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as high as about l 1 /? grains per gallon—in one sample 3 grains. 
As a rule one to one-half to one-quarter of a grain per gallon or 
less.” Of 160 samples of beer analyzed by the Brewers’ Expert 
Committee, 84 were quite free. The remaining 76 contained from 
one-tenth to one-four hundredths grain per gallon; and 27 con¬ 
tained more than one-twentieth grain, a quantity which they re¬ 
garded as dangerous. 
The Royal Commission on Arsenical Poisoning reported as 
follows (30) : 
“ In our view it would be entirely proper that penalties should 
be imposed under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts upon any 
vendor of beer or any other liquid food, if that liquid is shown 
by an adequate test to contain one-one hundredth of a grain or 
more of arsenic in the gallon; and with regard to solid food—no 
matter whether it is habitually consumed in large or small quan¬ 
tities, or whether it is taken by itself (like golden syrup) or 
mixed with water or other substances (like chicory or ‘ carnos ’) 
—if the substance is shown by an adequate test to contain one-one 
hundredth grain of arsenic or more in the pound.” 
This commission did not make the above mentioned report 
until after it had completed a long and diligent investigation, hav¬ 
ing before it the results of many special investigations and the 
opinion of many eminent scientific men. It is tolerably safe to 
conclude, therefore, that the report is not far wrong in its con¬ 
clusions and recommendations. This being the case, liquid food 
containing one-one hundredth of a grain of arsenic per gallon is 
dangerous even to adults. What then shall we say of the plight 
of the poor people of the Deer Lodge Valley who were obliged 
to nourish their babies with milk that might contain one-fifth to 
one-third of a grain of arsenic per gallon, or from 20 to 33 
times the quantity that was regarded by the Royal Commission as 
dangerous. 
The Opinion of the Court. 
In his opinion in this case, Judge Hunt said (31) : 
“ Let us now briefly inquire into the conditions of animal life 
upon the farms within a few miles of the smelter. After the 
