No. 7. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



45 



In a table prepared by Professor Cochran, he presented the ap- 

 pended data relative to his investigations: 



Name of Article. 



•4-f 



3 



Butter, 



Beer 



Blackberry brandy, wine, etc 



Chocolate 



Cocoa, 



Cream of tartar, 



Coffee 



Cheese, 



Condensed mlUc, 



Fruit syrups, 



Hamburg steak 



Lard 



Molasses 



Maple syrup, 



Olive oil 



Spices 



Wines 



677 

 27 



371 

 67 

 23 

 62 

 41 

 9 

 5 

 75 



130 



115 

 44 

 69 

 50 



275 

 94 



HOW GOODS OF THE SAME BRAND VARY IN QUALITY. 



The investigations of Professor Cochran also confirmed the re- 

 peated statement that manufacturers will persist in selling certain 

 inferior articles under assumed names or brands, to meet different 

 grades of competition. The trial of cases taken into Court has also 

 developed the information that certain dealers are selling goods of 

 standard, well-known brands, that vary greatly in strength and 

 quality, although sold under the same brand or name, because of 

 less rigid pure food legislation in some sections than in others. 

 Goods of varying quality, though of the same brand, are packed to 

 meet conditions and opportunities of the various states. 



RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLATIONS OF LAW. 



Prof. C. B. Cochran, in a lecture delivered at Philadelphia in 

 connection with a popular science course, emphatically declared 

 that the retail merchant in a practically equal measure shares with 

 the manufacturer and wholesale dealer the responsibility for the 

 continued adulteration of food products. Many dealers demand the 

 cheapest goods from the manufacturers, and thereby invite such 

 producers to supply adulterated or inferior articles. Professor Coch- 

 ran has been connected with this Bureau as chemist since the pure 

 food legislation of Pennsylvania was inaugurated, and characterizes 

 the Act of June 26, 1895, commonly known as ''The Pure Food Act," 

 as "the true beginning of the active ioar against adulteration in the 

 Commomvealth.'''' The same Act has withstood the assaults of the 

 best legal authorities in the State, and today its value and public 

 approval are attested by the uniform support accorded to it by the 

 magistrates, grand juries and judges throughout the State. 



