EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART III. 73 



We thought, and think so the more yet, that the filler in the Con- 

 tinental Stock Food was one of the elements of fraud. For ex- 

 ample, in one of our committee meetings last winter one of the 

 manufacturers of one of those foods was made to admit by Prof. 

 Michael that he had 65 per cent oil meal and 10 per cent salt. 

 At any rate it was 65 per cent of oil meal. The committee, be- 

 lieving the diluent was one of the chief elements of fraud, suc- 

 ceeded eventually in getting that provision put into the statute, al- 

 though they beat us on our original intention, they should give the 

 name of all ingredients. However, the stock food manufacturers 

 are all agreeing that they will print the names of the ingredients 

 on their packages. I suppose you all realize that the business of 

 manufacturing and selling these foods is principally carried on by 

 men of very large means, and attempted by men of small means. 

 About 100 of these foods are on the market. The up-shot of the 

 whole matter is, the Continental manufacturers have formed a sort 

 of conspiracy to beat these laws in the various states Their ac- 

 tion in this state has been in the form of an injunction in the Fed- 

 eral court of this district, against the Food Commissioner, restrain- 

 ing him from an attempt to enforce this law at all. This is the 

 situation at the present time. 



I suppose one might be a little reluctant to admit that the law 

 which he is charged \nth enforcing has not been enforced. That 

 is the situation. The reason for it is, as I have stated, an action 

 for an injunction has been brought attacking the constitutionality 

 of the law, and for that reason nothing can be done towards en- 

 forcement until the injunction is dismissed or dissolved ; and in the 

 event it is made permanent it cannot be enforced. 



The law in relation to concentrated commercial feeding stuffs 

 requires that every package shall bear a statement of the protein 

 and fibre and fat. Those of you who have made any study of 

 food stuffs understand why this is necessary. The reasons that 

 may occur to you were not altogether what actuated the conunittee 

 of the legislature in passing the law. There was a very extensive 

 adulteration of feed stuffs in this state, the motives which prompted 

 the enactment of the bill, not that the farmer needed necessarily the 

 information or needed to be educated as to what protein was in a 

 food, of brans or other feeds, but more, that the maker and seller 

 of them should say how much he had; then if he had an examina- 

 tion of the article, he could say it truthfully, and if he had an 

 article that was worthless he would be obliged to say that truth- 

 fully, and the man who bought avoided being cheated, thinking he 



