The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-04-22
AGAINST Decentralization
IS SENATOR HEYBURN'S FIGHT
viii IntrOduee a New Pure Food BiII at
the Next session of Congress Gives
His Views On the subject to The New
York Tribune

senator Hebyurn, who made such a
valiant fight for the pure food bill iu
the last congress and whose most
persistent efforts were invariably
accompanied by courtesy aud good
nature which wen for him the respect
Of his colleagues, will renew the con
test next autumn With materially iu-
creased prospects of success. The
MoCumber Pure Food bill. for the
passage of which senator HeybuIn
strove during the recent congress,
came to him by inheritance when he
was elected chairman of the Com
mittee on Manufactures, and. al
though unwilling to criticise the
work Of his predecessors, the senator
will redraft the measure ia the recess,
bearing in mind every tangible OBJ
lection raised and seeking to elm
mate every cause for reasonable op-
position, and then will make a
determined contest for the new
measure on the floor Of the senate.
He does not hesitate to declare now
that his efforts will meet with sue
cess. tie says
The necessity Of a federal pure
food bill is almost obvious. Eevrv
state, save perhaps one. in the Union.
has adopted more OF less efficient
legislation Of this character. and the
prevention Of the manufacture aud
sale of misbranded or adulterated
drugs, foods and liquors would be
complete. we're il net for the 'un.
broken package decisions Of the SUI
preme court, under which one state
Is practically powerless against the
Importation Of this class of goods
from another. The fact that the
various state legislatures have adopt
ed pure food bills demonstrates that
the people are alive to the necessity
OF such legislation, and the one link
necessary to perfect the chain is a
federal bill which will cover inter
state commerce, over which the states
can exercise no jurisdiction. With
al efficient federal pure food bin on
the statutes the manufacture and sale
Of spurious articles intended for
human consumption would be render
ed impossible or Improbable. and
the energy now devoted TO this in
dustry would be turaed into lines
more worthy, if less profitable. while
human health would be immeasurably
conserved and the weak. the children
and the sick would be saved from the
peTnicious, sometimes fatal. effect Of
adulterated OF attenuated drugs aud
unsound aud uuhealthfuI food.
Under existing conditions the
states can, and in most instances
have, enacted laws which protect
their citizens from the manufacture
OF spurious goods within their own
borders, aud from the sale OF goods
30 manufactured, hnt the =o-calIei
original package holding Of the
supreme court renders it impossible
for them effsctually to protect their
citizens against impure foods and
food products manufactured in sister
states. -
Have sou received assurances
from senate leaders which lead to
your confident prediction that the
bill will pass next sazsioue' vas
asked
II have. There may be- some h.
have not committed themselves. but
there are a number who have. The
fact Is that the senate has not ser
lousy considered the pill thus far
and many senators had not even read
1t When they offered objections
against its PROVISIONS This latter
condition Is one which teIiege will
be remedied next gear
How about the contention Of San
ator .. Fl Plat that ii aaalI b. an
Just T. punish Che innocent geader af
an aduIterated or mishraudad an
ticles''
Senator Plat ha- been too busy
to give the bill CLOSE attention. and
had overlooked certain provisions
which answered hi contention
MEANaEoT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
"what Il n claim that ne msa-
IRE il unconstitutional that i'll
stretchc- teyond all Intention IL tha
framer- Of the constitution. Tho SCOPE
OF that provision wbich authorizes
congress Il regulate commerce Ur-
tween the -t4i,z.'t