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COLORADO. 



From J. T. Flower, State Dairy Commissioner, Denver, Colo. : 

 A national law covering the subject would, in my opinion, be beneficial, as it is a 

 notorious fact that nearly every article in that line is more' or less adulterated. 



From J. W. Goss, president State Dairy Association, Hygiene, Colo. : 



We have since July 1, 1893, a law which aims to compel the branding of oleo so it 

 shall be sold for what it is. 



A national food and drug law would, in my opinion, be of great benefit to the 

 people. 



From G. C. Miller, secretary of the Colorado State Dairy Associa- 

 tion, Longinont, Colo. : 



At various sessions of the Colorado Dairy Association, the subject of a pure-food 

 bill has been discussed, and a bill passed by Congress on the subject would meet 

 the approval of our association, and also of all other good and law-abiding people. 



We also have a beekeepers' association. Straight comb honey will bring 15 cents, 

 while the strained honey sells for only 8 cents. The reason for this, is because a 

 spurious article is sold as pure honey, and beekeepers are compelled to meet this 

 fraud in the market. I trust the pure-food and drug bill will become law in the near 

 future. 



From J. H. Wheat, Black Hawk. Colo. : 



I know butter to be fraudulent. Oleo is sold here and called creamery butter; 

 maple sugar is also adulterated; California .honey is glucose; buckwheat flour is coarse 

 wheat flour (shorts) mixed; some whisky is diluted alcohol colored with burnt 

 sugar. Ill beer the brewers use laurel leaves, lish berries, and grains of Paradise. 



CONNECTICUT. 



From C. A. Itapelye, Secretary Hoard of Pharmacy Commissioners, 

 Hartford, Conn. : 



In regard to preventing adulteration of drugs, J am of the opinion that that is 

 largely done by wholesale druggists and drug millers, if at all, and there is not much 

 doubt that it is. I don't believe the retail trade has the facilities or generally the 

 disposition to adulterate drugs, unless it be possibly in the case of laudanum. Laws 

 can not prevent this thing without money and power to execute them, and in this 

 State we have neither placed in our hands. I am of the opinion that United States 

 laws can not be passed that will govern this matter which can be made equitable. 

 The Paddock bill aimed to accomplish something in this line, but it was manifestly 

 unjust and raised the opposition it deserved. The matter must be reached through 

 the manufacturers and large handlers, who have the opportunities, and not through 

 the retailers, who do not have them. 



From Dr. George Austin Bowen, master Connecticut State Grange, 

 and president State Dairy Association, Woodstock, Conn. : 



I believe that almost every item of our commercial foods is adulterated or contains 

 injurious ingredients, but I have no case now in mind concerning which I could go into 

 court and testify under oath. This has been going on for so long a time that the 

 public have come to believe that adulteration is necessary. It is not only our foods 

 but the medicines and drugs Avhich we depend upon for the restoration to health, 

 when that health has been oftentimes impaired by these adulterated foods. It seems 

 to me that, of all things that should be protected from adulterations and frauds, 

 these remedies to restore us to a normal condition should be the best protected. 



