H. P. Taylor, 451 South Fifth street
"Consumers are demanding their
full rights under the law, and at the
same time are showing greater confi
dence in the purity of food products.
The law is all right."
Schwegman's . Meat Market "The
purchasing public is particular since
the new law went into effect. Busi
ness has increased wonderfully. Con
fidence has been restored to a great
extent.
B. A. Kennenohl, North D Street
"The public is gradually learning
what its rights are'under the law and
coming to appreciate the advantages.
I think the law is just the thing."
I C. Moore, 325 North Third Street
"While we have insisted on the pur
est goods obtainable, we find that
our trade has increased about 20 per
cent over a year aso."
The Greek Candy Store "The op
eration of the law has- made buyers
more discriminating, restored confi
dence and increased trade with me
25 per cent. I belieye the law to be
as good as it is strict."
John Get,. 829 North Tenth Street
"The public has become more exact
ing. The law has helped business by
driving out competitors who handle
adulterated goods. The effect will be
to increase the trade of the honest
merchants and benefit the public at
the same time."
The hair of rabbits and other ani
mals in Russia is converted into bowls
dishes and plates, which are valued
for their strength, durability and light
ness. The articles are similar in ap
pearance to varnished leather.
Women have decided that in case
they cannot vote, they will cut out the
"Stork" proposition. Perfectly prop
er. Take Holylister's Rocky Mountain
Tea, it is good for most everything.
?5 cents, Tea or Tablets. A. G. Luken
& Co.
Books that mock at religion are
classified' as a menace to Christianity
by Monsignor Bruchesl, archbishop of
Montreal, who has formally protested
to the city authorities against their
admission to the public library.
If in need of a hog, sheep or cattle
dipping tank, write before buying to
the National Medical Co., Sheldon, la.
Artificial gas, the 20th Century fuel.
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The city and the county both may
have general pure food regulations
through which the general health of
the public is protected. They may
wage unceasing and bitter wars
against food adulteration after in
quiring into the conditions; they may
require the milk men to do this or
that, they may require the butchers to
get inspection, they may require bet
ter sanitary conditions in the grocer
ies, along with a number of other
things, which contribute to the health
of the people, but their efforts are in
significant to the work of the state,
and it is largely through the state that
the city and town governments can en
force their rulings. "Who is behind
the state legislators who frame and
perfect these laws?" " is the natural
question which arises, and the answer
invariably is, "The state board of
health." There is one man in Rich
mond who has played an important
part in the past few years in perfecting
the health laws of the state, and aid
ing toward their effectiveness, and
that man is no other than Dr. T. Henry
Davis, the present president of the
state board of health. Many are the
rules now effective which make the
druggists, grocerymen, dairymen and
manufacturers of food stuffs toe the
mark along pure food lines, which
have origin with him.
Waging Bitter War.
The state board of health is now
waging an unceasing and bitter cam
paign against all manner of food adul
terations, and at its instigation, suits
can be brought against any manufac
turer or dealer who in any way in
fringes oi the pure food regulations
laid down recently by the state board
of health. The pure food laws of In
diana,, although doing some good, have
never been as strong as they should
be, and the recent legislature empower
ed the state board of health to make
rules for the enforcement of the pure
food acts and to regulate the minimum
standards of foods and drugs, defining
specific : adulterations and declaring
the proper methods of collecting drugs
and articles of food, and as the result
Indiana's pure food and drug laws will
really mean what they were intended
to mean in the future. Tire state board
of health has long been a deadly foe
to food and drug adulterations and the
idea originated In the legislature that
if the power of Inspection and fram
ing of rules which should govern th
food products used in Indiana, was
placed with the board, greater good
could be accomplished along these
lines.
Systematic Plan Followed.
As a whole the most recent pure food
law is along the lines of the national
law and appropriates $1Vm annually
for enforcement of the measure and
corrects many of the flaws in the old
law. The state board of health now
has it in its power to enforce the meas
ure and it is certainly going about it in
a systematic way. Owing to the large
amount the state has set aside for the
enforcement of the law the board has
divided the state into four districts ov
er which competent and good salaried
men have been placed to carry on in
vestigations. i
Inspector Visits Richmond.
Each of these inspectors, since the
last meeting of the board three weeks
ago, have been visiting various towns
in his respective territory and samples
of milk, drugs, canned goods and all
other food stuffs are taken, after which
they are sent into the state laboratory
where an analysis is made. If Impure
stuffs are found, and the owner or pro
ducer takes no stand for improvement
of his goods, the prosecutors of the
state will be notified and they will pro
ceed against the violators.
One. of these inspectors has already
visited Richmond, and visited the
slaughter houses where he has made
recommendations. He has taken sam
ples of groceries and drugs, and also
secured samples of milk from twenty
different daries furnishing milk to the
people of Richmond. All these sam
ples are now being, or have been ex
amined in the state laboratory, and
results will be published in the course
of the next few weeks. Visits to
Richmond will occur often, that the
inspector in charge of this district
may see that his orders are being obey
ed. Not even the smallest hamlet in
the state will escape similar visits, and
they will continue indefinitely.
Up-to-date inspectors appointed to
the various districts, have found bad
conditions according to the statements
of Dr. Davis, who is in position to
know of what he speaks. The greatest
adulteration has been found in grocer
ies and products handled by grocery
men, especially in jellies and other fan
cy articles handled generally in gro
cery stores. Vinegar is bad while many
of the wines are said to never hav
seen grape.
It will only be a -matter of time, ac
cording to Dr. Davis' statement till ev
erything is adjusted through the me-
CBS
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and Avhicli has been
in us for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per-
TjP? J1, sonal supervision since its infancy.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good are but
Experiments that trifle vrith and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORS A
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, jslorphino nor other JCarcotio
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep
The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
TBI CIHT1UR CO.MMf, TT MUnilAV TRCCT. NIW VOMN CITY.
dium of prosecution. It has been found
that adulterated food, lowers the vital
ity and makes the human system sus
ceptible to disease, but does not direct
ly bear disease germs to the system
as is generally believed.
Rules Are Strict.
The rules laid down by the board
of health are strict and the. law recent
ly passed authorizes a fine and even
imprisonment for violation of these
rules repeatedly. The first offense for
violation carries with it a fine of not
less than $10 nor more than $.10; for
the second offense a fine of not less
than $25 nor more than $100 and for
4he third and subsequent offense, a
fine or $10O and Imprisonment In the
county jail not less than thirty nor
more than ninety days.
Although the food conditions In In
diana are bad at present, it is safe to
predict that inside of one year, through
the efforts of the state board of health.
Indiana will stand at the head of tha
list of states in the matter of pure
food.
DR. W.J. SMITH
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