No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



TOTAL. AMOUNT PAID INTO THE STATE TREASURY. 



73 



Pure food fines 



Oleomargarine license fees, act 1899, 



Milk fines, act 1901 



Oleomargarine license fees, act 1901, 



Oleomargarine fines, act 1899 



Oleomargarine fines, act 1901, 



Oleomargarine fines, act 1893 



Renovated butter fines, act 1899 



Renovated butter fines, act 1901, . . . 



Renovated butter licenses 



Cheese fines 



Vinegar fines, 



Lard fines 



Preservative fines, act 1903 



Meat fines, act 1905, 



1901. 



$4,833 23 



20,516 74 



225 00 



1,089 26 



5,446 97 



2,070 87 



120 00 



175 00 



105 00 



73 12 



$34,705 19 



1902. 



$8,082 20 



1,177 24 

 23,927 05 

 3 ,238 18 

 5 ,225 75 



5 90 

 572 68 

 766 67 

 169 50 

 447 24 

 23 00 



1903. 



1904. 



$39,752 18 $53,904 05 



6,093 56 



37,911 18 



616 20 



5,907 28 



125 00 



17 37 



1,632 05 



266 67 



1,685 00 



31,277 61 



85 00 



2,098 22 



100 00 



2,321 56 

 4,042 09 



$43,635 41 



779 34 

 357 00 



$93,458 71 



669 70 



$96,183 23 



1905. 



$33,414 46 



1,972 68 

 26,823 23 



10,890 98 



1,383 14 

 4,800 03 



3,183 OS 



$82,467 60 



NEED FOR A NATIONAL PURE FOOD DAW. 



President Roosevelt in his message to Congress, briefly but 

 strongly endorsed a National law to govern inter-state commerce 

 in foods, recognizing its importance and necessity. Strong interests 

 are again opposed to the enactment of any good and effective legis- 

 lation upon this question, and at the present writing the prospect 

 for the much needed law is not very encouraging. 



There is a multiplicity of bills; radical differences prevail in 

 various directions; interests of diverse opinions are aroused and, 

 in general, the outlook is not as encouraging and satsfactory as had 

 been hoped. That there should be any serious objections to guard- 

 ing the health of the people, and also to preventing them from 

 being defrauded by the substitution of counterfeit or inferior prod- 

 ucts when they are charged full value is, indeed, surprisingly 

 strange. With the revision of the Federal statutes, the w~ork of 

 the Dairy and Food officials in the various states of the Union 

 would not only be simplified, but accelerated, and still greater 

 benefits for consumers would inevitably follow the joint work of 

 the State and Federal authorities. Pennsylvania, with its popula- 

 tion of seven millions and vast manufacturing and agricultural in- 

 terests, has been deeply stirred and thoroughly aroused, and it is 

 earnestly to be hoped and wished that Congress will strengthen 

 and aid in the good work. This is a question in which all are directly 

 concerned. The measure has our hearty approval. 



CORRECT LABELLING OF FOOD PRODUCTS. 



The subject of the proper and correct labelling of food products 

 is a question that is inevitably reappearing with due regularity 

 in the voluminous correspondence of the Dairy and Food Division. 

 The subject was discussed with more or less force in a preceding 

 report. 



The Commissioner does not approve of the argument advanced 

 by some manufacturers and dealers that if the label explains the 

 story of the ingredients, the law has been complied with. This fact 

 has been demonstrated in many prosecutions, and it is well to 

 take proper precautions. Vilely concocted and injurious articles 

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