The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, February 17, 1916, Page 12

: g fi TWELVE Shocking lack of sanitary condi-. tions surrounding the storing, handi- ing and displaying of food products in the grocery stores of North Dako- ta is revealed in the report for 1916 of the state ingpection of groceries, . just issued in hulletin form by the Agricultural Experiment - - station, food defartment, E. F. Ladd, commis: sioner. State inspectors visited 946 grocery stores in 1915 gnd gave each a rating according to the condition found. One hundred points were given for perfect conditions in the handling of food, taking into consideration clean- liness and all sanitary conditions and facilities. The 946 stores had.as a whole an average of 87.6 of Ferfect, but hundreds of stores fell below this average mark. Many Insanitary Thirty-three stores displayed, stored and handled food under such unhealth- ful and insanitary conditions that they feailed to reach a rating of 75 points, out of the possible 100 points for perfection. . Only 88 stores scored better than 95 points and only 28 better than 97. That the department did not make conditions too severe, however, to pre- vent stores getting 100 points, there- by showing perfect conditions of sanitation and cleanliness, is shown by the fact that two stores procured ihis rating, both in small towns. They were the stores of J. J. Bartley, Beach, and the Cash Supply Store, Inkster. Big Cities Fall Down:- No stores in the larger cities, like Targo, Grand Forks, Minot, Bismarck, etc., where it would appear that sani- tary conditions and facilities could be made the best at little expense and care, received perfect ratings. Often - the cross-roads and small-town stores showed, to much better advantages than city stores, and the Farmers’ Cooperative store at Milton got the near-perfect rating of 98, away ahead of the majority of big city stores. The department rated the stores on the following basis: Sixty-six points were given for perfect condi- tions for displaying and handling food in the front shop and back rooms and a rating under this total was given where conditions were not per- fect, according to the degree of per- fection found. A possible 12 points were given for conditions found in the basement and cellar, a possible 10 for a sanitary back yard and a THE NONPARTISAN LEADER Very Bad Conditions in Many Stores maximum of 12 for sanitary toilet and wash room conditions. . Fall Below 75 : The 83 stores falling below a score of 75 are the following: Anamoose Cash Store, Anamoose, 71.5; Joseph Langer, Bisbee, 70; Slattery Gunn, Bismarck, 70; McIntosh Borthers Cav- alier, 74; J. Keslar, Devils Lake, 67; G. Hougan, Drake, 72; A. A. Hood & Co., Emerado, 73; Cash Supply Store, Fairmount, 71.5; John Dempsey, Fargo, 38.5; J. H. Dyste, Forman, 71; Hahn Brothers, = Gardena, 67; Stewart Brothers, Gardens, 71; S. C. Bjorn- stad, Grand Forks, 72; J. F. Stewart, Honeyford, 74; Linton Cash Store, Linton, 72; C. W. Young, Lostwood. 66; C. Kinder, Mapleton, 66.3; Boko- voy & Postovik, Max, 74 Northwest- ern Grocery, Minot. 62; Abe Mar- gulies, Narpoleon, 68; F. A. Patter- son, New Rockford, 70.5; H. B. Nel- son, Nemedahl, 70; John lverson, Parsall, 72.,5; M. David, Rugby, 71.5; T. P. Hann, Sherwood, 63.5; Spring Brook Mercantile company, Spring Brook, 66; L. R. Sheldahl, Stanley, 71.5; Charles Hokonson, Valey City, 72; -A. Schulz, Washburn, 71; W. F. Snyder, Williston, 69; John Shikany, Williston, 70.5; Thomas Jermanus 7Wliéliston, 67; G. B. Miller, Enderlin, The 28 stores having scores above 97 are the following: Engelstad & Tande company, Aneta, 98; J.J. Bart- ley, Beach, 100; J. Determann, Belfield, 98; Buchert-Bakken com- pany, Binford, 98; the People’s store Bowman, 98; P. A. Moir Dickinson, 98; The Randall company, Ellendale,, 99; A. B. Grocery, Fargo, 98; Haggert’s Central grocery, Fargo, 99; Madden’s grocery, Fargo, 99; Rose grocery, Fargo, 99; John P. Yerxa, Eargo, 99.5; the Viking store, Fessenden, 98; E. K. Erickson, Grand Forks, 99; F. L. Schumacher, Grand Forks, 98.5; H. H. Wilson, Grand Forks, 99; N. C. Hansen, Hankinson, 97.5; W. W Hastings, Havana, 98; the Cash Supply store, Inkster, 100; Cole grocery, Kenmarg, 98; City Grocery & Bakery, Mandan, 99; W. A. Carter & Sons, Marmath, 98; Cavalier County Farmers’ Coopera- . tive ‘Mercantile compani::, Milton,98; W. C. McKenzie, New England, 98; Pure Food Store, Oakes, 97.5; Max- Ebenhahn, Omemee, 97.5; the Lin- well company, Ray, 98; Clements Mercantile company, Sheldon, 97.5. o+mmtmunmnfiflm+nflmm ertisement N the first of February last, the Equity Cooperative Exchange paid a cumulative dividend of 8 per cent.-on all capital stock issued up to.August 1st, 1915. This is the first dividend that has ever been paid by this corporation. It was all earned from August 1st, 1915, to Decem- Our total net profit during this period was $53,000.00, Ad " transacted. TETERTPPINTPR T T P PR RN PP PR e S S AR Y ST TR R R RS R R L L Lt TS ber 31st, a period of five months. all made in the handling of about 8,000,000 bushels of grain. Our paidup capital August 1st was but $42,939.00. This shows that there is money in the grain commission business, and that it behooves the farmers to enter this business that they may obtain the enormous. profits to be derived therefrom for themselves. The Exchange afford: S -'~Genefa‘l INCREASE IN STOCK The department of agriculture, Washington, D. C., in its annual es- timate of farm cattle in the country on January 1, shows that there are 21,988,000 milch cows, ap increase of neary 8% per-cent over 1914, Other cattle show an increase of nearly 6% per cent, whilé sheep-show a decrease of’ 1:6 per cent. :Swine s an in- crease of 5.3 per cent, while horses show a decrease of one-tenth per cent. 'The total. value of these farm - animals is placed at $6,002,784,000, an in. crease of '§33,5631,000. than you can make at any o The Equity Cooperative Exchange is a farmers’ corporation, composed of farmer stockhold- ers-and managed by a Board of Directors, all of whom are farmers. Its capital stock draws a cum- : ulative dividend of 8 per cent and no more. The balance of the net earnings of the corporation are = distributed among its-patrons; and the amount each s the farmers an opportunity of marketing their grain cooperatively, enabling them .to do.on the terminal grain markets-what they have done through their elevators in the local markets, namely to better the prices on grain. In this way the farmers can help them- selves, by consigning' their grain to the Equity Cooperative Exchange at either St. Paul, Minnesota, or Superior, Wisconsin. The time to do that is now. 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