ADULTERATION

ADULTERATION. The grocer is never an advocate of adulteration. Some manufacturers adulterate for the sake of profit, but even then they are generally driven to it unwillingly by the demand for cheap goods. A fair price is necessary to secure pure goods. The cry of adulteration goes to great extremes; the desire to appear critical and to be considered a good judge gives rise to much of it, and no sensible dealer will encourage it. Indeed, an honest and intelligent investigation nearly always proves that at least half the accusations are unfounded. It should also be remembered that there are many food items which are not desirable when absolutely pure mustard is "adulterated" by nearly every large manufacturer by the addition of flour, because it is too pungent in its natural