The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
washington Special.

Washington Special.
 Last Summer Secretary Wilson sent to Presi- dent Roosevelt report on which the Govern- ment chemists had spent two years of hard work. It covered a complete analysis of e great variety of adulterated food products that are regularly imported into the United States. Ihe investigation which was represented in this report was made primarily to furnish the united States Government with ammunition with which to fight Germany in retaliation for the latter's exclusion of American meats.
 The report showed that Germany is sending Into the United States every year millions of Dollars worth of dyes, sausages, preserves maets and other foodstuffs into which a greater or lesser amount of harmful preservatfves have been introduced. The information was positive enough to warrant the President in instituting proceedings to bring about the exclusion of all this class of products. in the interest of the health of the American people For some req Bon or other the report was thrown into Q con hole by the President, and there 1t has remained ever since. Reasons of State inter- posed to check the scheme proposed by Secre- tary Wilson. Those who were interested in eunishing Germany for her enactment of . tarif law that will work great injustice and Injury to American industries were deeply dis sppointcd when the President failed to avail himself of the opportunity to strike back at Germany.
 A was quiotiy put turOuBn congress m the closing hours of the last session, however, which makes 1t possible to still utilize the in- formation collaborated by Secretary Wilson 6 Chemists and st the same time shut off the importation into the United States of impure food products. This law authorizes the Secre- tary of the Treasury to refuse entry of food supplies which the Secretary of Agriculture finds to be adulterated so as to be injurious to health, or which the Secretary of Agricul- ture finds contains bodies which are forbidden to be sold or restricted in sale in the countries where the goods were produced or from which they are exported.
 There was previously on the statute books law which authorizes the exclusion of adul- terated foods that might be injurious to health, but It required our officers to prove that they were harmful. The new law relieves the Fed eral officers from this responsibility and en- hbles them to take the laws in the foreign countries for their guidance. This Is regarded hs a very important law and a iong step for ward in the direction of the full protection of the American public from impure and adul- terated foreign food supplies. If the law is en- forced 1t will have a very wide application. All the European countries less particular about the of aulterants in food preparations. The department officers have col lected the laws of the different foreign coun- eries on this subject in order to be prepared to bnforce them against imports.
 The scientists of the Department of Agri- culture have been making some Investigation 10 determine the effects of certain kinds of Iood on horses and also to ascertain how they Ire affected in weight by light and severe work. One experimenter found that horse s bod must be regulated by the amount of work performed. If the work stopped for three days and the ration not diminished the horses were subject to paralysis, resulting in death. It has been found. also. that. roughly speaking. a horse requires 575 pounds of body weight to carry one pound upon his back Auring exertion. such as racing. The tpeed at which the horse travels. the way in which the load is distributed. the external temperature and other conditions have an effect 1pon the work performed. It has been shown hat horse walking 5 8 miles per day neither gains nor loses in weight on a regulated daily ration. but when the speed increased the Animal lost weight