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and sell, and to brand their goods true to their name, and to prohibit the 

 use of coloring matter or any other device when the evident object for 

 which it is used is to deceive. I would let every man make and sell any- 

 thing he saw fit, if not unhealthful, but compel every manufacturer and 

 vender to brand and sell true to name, under heavy penalties, and so pro- 

 vide for the enforcement of all laws relating to adulterations that their 

 execution shall be swift and sure. 



If a citizen of Michigan wishes to eat oleomargarine or butterine, or pre- 

 fers distilled vinegar to pure cider vinegar, he should have those goods as 

 cheaply as competition in their manufacture and sale can produce them, 

 and should not be compelled to pay the price that should be paid for the 

 genuine goods. On the other hand, if a citizen of our state wants pure 

 cider vinegar or pure butter, and pays the price for it, he should have it; 

 and those manufacturers and venders who practice these commercial frauds 

 should be made to feel the force of the law and public censure by a public 

 exposure. 



I have merely touched on the commercial side of this question. The 

 more important side of it, as it relates to health, I leave' for the doctors. 

 There is still another very important side of this subject, namely, the 

 effect on morals. Is it any wonder that important trusts are betrayed and 

 men of high standing in society are found to be false, and are ingloriously 

 falling, when the most common affairs of commercial business life are 

 thoroughly permeated with fraud and dishonesty? "Sow the wind and 

 reap the whirlwind." 



Mr. TuCKEE continued: Distilled vinegar is usually made from 80 per 

 cent, of corn, 10 of rye, and 10 of barley. One bushel of the mixture costs 

 thirty-five cents and makes forty gallons of vinegar. He did not care to 

 prevent the manufacture of such vinegar, but desired to have it sold for 

 what it really is. This society should try to have the legislature create the 

 ofiice of food commissioner, and the state society of manufacturers of fruit 

 goods will do the same. 



On motion of Mr. Kellogg, the following committee on legislation was 

 appointed: Messrs. K. M. Kellogg of Ionia, L. B. Eice of Port Huron, 

 and C. J. MoNEOE of South Haven. 



Mr. Mokeill: Very few people have any idea of the extent to which 

 food adulteration is carried on. I have seen no end of it in Chicago. No 

 one is allowed to see the inside of Perine's canned fruit and jelly factory 

 in Chicago — that is, the general public is excluded, and very few indeed, 

 save the workmen employed, are permitted to know anything of the pro- 

 cesses used. But a mail carrier who makes daily visits there, told me that 

 the strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry jams made there contain not a 

 single berry of any kind. Something is used to imitate the pulp, and 

 timothy and clover seeds are used to counterfeit those of the strawberry 

 and raspberry. Glucose, gelatine, and coloring matter make up the rest, 

 and the whole goes forth as Perine's best pure fruit jam. 



Mr. Rice: There is something wrong about evaporated fruits. The 



