Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24
PURE FOOD AND DRUGS.
Salient Points of the Bill Which Has
Passed the Senate.

Salient Points of the BIZ Which Has
Passed the Senate.
The Paddock pure food bill has been
passed by the Senate. It's object is to
secure along the lines of interstate
commerce the guarantees against fraud
ulent adulterations which are now fur
nished by some of the States and which
1t is in the power OF all the other States
to provide for their citizens. It's most
| salient terms are in substance that
every person who manufactures and de-
livers for shipment to any point outside
the State or Territory any drug or arti-
Gle Of food, and every person who exposes
for sale or delivers such drug or article
of food outside the State or Territory in
which IL is manufactured, shall, on de-
mand, furnish sample of the same for
examination or analysis under the direc-
tion Of the Agricultural Department.
Such articles as are found to be adulter-
ated, within the meaning of the act,
and are transported or being transported
from one State to another for sale and
are still In the original or unbroken
packages, shall be liable to be proceeded
against in the District Court of the
United States and seized for confisca-
tion or condemnation II condemned as
being adulterated they shall be sold,
and the proceeds, minus the costs
the United States Treasury. A
trial by jury may be demanded.
1t is believed by the advocates of the
measure that IL 1t become a law this pro-
vision, which can be enforced against
the article itself, will efIectually prevent
the transportation of fraudulent adulter-
atiOns across State lines. They say
that with such rod hanging over him a
man who Is conscious of having In his
possession adulterated food within the
meaning OF the statute never will ven
ture to send those goods across a State
line for sale and disposal 1t was ex-
planned by Mr.. Paddock that In framing
the measure sufficient care had been
taken In regard to the publication OF
analyses so as to prohibit the
mention of tho name of the person
or corporation that is under sus-
picion. There is to be no publica-
tion Of such analysis until after the trial
and conviction of the person. There
will thus be no invitation TO competitors
in trade or individuals who might
through spite work feel like entering
complaints against others who are
manufacturing different commodities to
inform against them without sufficient
reason.
The measure was strongly objected to
as tending to interfere with the con-
sumption of cotton-seed oil and some
other substances which are used in
compound food products on large scale
and are widely claimed to be equally
healthful as the material for which they
are complete or partial substitutes. But
IL such claim be a correct one the
products ought to be offered for sale on
their merits, and no honest manufacture
er should object to being obliged to label
or otherwise designate his goods in ac-
cordance with fact. The rights of con-
sumers of food and drugs ought to be !
considered, and they constitute much
more numerous class than the manu-
facturers and venders put together. I
The person who pays out his money for
an article has the right to know what he
Is buying, to choose for himself whether
he or she will take the genuine thing or
another thing which is guaranteed to be-
Just as good" Especially should this
right be jealously guarded In the case of
to be taken into the system. +