Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-13
Want Privilege of Using Pri-
vate Labels In Sale of Can
ned Goods
APPEAL TO IOWA DELEGATION
Request That 1t Support the Amend
ments to the Pure Food Bill, Now
Pending in consress-Northern Iowa
Wholesale Grocers' Association Holds
Important Meeting in This City.

The Northern Iowa Wholesale Gro
GERS Association held an important
session in this city yesterday, called for
the purpose of discussing in detail the
pure food bill, which IS now pending in
congress. If the bill passes, as pro-
posed, it will prevent grocers from put
ting on the market goods that do not
bear the name of the packer, regardless
of the fact that they may fill all the
requirements of the provisions of the
law.
The bill pending in congress provides
that every article sold must bear the
name of the packer, N addition to the
name of the jobber. The jobbers every
where sell under private labels, with
out the packers names, and feel that as
they build up their regulations on the
classes of goods handled. they should be
privileged to stand back of their own
brands and not advertise the packer.
There is no one more in favor of a pure
food law than the wholesale grocer, and
he Is interested in its passage not only
for his own good, but for the good Oh
his customer. AT the same time he
wants to put out goods under his own
brand, and as responsible and reputa-
lie dealer he can not afford to do oth-
erwise than place on the market goods
that may be classified as pure foods.
There are two amendments to the
hill that have been offered, and these
amendments are what the grocers are
asking be adopted. One is that the
iobber be allowed to use his own brand
over his own name, without the name
Of the packer, and the other IS tnat
the bill go into effect on Jan. !, 1914,
instead Of July /, 1903. The object IN
securing the adoption of the latter
amendment is purely precautionary
measure. and is asked to further the
interests of the jobber should the other
fail in adoption. The grocers have in
stock vast amounts of canned goods
and packages of different sorts. which
are manufactured as special brancs,
and they would not be able to get rid OF
them by July ! should the Dill pass
without the private label amendment.
The members of the Iowa delegation a,
Washington were wired Thursday night
a request on the part of the Northern
Iowa Association to support potii
amendments At the conclusion or the
discussion and action on the pure 1000
bill general trade conditions were
talked over at length.
Those In attendance at the meeting
were President C. F. Fowler. of the
Fowler Company Waterloo; vice
President j. w. Howell. of the War
field, Pratt. Howell Company Des
Moines: e. d. Howell. Of the Warheld.
Pratt, Howell Company, Cedar Rapids;
]. r. Burton. of the John 7. Hancock
Sons Company, Dubuque; c. +. Rice,
of the Fort Dodge Grocery Company
Fort Dodge; w. B. Smith. of Smith
Bros. G. Burdick, Davenport; Major
Marks. of the Morton L. Marks Com
nany, Davenport; C. d. Cowgirl, OF the
Western Grocery Company, Albert Lea,
MINI. George p. Smith, of the Let's,
Spencer, Smith Company, Mason City;
w. D. Prouty. of the G. G. Prouty
COMPANY. Des Moines; E. B. Smith. of
the smith, Lichty. Hillman Company.
waterloo; H. E. Sloan, of the Let's
Fletcher Company, and l.. c. Norris, OF
the Marshalltown Grocery Company.
H. NJ. Reed, of Waterloo, secretary
Of the company, was unable to be pres
ent. being in California in the interests
of his health. Manager L. c. Norris, of
the Marshalltown Grocery Company.
acted as secretary Of the meeting on
Thyrsday.