128 Maine; agricui^turai, expe;rime;nt station. 1911, 



this preservative may be used at soda fountains provided its 

 presence and amount are plainly indicated to the public by a 

 conspicuous placard bearing the above information. 



At the annual meeting of the American Bottlers Protective 

 Association held last month in Chicago', Mr. Henry Carse, the 

 retiring president said in his address : — 



"We want legislatioji in every State recognizing the bottler's 

 property rights in -his branded bottles of sufficient force to 

 enable him to enforce such rights. We want effective laws in 

 every State to prevent the use in carbonated beverages of any 

 ingredient that is harmful or deleterious to health, and to com- 

 pel honest labeling, Avith proper regulations to enforce cleanli- 

 ness and healthful conditions in the process of manufacture. 

 'The proof of the pudding is in the eating.' When a man, 

 woman or child buys a bottle of soda which doesn't taste good, 

 the next nickel they spend goes for something else ; one or two 

 more trials with similar results, and that individual ceases for- 

 ever to be a bottled soda water consumer. If we could now 

 have as consumers those who have been lost to us in just that 

 way, we could all afford to ride in automobiles. Our worst 

 enemy is within our own ranks. He is the man who makes 

 poor goods. He hurts the reputable bottler by taking the re- 

 tailers' trade away from him by cutting prices — but that is not 

 the worst of it; he does most injury by producing a quality of 

 goods that brings all carbonated drinks into disrepute and ruins 

 the demand for them, as the public does not readily discrimi- 

 nate between the different brands. As an association, it seems 

 to me that we should not admit to membership any bottler 

 whose goods can be shown to be below a normal standard, and 

 that our State and local associations should take the initiative 

 in prosecuting bottlers who offend against reasonable food law 

 regulations. Some of them have already taken action along 

 this line, giving a commendable example for others to follow." 



Baksrie;s. 

 A large number of bakeries have been visited and while for 

 the most part these are kept as clean as co'uld well be expected, 

 several places were found which were positively filthy. One of 

 these bakeries was located in a basement where little but arti- 

 ficial light was available and where the ventilation was ex- 

 tremely poor. In general, the whole place was dirty, dusty, 



