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rice  powder.  Six  months  later  the  same  brand,  adulterated  in  the 
same  manner,  was  still  on  sale  in  the  same  store. 
No.  4. — Labelled  "  Poudre  de  Riz — Extra  Fine.''  Price,  20  cents 
for  a  package  containing  4  ounces.  This  sample  was  purchased  in  a 
department  store.  It  bore  the  label  of  a  manufacturing  company, 
but  gave  no  address  of  place  of  manufacture.  Analysis  showed  it  to 
consist  of  corn  starch  50  per  cent.,  chalk  25  per  cent.,  talc  25  per  cent. 
A  letter  addressed  to  the  firm  selling  this  product,  calling  attention 
to  its  character,  was  replied  to  in  a  few  days  with  the  information 
that  the  matter  would  be  immediately  taken  up  and  investigated.  Six 
months  later  the  same  brand  was  still  on  sale  with  the  same  composi- 
tion. 
No.  5. — Labelled  "  Poudre  de  Riz — Extra  Fine."'  Price,  20  cents 
for  a  package  containing  4  ounces.  This  sample  was  purchased  in  a 
department  store  and  was  claimed  to  be  their  own  make.  The  com- 
position was  corn  starch  7  per  cent.,  talc  93  per  cent.  A  letter 
addressed  to  this  store  was  replied  to  by  a  request  that  I  call  upon 
the  head  of  the  particular  department  selling  this  product  concerning 
the  complaint.  LTpon  my  suggesting  that  I  would  prefer  having  the 
head  of  the  department  call  upon  me,  nothing  further  was  heard.  A 
few  weeks  later  the  packages  on  sale  were  noticed  to  have  had  the 
word  "  compound  "  added  in  small  letters  below  the  title.  Upon 
asking  the  demonstrator  whether  the  powder  was  pure  rice  powdei 
she  -said  "  yes,"  and  upon  calling  her  attention  to  the  word  "  com- 
pound "  and  asking  what  it  meant  she  said  it  didn't  mean  anything 
in  particular,  but  had  to  be  put  on  on  account  of  the  law. 
No.  6. — Labelled  "  Poudre  de  Riz — Extra  Fine — compound  " 
(the  latter  word  in  very  small  letters) .  Price,  15  cents  for  a  package 
containing  4  ounces.  This  sample  was  purchased  in  a  department 
store  and  claimed  to  be  from  a  manufacturer  who  made  it  especially 
for  them.  It  bore  a  floral  name.  Analysis  showed  it  to  contain  rice 
starch  25  per  cent.,  zinc  oxide  15  per  cent.,  talc  60  per  cent.  Two 
separate  letters  calling  this  firm's  attention  to  the  character  of  the 
product  brought  no  reply.  Six  months  later  the  same  brand  was 
still  upon  sale  of  the  same  composition. 
No.  7. — Labelled  "  Poudre  de  Riz — Comp."  Price,  10  cents  for 
a  package  containing  4  ounces.  This  sample  was  purchased  in  a 
10-cent  store.  It  bore  the  name  of  a  French  'manufacturer.  The 
analysis  showed  rice  18'  per  cent.,  chalk  12  per  cent.,  talc  70  per  cent. 
No.  8. — Labelled  "  Poudre  de  Riz — Comp."    Price,  25  cents  for 
