New-York tribune., 1906-06-23
PURE FOOD PROGRESS.
NEW POISON PROVISION.
Opposition to Measure IN House Less
than Reported.
TFrou rbe -rribune Bureau.l

IFrom The Tribune Bureeul
Washington. June 22-Great progress was made
on the Pure Food bill in the House to-day and :
vote viii be reached tomorrow. Reports OF opposi
ton TO the bill by members of the House have ap
! parently been greatly exaggerated.
Only one change Of Importance was made To-Day
and that strengthen a committee amendment
relating 20 narcotics. The committee aInehoineh'
exempted provisions of the law drugs sold
in interstate commerce on the prescription OF
licensed physician contained in the United States
Pharmacopoeia National Formuary.
Mr.. Payne OF New York the Republican floor
leader led a fight against this amendment ne
would much prefer said, the original text or the
hill which was plain and contained no loopholes.
inasmuch as IL declared package mishranoeo II
it failed bear a statement on the laoel OF 'he
quantity proportion OF any alcohol. OPIUM CO
caine or other poisonous substance contained there
in. The committee amendment he said was not
as clear and seemed to destroy the effectiveness OF
the bill in of fits most important PARTICULAR
that Of preventing the sale OF harmful patent medi
cines.
There are all kinds of DOCTORS" said Mr. Payne
''and the investigation of patent medicine frauds
has clearly proved that il is possible for the pro-
prietary medicine people 10 find some men IN the
profession willing TO testify to the hsrnlessness OF
certain medicines which contain plenty OF narcotcs
This provision has too many loopholes.
NEW POISON PROVISION.
The cor,n,ittee amendment was voted down. and
Mr. Mann then offered substitute, which was
adopted It specifies that article shall be deemed
misbranded
II the package fails TO bear statement on the
morphine. opium, cocaine heroin. alpha or beta,
eucane. choroform cannaois indiea; ca cniOTaI s ny
tion OF any OF such substances contained IheIein
complete defence TO any accusation prosecution
for failure TO state the quantity or proportion OF
pToPoon @ Of alcohol Contained in any package
erbed do BY the Tned States or the
National FoTmulsry as solvent or PreservatiSye & S
cine preparation in such package
Mr.. Adamson, of Georgia opened the discussion
Of the Pure Food bill He spoke Of the high
sounding. false sounding names that had been
used by Mr.. Mann in his presentation yesterday
Of the needs Of pure food law. He did not mean
say that all OF the food legislation was vicious
but he emphaticany said that some of the pro-
visions contained in the pending bill
Speaking Of Mr.. Gardner. OF Massachusetts. he
said he had been Hercules IN the fight but he
had been pRcated by Goldfish and beans. And there
is a monument in this bill" said Mr.. Adamson,
TO his reconciliation In the shape Of proposition
that wherever preservatives used the purity or
impurity OF the article shall not be judged until
the preventative has been removed by maceration
otherwise. Beautiful provision. beautiful Any
go in and say the fool cook did not know
how 10 maoerats IT. that the fool cook did not
know how 10 remove the preservative, and anybody
can escape and can be happy with his Goldfish and
beans.
There are thousands of women. white and
black" remarked Mr.. Adamson, in my district
that know enough sight more about good victuais
than Dr. Wiley" which created a hearty laugh
from the members.
IN his argument Mr.. Adamson was under a run
ming fire Of questions, W. Bourke Cochran taking
exception TO The attitude Of the speaker as 10
states rights.
COCKRAN-sULLIVAN TILT
This led TO heated coIloquy between Mr.. Cock !
ran and Mr. sullivan OF Massachusetts The ques-
ton Of states rights came up. and Mr.. Sullivan
said:
re'ber not long ago that the gentleman , from
power ,l ms nation TO be exerted IN order 10 pre-
vent abuses in insurance upon the theory @ @thaI .
It iiI b tse % rat 81 State of New York has act
I'd and its legislature has vindicated the wisdom
abuses to tie satisfaction Of everybody
This remark evidently did not please Mr. Cock
He replied:
question about the great State OF New York. dld
say that the taxing power u tns goNeTnment ought
state as savings banks regulated. and 5 a
st5te Of 9' Ns% iS york T has 6ea Wh tie insurance
frauds I VIII tell him how IL has dealt with them
1unds that they have been plundering. To-day
the inefficient heads who were dismissed because
Of tie same gang that worked all the infamy
Nj Richardson. Of Alabama, took up the consid-
Grafton Of straight against recti1ed whiskey,
being in favor Of straight article and wanting
the rectiied product labelled He said that
a temperance man. he believed that pure whiskey,
unadulterated and genuine. guaranteed by the gov
ernment such. would promote temperance. as
the people Of France thought that pure wines
would promote it in their nation II his opin-
ion that il the spurious concoction, the adul-
terated stun in the country that puts the very
cevfl into men and which results in murder and the
breaking up Of families"
GIVING OF SHORT WEIGHT
The package provision Of the bin was dis
cussed by MT. Stevens Of Minnesota. He said
that adulteration was decreasing somewhat. but
that mlsbranding cheating and swindling by
means Of imitation food and fraudulently prepared
food were increasing. The Western Gamers AS
ISOLATION ne went on, had sent circular that
cans were prepared as one pound regular, one
pound tan. pound and a half. Others had
sent out circulars in which they stated that cans
were prepared 10y standard sizes that the sizes
were numbered J. . etc. showing that there
d,ferenoe lie continued:
As a matter of fact these cans are not prepared
in pound sizes. The circular sent out by the Can
ners' Association states the fact l. is absolutely
impossible 10 ma can known as No pound regll-
hold pound Of prepared vegetables. You take
any daily paper in any state in the Union and you
look az the advertisements OF the grocers and yoy
viii md that majority Of the advertisements are
OF packing products dscripti 10y WtlEii ana meas
ure. and every single description Is misleading and
is a sHindle on the PUBLIC
Mr. Stevens said that the Western Packers
thirteen or fourteen states. would agree on
standard size can. "a No can, holding many
cubic inches etc There would be standard sizes
for peaches. berries. etc This would accomplish