ARMOUR & COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1863 CHICAGO KANSAS CITY: SOUTH OMAHA SIOUX CITY: EAST ST. LOUIS FORT WORTH : PACKERS AND SHIPPERS OF : DRESSED BEEF, PROVISIONS, CANNED MEATS and Proprietors of the following well known special Brands: "STAR" HAMS AND BACON "VERIBEST" MINCE MEAT DEVONSHIRE SAUSAGE "VERIBEST" PORK AND BEANS SIMON PURE LEAF LARD "VERIBEST" TINNED MEATS VEGETOLE (Lard Substitute) General Offices ::: 205 LA SALLE STREET ::: CHICAGO, ILL. Proof of Merit Bear in mind, Mr. Dealer, that much depends upon the brand of Canned Meats you handle. It is a matter of the utmost importance to you. Get a reputation for selling only the best Canned Meats, and you will not only sell more of them but the business on your other commodities will increase accordingly. Advance Canned Meats Are the best in the world. They took first prize at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904, and they are still in "Advance" in 1907. Lunch Tongue, Corned Beef, Potted and Deviled Meats. Sliced Beef, and Pork and Beans are a few of the good things that make Advance Brand so popular. :: Order today. SCHWARZSCHILD & SULZBERGER CO. NEW YORK CHICAGO KANSAS CITY Ham Ham is a food that builds healthy bodies-because it contains the vital elements needed to make bone and muscle. Ham furnishes both heat and energystimulates every function of the body. And Ham is delicious! The very smell of it sizzling in the pan makes your mouth water. But to have the sweet, juicy, tender kind, you must remember the Brand-Swift's "Premium." Yes, "Premium" in fact as well as name. There's a "Premium" on the best Ham-Swift's "Premium." And its Premium in quality and flavor as it steams on the platter at Breakfast time. Be insistent-when you ask for Ham be sure you get Swift's "Premium" AND OUR PET BRAND Evaporated Milk UNSWEETENED Sold under guarantee which has been filed with the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., under number 1031. An act to prevent fraud in the sale of dairy products, their imitation or substitutes, to prohibit and prevent the manufacture and sale of unhealthful, adulterated or misbranded food, liquors or dairy products, to provide for the appointment of a State Food Commissioner and his assistants, to define their powers and duties and to repeal all acts relating to the production, manufacture and sale of dairy and food products and liquors in conflict herewith. Section I. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: PROVISION FOR APPOINTMENT OF A STATE FOOD COMMISSIONER, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE FOOD DEPARTMENT.-That the Governor shall appoint a Commissioner who shall be known as the State Food Commissioner, who shall be a citizen of the State of Illinois, and who shall hold his office for the term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, and who shall receive a salary of thirty hundred dollars per annum and his necessary expenses incurred by him in the discharge of his official duties, and who shall be charged with the enforcement of all laws that now exist or that hereafter may be enacted in this State regarding the production, manufacture, sale and labeling of food as herein defined, and to prosecute or cause to be prosecuted any person, firm or corporation, or agent thereof, engaged in the manufacture or sale of any article manufactured or sold in violation of the provisions of any such law or laws. The Governor shall also appoint from time to time as required, a Food Standard Commission, for the purpose of determining and adopting standards. of quality, purity or strength, for Food Products, for the State of Illinois. to consist of three members, one of whom shall be the State Food Commissioner or his representative, who shall serve without extra pay; one of whom shall be a representative of the Illinois Food manufacturing industries and one of whom shall be ant expert food chemist of known reputation, all to be citizens of the State of Illinois, who shall receive fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days in one year and necessary expenses incurred during the time employed in the discharge of their duties. Provided, That said Food Standard Commission in determining and adopting a standard of quality, purity or strength, of milk or cream, shall fix such standard as may be determined, solely by the examination and test of milk or cream and the can or receptacle in which it is placed. The said commissioner is hereby authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Governor, one assistant commissioner who shall be a practical dairyman, whose salary shall be $2.000 per annum and expenses incurred in official duties. One chief chemist who shall be known as State Analyst, whose salary shall be $2,500 and expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties. One attorney, whose salary shall be $1,800 per annum and expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties. One chief clerk, whose salary shall be $1,800 per annum and expenses incurred in discharge of official duties. Said commissioner shall also have authority to appoint five analytical chemists, whose salary shall be $1,200 per annum each; 12 inspectors, whose salary shall be $1,200 per annum and the necessary expenses incurred in the performance of |