(4 ANNUAL REPORT. OF THE. Oft. Doc. 



llie iiiHuLer of proseeulions ordered diirinj^ 1904, as compared with 

 the figures of the preceding year. Notwithstanding this fact, the 

 number of suits ordered was conclusive proof of the continued activ- 

 ity of tlie otlicers of this Bureau, as the following figures will 

 elearlv show. 



Prosecutions ordered from January 1 to December 31, 1904: 



Adulterated food, 801 



Adulterated liquor 291 



Oh^omargarine 70 



Keno\aled butter, 31 



Adulterated lard, 22 



Adulterated milk and cream, 301 



Vinegar, 1 



Total, 1,517 



During the same i)eriod in the preceding year, 1903, about 1,800 

 prosecutions were instituted. 



^^'hen the percentage of purity increases, and the number of prose- 

 cutions, as a result, decreases, the State officials have the strongest 

 evidence that their work is commencing to bear fruit, 



HONEST BREWERS ENDORSE LAWS. 



The United States Brewers' Association at every convention held 

 since the inception of national and state legislation designed to 

 ])revent adulterations of food and drink, adopted and reiterated the 

 following resolution, viz: 



"Resolved. That the members of the United States Brewers' Asso- 

 ciation in convention assembled reaffirm their determination to assist 

 to the full extent of their ability, every effort designed to promote the 

 object of the Pure Food Congresses, arid, more particularly, to place 

 upon the statute books a law providing for the prevention, detection 

 and punishment of any and all adulterations of food and drink." 



The Association regards such legislation with decided favor, and 

 pronounces its enactment and enforcement a distinct blessing to the 

 j)eoi>le and every honest manufacturer. This wholesome, healthy 

 sentiment is notew^orthy, and the Dairy and Food Commissioner of 

 Pennsylvania approves such action. 



COLD STORAGE AND PRESERVED EGGS. 



The attention of the Dairy and Food Commissioner has repeatedly 

 been called to the questionable practice of selling cold storage eggs 

 as fresh. As such eggs usually include a large number that are en- 

 tirely unfit for food, or as are stale and unfit for invalids when the 

 fresh stock is essential, the evil has become a growing and serious 

 imposition. While preserved and limed eggs may find a legitimate 

 place in trade, if sold as such, it is not fair to honest dealers and un- 

 sophisticated housewives to tolerate the wrong perpetrated. The 

 poultry and egg industry of the leading European countries receives 

 the most careful attention on the part of the lawmakers, and bad or 



