The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
SENATE AT LAST PASSES
 A PURE FOOD MEASURE.
FIFTEEN TEARS OF MORE OR LESS SERIOUS CON-
 SIDERATTON.

Bill Adopted by Decisive Vote of 63 to
 4-Punishment by Fine of $500 or
 by Imprisonment for One Year or
 Both, Prescribed--In Case of Corpora
 tions Officials in Charge Are Made
 Responsible.
 Washington, Feb 21.--After fifteen years of more or less serious considera- tion of the subject the senate to-day passed pure food bill by the decisive vote of 63 to 4. The vote was taken after day devoted almost exclusively to debate of a desultory character on the measure. Several efforts were made to amend the bill and the committee ac- cepted a number of suggestions. but only those thus accepted were incorpo- rated in the bill as passed.
 The bill makes it a misdemeanor to manufacture or sell adulterated or mis- branded foods, drugs, medicines, or liquors in the District of Columbia, the territories and the insuIar possessions of the United States, and prohibits the shipment of such goods from one state to another or to a foreign country. It also prohibits the receipt of such goods. Punishment by fine of $500 or by im- prisonment for one year or both, is pre- scribed. In the case of corporations, officials in charge are made responsible, The treasury department and the de- partment of agriculture and of con1- merce and labor are required to agree upon regulations for the collection and examination of the articles covered by the bill, but no specific provision is made for investigation except by the department Of agriculture. The investi- gation by that department are placed in the hands of the chief of the bureau of chemistry and If he finds that the law has been violated the secretary of agriculture is required to report the facts to the United States district att | torney who in turn is required to insti- | tute proceedings in the federal courts. The bill also defines foods, drugs, rinedf- cines and liquors and also defines the l standards for them. There is an ex- emption for dealers who furnish guar antees against adulteration and mis- branding.
 The important amendments adopted were the following providing that no official notice of finding against any I article shall be given until after the announcement of the final judgment of the court before which the case is heard; providing that When in the preparation of food products for ship ment they are preserved by an external application applied in such manner that the preservative is necessarily re- moved mechanically or by maceration in water or otherwise, the provisions of i the act shall be construed as applying only when said products are ready for consumption" requiring that mixtures or blends containing alcohol or opium shall be branded or labeled so as to show that fact; and changing the pro- visions regarding the msbrandlng of liquors so as to make 1t read "It shall be deemed misbranded if it is blended or rectified or consists of an admlxture | of different grades of the same liquor or contains, or is mixed with, the sub stances and the word "blended," "recti- fied' or mixed" as the case may be, is not plainly stated on the package, etc.
 There were only two roll calls on amendments and in both instances the committee was sustained. The first of these was on an amendment offered by MT. Foraker eliminating the word add ed" from the following provison
 Tn the case of liquors, an article shall be deemed adulterated if it con tains ingredients of poisonous or del eterious character"
 The amendment was lost 24 to 46. The other roll call was on a change suggest ed by MT. Foraker in the labelling recti. fled liquors which was lost by the close vote of 33 to 35. The amendment or that point which was afterwards ac- cepted was on similar lines
 MT. Moneys substitute bill ant amendment by Mir. Spooner authorizing the secretary of agriculture to fix stand ards of food, drugs and liquors were both voted down, without calling the roll.
 On the final roll call the bill passed bS a vote of 6S to 4. Messrs, Bacon, Bailey Foster and Tillman. all democrats being the only senators to cast theil votes in the negative.
 The senate at 5:15 D. m. adjourned.
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