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the manager said to me very seriously "there is nothing in jelly." I 

 very innocently asked if there was not a little glucose in it, with a 

 wave of his haud towards a huge stack of barrels he said, ''we are 

 using 30,000 pounds per day," and for all that*there is nothing in 

 jelly. Fruits packed in tin have but a limited sale, the price paid is 

 about equal to the low price of fruit if sold fresh. 



Fruit juices are coming in demand, they will be used in flavoring 

 instead of extracts. Fruit juice if put up in pint or one half pint 

 jars will find a m-arket. There are other ways of putting up fruit 

 juices. I examined a recipe the other day but found it very expens- 

 ive. The simplest way to preserve the juice is to put it up in glass jars 

 as we do fruit and then it is pure. There is no other way to have 

 pure fruit juice. I have purposly said nothing about wines, for if 

 there be a devil his name is alcohol, and no member of this body 

 wishes his satanic majesty as a partner in business, even though he 

 promise to pay all the debts and claim none of the profits, we know 

 him to be a liar from " way back. " 



On motion adjournment was taken until two o'cock. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Meeting convened, as per adjournment, with President Bryant 

 in the chair. 



Mr. F. C. Johnson presented the following resolution : 



Resolved, That this Society request some member of the Legislature 

 to introduce a bill to prevent the adulteration of vinegar. 



Mr. L. R. Bryant, speaking of the resolution, said : " What we 

 propose to do, is to require the makers of vinegars to put their pro- 

 ducts on the markets for what they really are, something as is 

 required by the New York law. I think it would be well for this 

 Society and other similar ones, to press this matter. There should 

 be some uniform strength adopted, and inspectors appointed to see 

 that the law is enforced. Such a law would be of much benefit to 

 the consumer as to the maker, for he would then know what he was 

 buying, as there would be but one strength of vinegar on the market. 



On motion the resolution was adopted. 



