The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-06
PURE FOOD JAW IS INTERESTING Went Into Effect July lst in the
 United States.
  MANUFACTURERS EFFECTED New Law Is outcome of Extensive Dieting Experiments Tried in Washington by the Bureau
 of Chemistry.
MANUFACTURERS EFFECTED
av mA1rERsoN sTEALEY.

washington, July 5.-(Speeial.) )-A live ly curiosity attaches to the operation Of the recently enacted pure food law which ? went into effect on the first of this month Interest in the subject has been stimu- lated by the extensive experiments at the government boarding house. conducted under the direction of Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry of the department of agriculture, for the purpose of definitely ascertaining the ef- feet of preservatlves, coloring matter, and adulterants used in the preparation of food products.
 The newly effective pure food law was contained in an amendment to the ap- propriation bill for the department of az riculture for the present fiscal year and authorizes the secretary of agriculture 10 analyze food products imported into the United States, and the secretary ot the treasury to refuse to deliver to the con- signee those goods which the secretary of agriculture reports to him have been inspected, analysed and found dangerous to health, or where their sale is forbid den in the countries where they are made or from which they are exported. "or which shall be falsely labeled in any re- spect in regard to the place, of manufae- ture or the contents of the package"
 Outcome of Strenuous Campaign.
 This legislation was the outcome of strenuous campaign conducted by the advocates of pure food laws and was compromise between the Mann bill, sup ported by the National Association or Retail grocers and certain wholesalers and jobbers of Chicago on the one haho' and the Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of Food products and their allies who favored the Corliss pill on the other. The contest resulted In the passage by the house of the Hepburn bill, which was the old Brosius bill re- vised, but it failed in the senate owing to lack of time for consideration.
 An attempt will be made during the coming session to secure the enactment of a law on the lines of the Hepburn Dill and a meeting of the Association of Man. ufacturers and Distributors of Food Pro- ducts will be held at the Manhattan hotel in New York on July B for the formula ton of the plans for the campaign. Many of the largest manufacturers of canned goods in the United States are members of the association and they desire to have interstate commerce in food products reg uidIed so that d uHllOIliil3 Ol lCS SiSAeheAo on this subject can be secured. Dr. Wiley will cooperate with them and it is hoped that the divergent views of all parties interested can be harmonized to secure united efforts.
 Labelling is Difficult.
 It is represented that the labelling and branding of food products so as to meet the requirements of the laws of the various states Is now attended with great difficulties and expense. Dr. Wiley once 1estingly said that it almost required the service of a lawyer to see that labels were properly prepared and affixed in com pliance with the laws of the different states into which goods were shipped. Pennsylvania stipulates that all food pro- ducts not made of absolutely pure mate rial shall be labeled compound" Ohio and Massachusetts demand the use of a 'composite formula label" in Minnesota they are required to be branded in heavily printed labels ''adulterated mixture" ," while in Illinois the word imitation suffices.
 The manufacturers claim they are will ing to brand their goods with any of these labels if they can have a uniformity of laws which will permit the use of one label in all the states. They hope that if congress enacts law on the lines of the Hepburn bill, they can persuade the various state legislatures to pass laws to conform thereto.