Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-23
TIE SALE OF BAD MEAT
Some Criticism of Pure Food
Bill Because 1t Does Not
Prevent 1t
GENERALLY WELL RECEIVED
GENERALLY WELL RECEIVED
The Bill Was Adopted by the State Az
ricultural Department and Appears
to Cover the Ground as Relating to
Food Authorizations and Use of Inn
purities That May Be Harmful
Special to Times Republican.

/ Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 23.-The pure fooc
bill which was adopted by the state
agricultural department has been gen.
orally we'll received in the state. The
bill appears to cover the ground SO fal
as 1t relates to authorizations of food
harmful. There is some criticism on
the ground that the bill does not cover
sufficient ground. 1t is pointed out in
the current Monthly Health Bulletin
of Iowa that the bill fails to preven,
| the sals. of bad meat. The commen,
OF Secretary Kennedy IS as follows:
I'VE present herewith a synopsis OF
the bill recommended by committee
| OF the Iowa Agricultural Society and
recommended for passage by said so
ciety. There have been several other
| bills proposed and one Vas under con-
sidsration by the Twenty gem
eral assembly. There is no question
but that from commercial standpoint
/ JuNACIouS dIld iaN PIX
Ing the sale OF fraudulent and adul,er-
ated foods and medicines should be en-
acted and enforced. Such law should
also provide sanitary and hygienic pro-
lection. l. seems 10 US from this sy-
nopsis kindly furnished us by the state
food and dairy commissioner that the
bill Is deficient becauss, it does not
seem to include the sale of unwhole-
some and diseased meats, fruits. veg
etables, etc Sections 1880 to 1885, in
elusive, of the code, forbid the adulter-
alton or sale OF unwhol-some or adul
terated food, drugs or medicines and
provides penalties, but there seems to
be no practical method of detecting
such violations and no one specially
designated to complain or enforce the
law. Section 1881 says: II any per-
son knowingly sells any kind of dis
ss.sed. corrupted or unwholesome pro-
visions, whether for meat or drink
without making the nature and condi-
tion of the same fully known to the
buyer. he shall he imprisoned in the
county Jail not more than thirty days
or be fined not exceeding $100.' This
section from hasty glance would seem
to protect the consumer against hav-
ing such food foisted upon him. Our
state veterinary surgeon has gone to
places and found cattle diseased with
llmpy jaw or tuberculosis to such an
extent as to render tletr food not only
disgusting but absolutely unsafe for
domestic use and so informed the own
er. He has placed them under quaran-
tine and appointed a day when he
would return and determine what to do
with the diseased animals. On his re-
turn the owner has coolly informed him
that buyer from Chicago or some
ether point came along and he had sold
them! When expostulatsd with and
his attention was called TO section 1881
he triumphantly says that the nature
and condition of the cattle and the fact
that they had been condemned had
been fully made known to the buyer
and that he had bought them with
that knowledge. Such business ought
in the interests of health and decency
20 be prevented. One would think that
a pure food law would or should in
c1ude means for such protection
George w. Clarke, speaker of the
Iowa house. will not follow precedent
and make his home at one of the Des
Moines hotels while serving as speaker
of the house. He has rented a fur
rished house near Drake University
and will live there. 1t is twenty-five
minutes by street car from the center
of the city. But Mr. Clarke has son
ho$
University and he desires to have his
family together during the winter, as
he is much of honne-loving man and
rather shrinks from the inevitable pub
licity of the position he Is about to Sc
cure. He will have a room at one of
the hotels before the meeting of the
legislature and for the first week
where he will be easy of access. but
after that expects to he able to live
with some seclusion at his home. Mr.
Clarke is keeping away from Des
Moines as much as possible.
News comes to members of the state
capitol commission that Mrs. A. b.
Funk, OF Spirit Lake, wife of the presi-
dent of the capitol commission. is re-
Lake, after the serious operation in
a Chicago hospital. The operation was
very rare one and has been performed
so seldom that the doctors were in
much doubt about the outcome. But
happily the operation was perfect
success, so far as can be known now.
and the report is that Mrs. Funk will
have better health than ever before.
Senator Funk has not attended any of
the meetings of the commission for
some time, but the work of repairing
the capitol has been going on steadily. |
1t is stated that A. S. Smith, of Storm
Lake, has already been feeling around
with view to securing the position OF
collector of the northern Iowa judicial
district in case the president removes
j. U. Sammis
The field of candidates for the judge
ship in the district of southern Iowa
where Judge Parrish resigned is en-
larging. The field at present consists !