The Washington times., 1903-07-02

l uDdcT IL TOT ABOUT ten days. lhi5 Is
due TO a desire on the part of the Off
cials to act with fairness, and not inter-
| fere with cargoes which were on the
ocean at the time the law went into
effect.
! Notices of the law have been sent
to the United States consuls all over the
world, TO the foreign governments, 10
the chief exporters abroad, and TO the
chief importers at home. When :he Ag-
ricultural Department is satisfied that
/ the exporters have received informa-
tion about the law, then it will bo
strictly enforced.
Foods to Be Held Up.
The details Of carrying out the law
and the regulations under which alleged
impure foods are 10 be held up. are in
charge of the Agricultural Department.
but the agents and inspectors of the
| Treasury Department will do the work.
DR.. W. II. Wiley, chief OF the Bureau of
/ Chemistry. OF the Agricultural Depart
ment, IS the man who viii be the prac-
ticai head Of the new enterprise. and
/ ne IS confident that II will prove 5ene-
/ fetal, not only TO Americans consum-
ers. but 10 honest European exporters.
Dr. Wiley has spread broadcast among
those interested copies OF blank form
OF affidavit which the exporter must
make when he sends food to the United
States. In this affidavit the exporter
must declare that his goods contain e1-
actly what is named in the labels. that
! they are pure, and that the samples he
submits for examination are fair sam
| pies OF the identical cargo. and not Of
cargo OF similar goods. Despite this
AFFIDAVIT, the Agricultural Department
viii select samples Of its own. and eX
anime them whenever II sees ut, which
| is expected to act as a check on would
be dishonest shippers. In speaking OF
the law yesterday. DIT. Wiley said:
No Extra Expense.
1T has been complained that we would
put the Government TO extra expense
IN carrying out this new series of regu-
Z lations. This is not the case. The ap-
praisers take samples of imports to
assess them, and It will be no more
trouble for them TO take samples for our
| tests when we want them. We do not
expect any additional expense except in
the laboratory work here in washington,
which has already been provided for
The suggestion that we will delay
4 the entry of shipments has been made.
but IS not well founded We have made SO
many tests Of the kind We anticipate
that the samples can be submitted 10
US, the examination made and the YER
Il lot In a..
terial delay.
We anticipate that the notices we
have sent out viii put the exporters oa
their guard. and We hope TO see the
law become strictly effective without the
/ seizure Of half dozen cargoes. We
mean to be strict and have let the ex-
| porters know as much. To seize and
| condemn an entire shipment or cargo is
a serious matter TO the man who tries
| to deceive the officials. and II e not
/ likely that many will take the risk one
or two cases Of this extreme step may
! be necessary. and after that things
should 90 along smoothly enough
Some Foods Are Pure.
I'VE do not purpose TO make an an
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brought into the country Some kinds
Of shipments are known to be entirely
free from adulteratlon. and those Il will
not be necessary to examine. We are
after those which have been notoriously
mislabeled or adulterated in the past,
and We Will correct these abuses or keep
the stuff out of the country.
h. Av,orF,~r, No. -
judged at the Paris Exposition they were
thrown out Of the competition because
they were alleged to be labeled with
misleading names, such as burgundy.
port. etc. As the American Juror I OBJ
jected strongly TO their being thrown
out. This was not because did not see
the force OF the objection. but because
! thought that It should have been made
when the exhibit was received. and not
when the Jurors were ready 70 test the
samples. 1 think il would be a good thing
for all concerned If each country were
10 insist that goods be labeled with their
true contents. and I do not object TO
seeing European governments demand
that our goods being treated as we are
going to treat theirs.
Our new law shows that two can play
at the game. and one Of the classes that
viii be kept out or will have 10 be cor
rectly labeled are the alleged French
wines which arc really blends of French,
Italian. and Spanish wines.
TO help American exporters Congress
has given us the authority 10 make
analyses Of their cargoes on which we
render a report and the exporter signs
an affidavit that the samples are fair
samples Of the cargo which he IS send
ing. This is in line with our demand on
the foreign shipper that he make af-
fdayit that the goods which he IS ship
ping are not made or compounded in vio-
lation or the laws of the country from
which they come.
Some of our exporters have already
taken advantage OF this Government
certificate and We have gent out blanks
TO all the exporters whose names we
could ascertain telling them OF the Gov
crnmeuts offer. We sent these blanks
out only In the last few days, as we did
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