Dangerous Kerosene Sold at Retail: Baltimore Tests and Michigan Law
A Baltimore chemist last week tested twenty samples of kerosene purchased at retail stores, and found eleven of them to be highly dangerous, six more unsafe, and only three absolutely safe to use. The stringent laws in Michigan and some other States are probably thus driving the poor and dangerous oils to those States where no legislative restrictions exist. The Michigan law is very rigid. It imposes a fine of $500, with imprisonment, on any dealer who shall offer for sale any oils which have not been inspected by the duly authorized inspectors of this State, and no oil can pass inspection or be sold in this State that will ignite from a match at a temperature below 150 degrees. We are glad to know that the State inspector is zealously looking after infringers of the law.—Detroit Evening News.