Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
FIGHT OVER PURE FOOD BILL
Hard ~strusGIe Made AGAINST Some Of
Its Provisions by City
Members.
From a staff Correspondent

Prom a Stan, Correspondent
LINCOLN, March 24.-(Specia AFTER
a night continuing nearly ell day the senate
finally went on record in favor of a pure
FOOD law. Hall and Howell of Douglas.
oNeill OF Lancaster, Brady Of Boone and
otners fought the bills as prepared by the
deputy food commissioner, and all the tao
tics that could be employed were brougbt
into use to defeat the measures. The
fight was made on s. F.. 50 and after that
had been ordered enerossed its companion
bill, s. F. SO, was 6rdered engrossed with
out any trouble. &hitSn-
s. f. so makes the food law much broader
and gives the deputy" food commissioner
much more authority. He is authorized
under 1t to employfAaehemist at a salary of
not less h $1,000 per year and a tray-
cling food inspector at a salary of not
less than $50 per month, and II neces-
sary he is allowed to employ a clerk. The
commissioners is empowered to enforce the
law In regard to the adulteratidn of but
ter, cheese and their limitations. milk.
cream. vinegar and other food products
used by man. The companion bill provides
that no person or company shall manufac-
ture or sell within the state any article
OF food which is adulterated and not
branded such. Hall argued tina it would
seriously tnture the manufacturers Of the
state by forcing them to manufacture pure
goods while their foreign competitors were
shipping in and selling the impure goods
labeled pure. He believed that It would
give to the deputy food commissioner too
much authority. Howell argued against the
bill and did It from a scientific standpoint.
Wall Of Sherman. Sloan Of Fillmore, Way
Of Platte and Harrison Of Hall each made
talks for the bill. Harrison argued that the
Women's clubs of the state had asked for
the passage OF such a bill aud he believed
that the women knew about what was
needed along the food lines.
When the question was finally. put, to
have the bill indefinitely postponed. and
was lost by a standing vote OF 13 to Is,
Hall OF Douglas attempted to kill II by
proposing several amendments tha would
vitality AFFECT its operations. The first
one was to strike out the salary Of the
chemist and clerk. This was lost by a
standing vote of 10 to is. He then Of
fered an amendment to that section pro-
viding that the commissions would have
power to analyze milk or cream, etc., .wher-
ever bought and sold. by striking out the
words bought or sold" This was lost
by a vote OF 8 to is, He then offered his
last amendment, striking out the line that
NA~ ~ a. khCA1AoN DhOhAa bO
as prima facie evidence. 1t was at this
j~uncture that Sheldon rose to a point OF
order and objected to Hail Offering amend
ments, the object OF which were plainly to
kill the bill. --
Chairman Harrison then stated that It
seemed this was the object Of the Douglas
senator and that any further amendments
along hat line would be. declared out of
order. This led to a retort from Hall that
he was not making the amendments to kill
the bill, and he added that he was not
satisfied with the last count. Harrison at
once bristled up and said he would not
permit any imputations on the count of
the clerk, and the Incident closed with
both men apparently much ruined. The
bill was then ordered engrossed for a third
reading by a standing vote Of Is to IA. 8.
F.rss then went through without a fight.
Senate Routine.
The following bills were passed:
H. r. 100, for the establishment Of junior
normal schools.
s. F., los, finding OF fact on appeal.
8. F. 166, road tax
8. F. 176, extending boundaries Of cities
and villages to the state line.
8. +. 1877, relating TO guardians.
8. y. 1888, How TO pay road tax and how
the money is TO be applied.
s. r. 1874. providing that liquor dealers
shall give q $1,000 bond, was killed.
Warner OF Dakota moved that Mrs. Wal
tiers be allowed Ss6 extra pay for services
as stenographer for the telephone invest
igating committee. This was at the rate
Of IS per night. Motion carried.
The senate went into committee Of the
whole. with Harrison in the chair. and
made the following report on bills on gen.
eral file:
s.. y. SO. providing for food commission,
salary Of deputy and powers. and regulat-
ing the manufacture Of food; ordered en-
crossed.
8. f.. SO, providing against the adultera-
ton Of food; ordered engrOssed,
8. r. 27s. increasing the oil test TO l12
degrees; ordered engrossed.