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depreciate the price of our home product, bnt spread broadcast disease, and further, 

 that they come principally from France, a country that excludes the hog product of 

 our fanner, it seems reasonable to suppose that Congress would not hesitate to exclude 

 tin- importation of these poisonous products. NOTE BY THE SPECIAL AGKNT.] 



NEW JERSEY. 



The report of the dairy commissioner of New Jersey for 1888 contains 

 much valuable information. Mr. William K. Newton, the commissioner, 

 has prosecuted his work with a zeal and energy which deserves the 

 thanks of the people of the whole country. His exposure of frauds can 

 not fail to convince every intelligent reader of the necessity for strin- 

 gent legislation. According to his report $1,100 have been paid into the 

 State treasury in fines for violation of the oleo laws, while the penalties 

 paid for violation of the milk laws have reached $550. 



FOODS. 



The following table of foods analyzed by the commissioner, with the 

 results of such analysis, tells the story briefly but pointedly: 



Articles of food Examined. 



The commissioner says : 



While the adulterants used are not surely harmful to health, they are always 

 fraudulent, and deprive the purchaser of an amount of money equal to the amount of 

 adulteration ; hexice if the law can but restore to the people an amount equal to that 

 of which they are defrauded by the adulteration, many times the sum appropriated 

 for this work shall bo returned to the pockets of our citizens. 



Four hundred and fifteen articles of drugs were analyzed; of these 

 nearly 50 per cent, were adulterated. 



