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glaring and audacious fraud perpetrated right here. An agent, it seems, 

 went round and took orders for fine creamery butter at a low price "he- 

 cause he had an uncle in the business." The stuff delivered by another 

 man turned out to be oleomargarine, with stencil, without stamp, so that 

 he violated not only the State, but also the Federal law. Yet, when our 

 inspector tried to get private citizens to help him prove the case no one 

 would volunteer. This makes it not only more difficult for us to secure 

 evidence to protect youl against fraud, but gives the defendants' lawyers 

 a pretext to accuse our inspectors of "wanting to catch" their client, which 

 he would not have if private citizens volunteered their aid. 



Nor is it only by helping us in getting evidence that the citizens 

 should protect themselves, but also by paying reasonable attention to 

 market values. If, as for instance, they were to notice the wholesale 

 price of extra butter to be twenty-four cents, they may reasonably expect 

 to be defrauded if anyone offers i t at retail at less than twenty-seven to 

 thirty cents. 



The work of enforcing any Food Law must, of a necessity, be more 

 or less educational. That is the history of nearly all commissions. 



The standard of honesty varies just as much as the standard of 

 cleanliness, according to our education. And yet that is "no reason why 

 all means should be fair in love, war, and horse dealing" any more than 

 in any other business. We shouldtry to be honest in one and all. 



To illustrate why education is needed so as to get a uniform stand- 

 ard of honesty and cleanliness, let me give an example of the latter. Some 

 thirty years ago in Sweden I rented a farm, engaging the farmer as fore- 

 man and all the help as well. There were two girls who both were as 

 smart as smart could be at any rough work from loading hay or manure 

 to shearing a sheep or helping butcher a hog. One of these I selected to 

 keep my house and cook my meals. After vainly trying to induce her to 

 wash the glassware, etc., properly, I took a tumbler and held it up be- 

 tween her and the light saying, "Why Lena, can't you see that this is not 

 clean?" "No! Boohoo! No! I cleaned it all right; boohoo!" 



The condition of the tumbler was like a Chicago window not cleaned 



