The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-01-03
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 8, 1906.
6Unr CUEusT WILEY ON COLD
STORAGE.

STORAGE.
The past month has been made
notable ON account Of the great num-
bU Of convsattons Of bodies having
close relations to foods and food
consumption. This 70 probably due.
In . sense. to the efforts Of Presi-
Asnt Roosevelt to effect pure food
Hesitation by congress. Last week
thD America Warehousemen's as
suciation held Q convention In this
city. Their meetings were all we'll
attended. yet the session at which
Or. Wiley. chief chemist Of the de-
partment Of agriculture, spoke found
every delegate in his seat. He adj
dressed the association on the
Rights Of Consumers" taking as
his keynote the fact that secrecy Il
No longer q necessity in the attain
ment oe commercial success"
II am not here today to throw
beQuets." said the doctor. and to-
day / want to tell you what be-
lteve yeu viii have to contend with
II the near future. It Is not good
business and It Is very bad ethics to
deceive the people. There is very
widespread prejudice In this coun-
try against warehouse (storage)
goods. A little Of It may be just;
great deal Of 1t is unjust; but just
the Same these prejudices must be
respected. You can not beat q
prejudice out Of . mans head with
q club; It must be educated out Of
him. and the best procedure, to my
way Of thinking is to label your
goods.
1.-THE consumer has right to
know exactly what he is buying. II
he Is prejudiced against your goods.
help him to get over 1t. but do not
deceave him. The law now compels
manufacturers Of goods containing
glucose to state upon the label Of
the package which contains these
goods that glucose has been used.
With imported goods. II any foreign
suhatancea have been used in the
nxAufActure. the package contain
Tag the goods must 90 state. The
time Is coming when all goods must
be stamped with the statement that
they are either fresh or warehouse
s1sas. and II they are from the
wareh euse. they will be stamped
WITH the date Of entry into the ware
house. And the time IL not far dis
tam when all cold storage goods
Will be stamped Cold Storage
Goods"
One Of the delegates interrupted
the dootsr long enough to Voice his
ep1nioa that II the storage men
Themselves did not take such step
Voluntarily. the public would COM
Pei item to by enacting laws on the
subject.
Or. Wiley entertained the con-
vention for probably an hour by con-
Quoting a quiz class. A few OF the
delegates thought they would lose
money II they followed the advice
Of Dr. Wiley, but he was back at
them with the arguments based up
on ethical. moral ana theoretical
grounds which convinced even the
most skeDtical.
Dr.. Wiley stated that he believed
in cold storage goods. II eat q great
deaf q cola storage products" he
stated, "and hope to live long
enough to eat q great deal more.
Hut that Is no reason why I should
not know when I an eating cold
stersge food and when I am eating
fresh goods. TAis is q right that
belongs TO the public and which the
public viii obtain. even II It has to
adopt drastic measures"
Or. Wiley has begun preparations
for a series Of cold storage tests.
These tests will continue through
the winter and spring, terminating
probaDly on July LIST. next. Under
his orders a number Of chickens.
ducks. eggs. vegetables and other
products have been carefully Sc
fected and marked. and then placed
In cold storage. In addition to these.
it Is understood that he Will also
have some rabbits, venison. grouse.
quail and other game placed In cold
storage shortly. The fnal tests, of
course. will not take place until
NEXT year. but during the time inter
venlng notes will be made On such
changes as may take place in the APP
pearance and general keeping quail
tiles Of the foods. G. e. NJ.
Washington. d. C.