Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-16
PURE FOOD LAW
WILL Be DRAFTED
State Law Will Follow the
Lines OF the Hepburn Meas
ure In Congress
TO DEFINE ADuLTERATIoN
DEFINE ApULTERATioN
Nearly Every Member Of the Lesisa-
ture Favors the Law, the Only
Question Being Construction of the
Statute so as Not to Harm Lesiti.
mate interests.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 16.--Those inter
ested In securing pure food law at
the harsds of the general assembly this
telation of foods in as nearly as pos
slble the Same language that was used
in the bill proposed and introduced in
congress by Col. w. P. Hepburn. This
language has been followed by large
number Of state legislatures where
pure food bills have been passed and
1t Is believed that IL a pure food bin
is ever passed by congress some such
wording Will be used in it. The Sec
ton Of the bill practically as 1t will
he presented at the session OF the
Legislature this winter is as follows:
That for the purpose of this act
an article OF food shall be deemed to
he aduiterated; first, II any substance
or substances has or have been mixed
and packed with II so as to reduce
or lower or so as to thereby injuri-
ously affect Its quality, strength or
purity; second, II any substance OF
substances has or have been substt-
tuted wholly or in part for the arti-
Gle; third. IL any valuable constitu-
ent OF the article has been wholly or
in part abstracted; fourth, IL 1t be an
Imitation of, or offered for sale, under
the specific name of another article;
fifth, if 1t be mixed, colored, powdered
or stained in manner whereby dams
age or inferiority is concealed; sixth,
IL 1t contains any added poisonous in
gredielt which may render such arti-
Gle injurious to health; seventh, ii 1t
sbe labeled or branded SO as to deceive
or nisdead the purchaser, or puport
to be Il foreign product when not SO. :
The eighth paragraph OF the section
pertains to using diseased or decom-
posed animal or vegetable matter.
Everybody rs said to be In favor Of
d pure food law and the only conten-
tion is al to which and what kind
Of law. Heretofore the grocers Of
the state and nation have written the
first section OF the definition of adul-
terated foods in this way: TT any sub
stance or substances has or have been
mixed and packed with it SO as to re-
duce or lower or so as to thereby in
juriously affect Its quality, strength
or purity ESQ that such product, when
offered for sale, shall deceive or tend
to deceive the purchaser)." The part
in parenthesis Is the part added by
the wholesalers and manufacturers.
The committee of the state agricul-
tural society which, according to law,
must recommend all measures affect
ing the food products has not been in
favor of this wording, claiming that
those few words will destroy the en-
tire force OF the bill, as 1t will be diff
cult TO prove that a man was de-
ceived. The members of the commits
tee claim they want bill that will
prevent the Offering for sale of adul-
terated foods that are injurious. The
grocers would add that clause to
every paragraph nearly Of the defint-
ton of adulterated foods. The COM
,nittee wants a law under which the
wayfaring man, though a fool, can go
to the grocery store and get pure
foods The Macomber bin introduced
in congress follows the idea OF the
wholesale grocers. The Hepburn bill
Of the state society favors.
state Librarian JOHNSON Brigham
has received photograph of the
painting by Blashfield which will go
in the panel above the grand STAIR
case. The photograph is about eight
inches wide and eighteen inches long
and shows some detail in the painting.
The A.oloring of course is mot there
but all who have looked at the photo
graph are very highly pleased with It,.
The description was given some days
ago In the Times Republican which
was one of the first papers in the state
to publish the description. When the
painting is placed on the wall with all
the lights properly arranged and the
painting is finally approved by the art
ist it is confidently believed Iowa will
possess masterpiece of art. SO far
there is practically no criticism of the
photograph The painting will be rr1ucil
better yet The prairie schooner is
drawn by two yoke of oxen which are
in the. lead as the pioneers of civiliza-
tion. Beside the wagon are q soldier
and sailor representing the war and
in the group with them horse and at
the extreme end of the painting a corn
field and fruits of civilization. The
idea OF the picture is the converting of
the soil to purposes of civilization and
from one side of the picture to the
other there is represented the various
agencies and implements of civiliza-
tion beginning with the OK teams and
ending with the products of the soil
and factory.
The. number of cooperative cream
cries in the state of Iowa always re-
mairrs about the same. There are 44s
this year and there We're 448 last year.
The q,un,iber Of creameries dn the STATE,
goes up and down but the number Of
creameries remains the
same There was at one time a total
of about 900 creameries in Iowa. There
are row s55 and last year there were