Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-17
FAVOR PURE FOOD
LAWS FOR IOWA
Senator Newberry and Others
Are Working In Interests
of Such a Measure
PACKARD HAS BEEN ENLISTED
Tho Bill at the Last Session of the
Legislature Failed Largely Because
il Was Expected That Congress
Would Pass a National Act--The
Proposed Measure.
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Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines. July 17.-Senator Byron
W. Newberry of Strawberry Point.
who is in the sss.city to at
tend the convention of the state
bar, read paper before that body on
the matter of pure food legislation.
Senator Newberry is enthusiastic over
the proposed measure and took occas-
ion to call at the office of Dairy Com
missioner HI. r. Wright. Having made
"a study of the matter he proposes to
have conference soon with Governor
Packard of Marshalltown over the
matter and plan for the legislation
next winter. Thru Senator Newloerry
preparing his paper for the state bar
meeting he has become deeply interest,"
ed and the. proposed legislation thus
has gained one important friend.
$50
Senator Newberry has discovered
that the bill at the last session was
killed largely thru the grocers and
the wholesalers from outside the state
who represented that the national con-
gress was about to pass bill. This
is the McComber- Hepburn bill which
has been before congress since 1892.
and has not become law yet, These
lobbyists at the last session of the Iowa
legislature approached the agriculture
al committee, to which the pure food
bill was referred, and represented that
a great deal of corn was canned in
this state and would have to be all re-
labeled and the industry would be
greatly injured. AS the farmers were
interested in having a market for their
corn, they did not want the industry
injured The lobbyists first statement
to the committee always was that he
was in favor Of pure food law and
then proceeded to give arguments that
would be in opposition to any pure food
bill. Furthermore one oh their chief
contentious was that the highly culti-
waited tastes of the Iowa people was
such none but the very best grocers
and foods can find market in Iowa.
The pure food BILL which was killed
in the committee of the house last ses-
sion and which Governor Packard Is
anxious should be presented and pass
ed at the next session, provides that
the dairy commissioner shall be the
pure food commissioner as we'll as the
dairy commissioner. 1t provides for his
appointing. assistants and a chemist,
and provides that many of his acts
shall first be approved by the executive
council. When violation Of the law
is discovered it is provided that the
county attorney shall be furnished with
the facts in the case.
The main provisions of the bill con-
corning the adulteration of food, which
is of chief interest to the public, are
as follows:
That the word flood" as herein used
shall include all articles used for food,
drink. confectionery or condiment by
men or domestic animals, whether SIM
ple. mixed or compound. The term
"misbranded" as used herein shall ap-
ply to all articles Of food, or articles
which enter into the composition OF
food. the package or label OF Whlcn
shall hear any statement regarding the
ingredients or substances contained IN
such article which statement shall be
false or misleading in any particular,
and to any food or product
which is false branded as
70 the state or country in which it is
,,,.nufa ct,1red or Produced. or shall
hear any false statement regarding the
,ve;oht or quantity in the package.
Section 3. That for the purpose Of
this act an article of food Snail ne
deemed to be adulterated.
Eirst If any substance or substan-
res has or have been mixed and pack
cd with it so as to reduce or lower SO
as to thereby injuriously aHect us
quality strength or purity.
second If any substance or SUD-
stances has or have been substituted
wholly or in part for the article.
Third. If any valuable constituent
of tho article has been wholly or In
part abstracted.
Fourth. If it be an imitation OF, or
offered for. sale under, the speclnc
name of another article.
Fifth. If it be mixed, colored, pow
ered or stained in manner whereby
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sixth. If it contains any added pois-
onous ingredient, or any ingredient
which may render such article injuri-
Gus to health
Seventh. If it be labeled or branded
so as to deceive or mislead the pur-
chaser or purport to be a foreign pro-
duct when not so.
Eighth. If it consist of the whole
or any part of deceassS filtNg, de-
composed, or putrid animal or Sege-
table substance, or any portion Of any
animal unfit for food, whether manu-
factured or not, or ii 1t is The product
of a diseased animal, or one that has
died otherwise than by slaughter; pro-
yided, that an article of food which
does not contain any added poisonous
or deleterious ingredient shall not be
deemed to be adulterated in the follow
ing cases:
/. In the case of mixtures or COM