The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-05
WORK FOR PURE FOOD
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER DrxC
MEAN NAMED ON NATIONAL
COMMITTEE
MANY BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS
Several of Them Contain ProvIsio,,a
of Vital Import to Dairy
Interests of the
Country.

george l.. Dingman, assistant dairy
ana food commissioner, yesterday re-
celved from Chairman George A. Scher-
er, Of the National Association Of Re
tail Grocers, which met at milwaukee,
last week, letter notifying him that
ne had been appointed one of the TWEEN
ty-tWo members Of the pure food COM
mtttee for the ensuing year. The duty Of
each member of the committee is to
commence at once an active agitation
In city and state for the support of the
pure food bills now before congress"
Mr.. D1ngman was also substituted for
ex-senator Charles Lamy, of New York,
who was one of the members appointed
to look after the interests of this legisa-
ton in Washington. Mr.. Dingman will
not go to Washington, however.
Mr.. Dingman says the success of the
pure food legislation now before con-
gress is practically assured, and while
this legislation will not be altogether
what is desired, yet it will be a starter,
and the rest will come in due time.
Mr.. Dingman is in favor of punching
the various bills now before congress into
one general pure food bill He is OPP
posed to the creation of a national dairy
and food department, and thinks the de-
partment of agriculture should handle
the pure food legislation. One of the
most gigantic frauds perpetrated on the
country comes naturally within the do
main of the department of agriculture
namely, the selling of old and worthless
seeds. Many concerns buy up tons and
tons Of old worthless seeds, and by ad-
vert1s1ng them extensively at a ridicul-
Ously cheap rate they secure immense
orders for these Seeds which have no
life in them. Other frauds of q similar
kind come within the range Of the de
partment of agriculture, and Mr. Ding
q Tcko
operated by this department, which Is
thoroughly equipped for the work, than
by creating new department at this
time.
Standard OF Analysis.
Mr.. Dingman says that In addition TO
the cleo bills and the pure food laws
the dairymen are especially interested
in the BabcOck bill and the Hartley bill.
The Babcock bill provides a uniform
standard of analysis, a thing which is
greatly desired because of the present
wide variance of standards In different
states
Mr.. Dingman says that at the Mil
waukee convention a case came I'D which
shows that chemical analysis is not
always wholly reliable. concern in a
certain large city submitted samples of
what 1t called mineral water to Ger
tain chemists. and received from these
chemists letters declaring the mineral
water to be full of healing and medi-
cinal properties. On the strength OF these
statements the concern did an immense
business. selling barrels of this mineral
water" This mineral water" was Sc
cured from a little spring on the side
Of q hill. Some time later an investiga-
ton discovered the fact that this spring
was caused by the bursting Of sewer
pipe leading from a large packing estab-
liShment.
The Hartley bill is one Of the most
stringent ever introduced, and is favored
by all the dairymen and by many bust
ness interests. 1t provides that any de-
ceptlon in the advertisement and sale OF
goods shall be punishable. II man buys
an article supposing it to be one thing
represented to be a certain thing and dis
covers it to be something else he can re-
cover from the dealer or manufacturer.