Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-05
PURE FOOD CONGRESS.
Meeting of the Executive Committee
Mt National Hotel.

The committee of the pure food congress
met yesterday at $3.50 pm, in parlor ~, at
The National Hotel, to discuss with the
various auxiliary committees the matters
Of interest to the approaching pure food
congress. Out of sixteen invitations sent
tut there were fifteen responses. President
Frank Hume presided, and in calling the
netting to order expressed his qualification
at the number present, and asked the CO.
operation of all to secure the objects of the
proposed congress.
After considerable discussion as to the
best means of procedure, Mr.. r. N. Harper
submitted the following proposition, which
was seconded by Mr.. Horatio Browning,
and was adopted:
That each trade association in the city
shall appoint three of ils members, who
shall collectively constitute an executive
committee for the Pure Food. Drug and
Liquor Associations of the District of Co
lumbia- These committees shall call to-
gether all the delegates to the congress- in
their respective trades. when they reach
Washington, to organize. and shall formu-
late a plan or bill to submit to them, and
said executive committee shall act under
the direction and in concert with the gen
eral call committee"
1t was also decided that where no associa-
ton of any special trade profession ex-
lists in the District, that the members of
the same may meet and nominate three
delegates for appointment by the president
of the pure food committee to act on the
executive committee.
On motion of r N Harper II was re-
solved that as both the National and Metro
politan Hotels have furnished Headquarters
Tor this committee and the pure food con-
gresss, and have literally contributed to-
ward the fund of this committee il is only
proper and right that the meetings be al
ternated between the two hotels and that
when adjournment be taken it be to meet
Tuesoay next at pm. in parlor 10. Metro
politan Hotel
the secretary reported that In addition
70 letters previously reported containing
the names of delegates appointed by the
governors of six or seven states and a large
number OF scientific and other associations
that he yesterday had received a letter
from Howard Sammson, private secretary
TO the governor of West Virginia. who
says.
Il inclose herewith a list of delegates an
pointed by the governor of this state to
attend the pure food congress- which will
convene In your city on the I'd day of
March next These are all representative
gentlemen. and the governor has urged
each and every one of them to attend YOUR
congress. impressing upon them the ad-
NantaSes that will accrue to the general
public through actions brought about nv
delegates assembled in such bodies"
The secretary has also received a list of
delegates appointed by the governor of
wisconsin. and from the experimental sta
State Dairy Association of Georgia. and
Gon, the Pharmaceutical Society and the
the Pharmaceutical Society of Maryland.
The following delegates have been an
pointed by Surgeon General Geo. NJ Stern
berg. US-A-; Coils. Chas. H. Alden and W.
H. Farwood. Lieut. Col Chas. Smart, Mai.
j. C. Merrill and DIR. w. NJ. New
Internal Revenue Commissioner Scott
mas appointed the following representatives
from his department.: Messrs Wilson.
Bowen. Tuper. Bates and Champion
In ADDITION to the members of the conn.,
mittee. the following were present, repre-
senting the various scientific and business
interests of the District:
Wholesale grocers-President Shea Sec
rotary C. NJ Souissa and Mr.. Horatio
Browning.
The bakers and crackers manufacturers
Edward Graves and II. B. Leary
The Chemical Society of the District
MI Henry Stokes of the United States
geological survey.
Wine manufacturers and deaIers-(,hr
xander. F. Phondorff, William Muehlison.
The board of pharmacy-Dr. John T. Win
Ter. president; Henry A. johnson, W. c.
Duckett.
Pharmaceutical Society of the District
H C. yesterday and T. NJ. Criswell
Retail Liquor Dealers Association-Pres-
ident E j.. Jordan.
Cider fnaaufacturers-T NJ Whitney
National College of Pharmacy of the Dis
trict Of Columbia-Saml L. Hilton.
Experimental stations of Amer1ca-H. c.
Cure.
Beekeepers-Frank Benton
NJ F. Church, representing the Pharma-
ceutcal Society of Virginia.
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