The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-05
FOR PURE FOOD.
Committee of the
Recent Congress Meets
at the Dread.

The executive committee of the
National pure food and drug
congress met yesterday in the
parlors of the Dread Institute to
arrange for the immediate promotion
Of the legislation now pending in the
interests of pure food and drugs, and
to arrange for the publication of the
proceedings of the recent meeting of
the congress to set on foot plans for
the establishing of a propaganda to
develop public information upon the
various matters for which the organiz-
alton was formed and to confer with
Hon. H. D. Perky, who has been az
pointed chairman of the finance com
mfttee of the National pure food and
orus congress, relative to the organiza-
tlon OF the work of this committee.
The executive board consists of VIM.
Irear, chairman and professor of chem
lstry in the State Agricultural College
OF pennsylvania, chemist of the state
! department of agriculture~and vice di-
rector OF the state experiment station.
w. 5. Thompson of Washington, D. c.
chairman of the council of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical Association. Hon
Frank Dye, secretary of the state board
Oh agriculture of New Jersey; Alexan-
der j. Wedderburn, of Washington u
G, master of the State Grange of Vir-
ginia
The Spy man saw Mr.. Trear. who
spoke OF the objects of the food con-
gress as follows:
rms executive committee is charged
with the duty of promoting. during The
interim between the meetings of the
Naulonal pure food and drug congress.
0DlPpfS nf no
peen presented before the national con-
2ress legislation proposed by the or
ganlzatlon to prevent the adulteration
ana mlsbranding of foods and drugs
Whlch are subject to interstate com
neroe or commerce with foreign conn
tries. - Nouil
: Inc need for this legislation is press
lns. large proportion of the income
Oh the working classes is spent for food
and not an inconsiderable per cent FOR
medicines. The amount of absolutely
injurious adulteration is altogether foo
large, while the MISREPRESENTATION of
the nature of the food or drug products
by m1sbranding is astonishing
1t is the object of the legislation
proposed TO require common honesty
IN the trade which is properlv suh-
ject of national control: TO con4rol not
only the consumer, but the retail deal
en- who must of necessity bear the
ehlet Drunt of state food legislation
ana also for that of the honest pro-
Queer of legitimate food and drug
products, who suffer severely from the
vicious competition of misbranded,
cheaper, substitutes.
The purpose of the organization is
10 secure greater uniformity in food
standards, to develop better public
sentiment in the support Of food leg
lslauon, and last but not least for
the purpose of securing among the peo-
pie of the United States a more per
rect knowledge and intelligent use of
pure human foods.
This congress is composed of dele
gates appointed to represent the more
important food and drug Industries of
the country, boards of trade medical
societies and certain state and national
governmental departments. such as
boards of health. pharmaseuti-
cal examining boards, food com
missions, departments of agri-
culture, scientific organizations, as
well as several of the rationaT denart-
inents, AT the recent meeting in Wash
lngton over 200 delegates were present
from nearly all the States and terri
tories, Alaska even being represented
and representatives from all the prin-
cipal trade interests above mentioned.
worcester was selected as the place
most convenient for the meeting of the
executive board, Mr.. Perky being a
member of the pure food and drug con-
gress' appointed by the governor as a
delegate"
AS The Spy man was about to leave
ne asked Mr. Trear # there was any
thing he had to say about the purity
of the army beef, Mr.. Trear said what
ever he might know or think on the
subject could not be spoken, and he
preferred having nothing to say about
il at all