Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-10
ANIEPASS Bill
IS INTRODUCED
T.
Forbids Giving Passes to State
Officials, Candidates For
Office and Delegates
OTHER BILLS SUBMITTED
The Legislature to Adjourn Friday
Until Tuesday to Give Time to Visit
the State Observation-Disclosures ln-
troducss Bill for an Insurance CONS
mission to Make Inquiry.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 10-The Hughes
anti-pass bill was put before the SEN
ate this morning. 1t forbids giving
passes to all state officials, candidates
for office and managers Of political
parties and delegates to conventions.
In the house Hannah presented bill
to require railroad companies to give
passes to all state officials, judges, and
congressman. and furnishing them
heavily for refusing to permit such per-
sons to ride free.
Other Bills.
Among the bills introduced was one
by Ericsson to require foreign corpora
tions doing business in Iowa, to file
articles with the secretary of state and
pay small fee. By Koontz for $4,000
for bronze statue of Kirkwood at
Washington. BY Christensen TO make
the fish and game laws apply to la
goonS along state borders. BY Cobb
to make communications to trained
nurses confidential.
To Recess Friday.
The legislature has agreed to take
a recess from Friday until Tuesday to
give the committees time to visit state
institutions. The governors reception
is to be Thursday evening. A bill for
an insurance commission to sit during
the year was introduced by Warren in
the senate, providing for five members
to make complete Investigation and
report to the next legislature.
The Rankin scheme for licensing
agents for liquor houses who sell to
others than authorized dealers was in.
troduced in both houses
Dairy Commissioner.
One of the most valuable pieces OF
legislation planned for the Thirtieth
general assembly is that TO enlarge tho
powers and duties of the state dairy
commissioner SO as to include all foods
and to place the state Of Iowa in line
with other states in the matter Of
stamping out the evil Of adulteration.
The bill for this purpose is in the hands
of Representative Cummings and it
represents the views of the state agri-
cultural department and many others
who have made a study Of the queS-
ton. 1t forbids adulteration misbrand-
ing and general deception in the matter
of foods and empowers the state food
and dairy commissioner to secure evil
dence of violations If any, and to en-
force the penalties of the law against
violators In general 1t forbids the
mixing with foodstuffs of articles that
will lower the strength or quality, the
substitution in whole or in part of one
article for another, abstracting any
valuable constituent Of any foodstuff,
imitation of an article or offering it
for' sale under another name, conceal
ment of damage or inferiority, addition
Of poisonous ingredients, addition of
injurious ingredients, labelling or brand
ing SO as to deceive, or making use OF
any diseased or decayed animal or veg
etable matter in the preparation OF
foods. There is protection for the
makers of specific preparations and
proprietary compounds, and for con-
forming with any food standards of the
federal government. The requirement
as to plain labels is specific. Violations
of the law are misdemeanors. The
commissioner is directed to issue bulle-
tins from time to time to inform the
public of what is being done. The PEN
al provisions Of the law will not apply
until the first of next October. In view
of the strong recommendations OF
Governor Cummins for legislation on
this subject and the work which has
been done by the agricultural depart
ment and the colleges in educating the
nublic up to the necessity for legisla-
tion it is believed a good measure can
he nlaced on the statute books at this