The times., 1899-01-21
TO PROTECT HONEST MEN
Professor Flynn's Address on
the Pure Food Law.
PUBLIC HEALTH MENACED
The Congress to Complete Its Annual
LabOrs T0.iny-Funds for Future
Mcctiugs-senator Mnson's Address
-DeIcgntcs Attend banquet
Business of the Concluding Session

The delegates to the Pure Food Congress
! have nearly completed their business and
are making preparations for departure.
Today will mark the close of one OF the
most successful meetings of the advocates
of pure food. There will be one session
| this morning. and it is expected that with
this the business OF the convention will
end. It is probable that another session
will be held in the evening 10 hear
speeches which have been crowded out OF
the programme by pressure of business.
The morning session yesterday was
called TO order by President Blackburn
shortly before II O'Clock. The report of
the committee on order of business was
read and that of the committee on resolu-
tions was being submitted when Senator
Mason arrived. and it was voted TO yield
the floor 10 him.
Senator Mason talked for some time on
the advantages of pure food law. He
said that it is the duty of the legislators
in Congress to pass the law. He urged
that those in favor OF pure food legislation
maintain a firm stand against the attacks
of the few interested parties who opposed
the passage of the law. Senator Mason
was accorded vote OF thanks by the
congress.
The report of the committee on resolu
tions was completed and the general order
of business was resumed The report OF
the committee on organization, which also
contained the nominations for officers for
the ensuing year. followed. The report con-
tanned the bylaws that have been prepared
during the past year by the members of the
committee at the direction of the president
of the congress. Several amendments we're
offered before it was adopted and some dis
cusson was caused when it was found that
there was no provision for a representa-
tive of the United States Government in
the list of vice presidents. The deficiency
was remedied and the report was unani-
mously adopted.
The subcommittee on uniform legislation
concluded a report commenced az the ses-
sion Thursday afternoon. and the congress
adjourned to meet at o'clock.
At 2:3O o'clock reception was given the
delegates by President and Mrs. Mckinley
at the Executive Mansion. All of the del
egates were presented to Mr.. Mckinley by
Mr.. Blackburn the president of the con-
gress. After the reception the delegates
returned TO the hall and the question of
how to raise funds for future meetings re-
ceived attention. Delegates Abbott, Per
ky and Hume We're the principal speakers,
all OF them urging the States to give as
| much as possible toward the congress,
$1,000 being the amount asked from each
State and Territory.
Some discussion was caused by the prop
osition of one of the members to increase
the interest in the organization by the
distribution of literature pertaining to pure
| food subjects. The Pure Food Congress, he
said, is generally misunderstood many peo-
pie believing II TO be a free show. Letters
are received from all parts of the country
asking space for exhibits. 1t was decided
to make heroic efforts TO make the objects
Of the congress known to the public at
| large through the newspapers.
The evening session was called to order
at S o'clock and was devoted to speech
making. The most important address was
made BY Prof. Paul V. Flynn OF Newark
y. J. The speaker talked on The Spirit
of the Age and the National Pure Food
| Law" He said in part:
IN the light of the spirit Of the age it Is well
TO consider the question OF pure food egiss ion.
Legislative enacmerfs. whether or natiOral
/ IN character. must conform to the spirit of the
! age II they would he respected poes the Brosius
! bill, recommended by the National Pure Food and
| Drug Congress, meet that requirement
! The necessity Of its enactment i evidenced by
| The universal interest which the country mani
/ !e-ls on It's bt.iali. III HE National Pure Food
/ and Drug Congress delegates representing
! nearly all the Ststes and Tclritoric- and the
District OF Columbia: while the general Govern
ment Is Represented 10y the departments of Asri-
| culture and the Internal Revenue, as well as by
! the army and navy.
| The national pure food and drug bill las been
| intelligcntly considered and wisely drawn. IL
provisions are in tine line of the largest liberty
consistent with protecting society against adul-
| teration and fraud II hTelths no Warlikc siirit
against honest manufacturers and dealers, hut
rather protects their interests The acknuYy lodged
widespread practice OF avdricj0us men who resort
10 adutcrdtiuu and fraululCut representation oi
| food and drink for human c0nsinipt ion has re.
| snlt"d not Infrcquently in sickness and sends to
! the grave annually thousands Of human beings.
In the name Of humanity the National Pure
| ood and Drug Congress urges, nay, demands.
/ that The BroSiuS bill should be recognized with
/ favor by the United States Congress, and become
! q law
! The gaIows. MI. President is the gate Of
/ heaven fUr many. who. they not deferred lv
! the fear Of punishment, might unbushngiy con
ilnuc {" commit crlnIc aud rush midly prl-mell
| into perdition. While the Brosius bill was not
! contemplated primarily for the salvation 0f I'M
-cTupulou, manufacturers of. and dishonest deal
! cTs m, food. drink. and drug products. but was
and Is intended as set forth in the tiile of the
act to safeguard the people of tho country against
/ Tie adu!terItion, mishrinding and imitation oi
iopnS, beverages, etc, and for regulating in.
terstatc traffic, and for other purposes" still the
avarcious horics of today. under the provisions OF
the act, may he constrained TO practice that viz
!
may We not hope that. when confronted by the
moral tcrrors of the law. they will undergo a
radical change OF heart cuurage1u,ly ri-c Ia tho
| plane oL honest men and love virtue for yitt,e'a
sake alone.
| Agricultural industrie, are the fountain head
OF All national prosperity. Cripple them and ali
other enterprises suffer. Destroy them and uni
Nersal ruin would follow. How rarely docs this
! subject receive that consideration from the
! masses which ITS Importance should ever com
inand. Human life is taken in self-defencc and
the enlightened civilization 0t the nineteenth cen
| tufy VIII justify the Ict. But were the act
| not jusiitIble, what is one individual life or
many. compared with the dir. su results that
would arise from sapping the very hearts blood
| Of the nation itself? The agricultural classes
suffer deeply from those abuses which the pro-
posed Legislation, in which this congress Is inter.
| ested, would strike down. How can the farmer
live and prosper when the fruits Of the field and
initiated. and the Idultera tions and limitations
msbrandrd and sold in competition with his oy;p
y not such competition unfair! Is it not unjust 3.
Is 1t not vIolatiNe of the spirit Of the age! Do
not such frauds deserve the anathcma of every
| right thinking man
Every citizen, no matter his station in life,
| or whether lie Is 10 the manner born or first
saw the light Of day beneath an alien flag should
consider 1t duty OF the first importance to
heartily support this congress in the cndeayor 10
secure pure food legislation.
large number of the delegates to the
pure food and drug congress took part, by
special invitation. in banquet given last
night at the National Hotel. The host of
| the evening 4. +. Spawn
The programme for today is as follows:
10 a. m.-Addresses by ID. w Wilson
Elgin Board of Trade, Illinois: Charles NJ
AIMS, of Max Ans Preserving Company of
New York city. n. Y; Prof. Henry Krae-
| mer. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
subject, "A Note on the Study of Starch
Grains" and a. F. Spawn, OF Baltimore
fin Eta hue