The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-13
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP. :
Some Timely Suggestions to Deal. =
, ers Regarding Pare Feed Law. .
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Washington, d. c.. Aug. 13.-While
experience may show that the recent
pure food law Ii not as drastic as
many would wish, there are some pro-
visions that speak loudly for the pub
lie good. 1t will go hard with the
illegal manufacturer who fails to take
due notice Of the period of six months
allowed him in which to dispose of his
wares now In stock or on the market.
After next January every article Of
fered for sale for human consumption.
whether 1t be for food, drink, or drugs.
must bear on the label Of the Jar.
box. package or whatever form the
cOntainer may take. an accurate de-
scription Of the contents.
Especially Is this true of drugs, and
the dawning Of that day is looked for,
ward to with great Joy by the manu-
facturers ofthose patent medicines ex-
tensively advertised and said to be
sold In great quantities In prohibition
communities.
The same rule will apply to tempt
ing-looking preserves and jellies. sold
as home made" and which analysis;
shows are composed largely, II not ex-
clusively, OF apple parings, properly
treated with flavoring extracts to pro-
duce any variety of jelly wanted, and
colored with chemicals more or less
poisonous when taken by themselves.
Brilliant green French peas, aspara-
gus, tips, and many other vegetables
put up in fancy glass Jars and sold as
the highest type of the caterers art.
guaranteed absolutely pure" but all
colored with dyes and kept attractive
by the use of preservatives, will give
way to genuine goods, but probably
less pleasing to the eye; or the manu-
facturers will be compelled to put on
the label an announcement that will
inform the purchaser exactly what he
is buying.
Meanwhile the bureau of chemistry
is not idle. Acting under the existing
law, DR.. Wiley is making careful
study of cold storage and its effects ON
various food products. This work has.
been in progress for some time and
some of the results have already been
learned. 1t has been found that fruits:
subjected to cold storage steadily i'm
prove from four to six months after
they have been submitted to this:
freezing process. When stored par
TALLY green fruits reach perfection in
about six months. but after reaching
that point they deteriorate rapidly.
Experiments are now being made
with game and meats Some of the
specimens of the game upon which the
department have been feeding have been
volunteer poison squad" of the de.
in cold storage four months. Some
of the chicken put in cold storage were
drawn and some were not. 1t is said
at the department to be too early to
make any announcement concerning
what has been demonstrated. Follow
ing the meats and game, experiments
will be made with cold storage eggs
and other products.
The question which the people will
be asking about the Panama canal
long before the real digging has COM
menced, will be: How much are we
paying on the work up to this time?
Along with the authority to build a
lock canal, congress gave the commits
sion $26,00O,OO0 to make the dirt f1y.
Prior to this $27,00O000 had been ap-
propriated, making the total allowance
$53,000,O00. The estimated cost of the
lock canal is $139, 1000. 900. from which
1t will appear that congress has al
ready appropriated considerable more
than One-third of the total cost of the
canal proper. These figures do not in
clude. of course, the $10000,O00 paid
to Panama nor the $40,O00,000 paid to
the old Panama Canal company for it's
franchise and property. The greater
part of the money expended by the
United States on the isthmus has gone
into a working plant. The expendi-
lures from now on will be mainly for
labor hire, and the outlay will give
better results than the past expendi-
lures. The annual appropriation will
hereafter be about $15,O00,OOO, this
being ample in the Judgment of Secre-
tary Taft and Mr. Shonts to keep
things going n@t"
It is expected that Speaker Cannon
will enter upon his congressional cam
patgning tour the latter part of Aug
ust. His itinerary is now being pre-
pared. It will take him into twelve or
fifteen northern states. and into one or
two southern states.
About the time congress adjourned
there was some doubt as to whether
tHS COu6IeSSlOudl campaign commit
tee would be able to get money enough
to charter special Pullman car for
two months, but group of wealthy
representatives relieved the embar
rassment by coming forward and
pledeing the funds by which the ex-
penses Of the trip are to be met. Rep
resentat.ve Sibley of Pennsylvania. a
millionaire. it is understood, headed
the list of suarantors. With Speaker
Cannon will travel a company of
young spellbinders from the house of
representatives.
The congressional committee is not
any too confident as to the outcome
OF the congressional elections. In the
last three or four campaigns it has had
plenty of money to spend. This wear
It will not have a large amount un-
less the unexpected comes to pass.
Furthermore. 1t has in the past had
the assistance locally of the rail-
roads. This year the Transportation
companies are indicating that they re-
gard the free pass as a thing of the
past, Which ia a severe hlow IN tho