Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
PURE FOOD LAW IN IOWA
Wholesale G-OCers Preparing to Comply
with the New Statute.
GOES INTO EFFECT JULY OF NEXT YEAR
Public VIII BE Informed Through
bulletins as to Purity of
Different Brands of
Food.
CFrom a Stan Correspondent

DIES MONIES. April 15.-CSpeciaL)-Iowa
wholesale grocers and manufacturers are
now making preparations to comply with
the new pure food law. The law goes into
effect in part July 1 of this year, but will
not be in full effect till July l, 1907. The
provisions making It the duty of the dairy
and food commissioner TO examine and re-
port the ingredients of all food that enters
the state will be in effect July l. The people
will be informed through bulletins the
brands of food that are pure and those
that are not pure. The grocers are, how
ever, given till July /, 1907, TO get rid Of all
of their old lines. While there will be no
penalty attached to the grocer selling goods
that do not meet the standard OF the law,
the public will be informed through buile-
tins the nature of the various lines and
the grocers are making every effort possible
to get rid of all old material for fear the
public will not care to buy what the dairy
and food commissioner says is not pure
The time when the law goes into full effect
was fixed at July l, 1907, for the reason that
many wholesale and manufacturers con-
tract q long time ahead for some materials
For instance, It is claimed that contracts
are now all made and completed for de-
livery of canned corn that will be manufoc-
tured from corn not yet planted. Many
vegetables to be grown this year are al
ready contracted for in large measure, for
which reason 1t was necessary to give
plenty of time for preparation. Iowa BUSH
ness men believe that the effect OF the law
on Iowa manufactured products will be
very stimulating so far as the trade in this
state is concerned, as there will be a good
guarantee that the goods from Iowa fac
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such manner that It is not a protection to
consumers outside of the state OF Iowa
The law provides that manufacturers in
Iowa can manufacture a special line of
goods for shipment to other states and can
manufacture It Just as they please. They
must keep It separate on their shelves from
that manufactured for consumption in
Iowa, however, and the dairy and food
commissioner must satisfy himself that this
brand for foreign consumption is not sold
inside of the state of Iowa. Iowa manu-
facturers say that, beginning at once. they
will manufacture no more goods for Iowa
that does not conform to the pure food law
They fear that the education of the public
in this state by the enactment of the pure
food law and the bulletins which the COM
missioner will issue beginning July l will
cause a slump In the market in all impure
goods and hence are terrifying themselves.
1t is claimed that as a result of the educa-
ton along pure food lines in the west al
ready packers of canned goods have thou
sands OF cases of canned corn on hand
unsold which was bleached with saccharin,
a substance that is tabooed by pure food
commissioners.
Abrams Appeals Case.
The case of the state against Rev. H. II.
Abrams, the man who has closed up more
saloons in Iowa than any other man, will
be submitted TO the supreme court at the
session to open May 1. Abrams was ar
rested and tried and convicted in a justice
court for carrying concealed weapons and
the district court sustained the Justice
action. Abrams claims that he carried a
weapon by authority, having been sworn
in as a special constable to serve a war
rant to close up a saloon. He was ar
rested at Rowley. in Buchanan county. on
a warrant issued by a justice in Quasque-
ton.
Strenuous in Madison.
The political campaign in Iowa the COM
Ing week will shift from the northern part
of the state where Perkins and Cummins
held a joint debate at Spirit Lake yester-
day afternoon to Madison county this week.
Perkins speaks at Winterset Tuesday and
| Cummins Wednesday and the county con-
| vention will be held Friday at which the
contest will be decided.
Ames VIII Have Building.
! The nine days campaign for a Young
| Mems Christian association building for
| the State college at Ames during which II
was proposed to raise 5000 from the alumni
| of the college to apply on a $4,000 Young
Mems Christian association building, is
/ nearly to an end and IL is stated by those
| in the campaign that the full amount will
| be raised. A considerable part of the
/ $500 was raised before the nine days
campaign was started. Dean Stanton Sc
cured from Mr.. Dietz OF Omaha a dona,
| ton OF 5000, which was the largest sun
| from one person. Seven thousand dollars
was raised from an alumnus. From the
students at Ames the 5000 was to bt
raised and Saturday night about $500 had
been subscribed, which warranted the state
ment that the full $500 would be raised
before the end of the nine days.
VIII Know by April 80.
Supporters Of both Governor Cummini
and Hon. George d. Perkins say that b!
the end OF April IL will almost surely b.
| known which will have a majority Of th'
I delegates at the state convention Of tn
republican party. The reason for this state
ment is that in a large number OF IN
counties Of the Eleventh and Tenth dis
tricts and also the Fourth the convention