The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-08

with the leaders in the house having
the bill in charge and they have agreed
to push it to hearing. The fact that
so far as the house is concerned prac-
tically all the important legislation has
been acted upon gives that body time
to thoroughly consider the bill 1t
would probably require about a week
to discuss the matter and reach vote.
The bill is regarded by intelligent
people everywhere as one of the most
important pieces of modern legisla-
ton. The development of the prepared
food business in this country is one
of the marvels of the age, and it is
important that it be so surrounded by
law that the health of the people shall
not be injured. 1t is something of
credit to the state that North Dakota
should have taken the advanced posi-
ton she has in this matter, and become
the recognized leader in the crusade
for pure food. Senator McCumber
has been the acknowledged champion
of that class OF legislation, and if he
shall succeed in having congress pass
the senate bill he will have added an
other magnificent victory to his al
ready long list which should silence
the jealous voices of his carping critics
at home.
Should the bill not become a law
through the refusal of the house to
act upon the same, it would be we'll
for the voters of the state to remem-
Der that one of the desperate efforts of
the disruptionists is to defeat men like
Senator McCumber who have in the
past proven their legislative ability,
and placed in their shoes men not
only untried but worse still, who are
at heart opposed to every piece Of
legislation of this character.
North Dakota has the best pure food
law of any state in the union and it
was placed upon the statute books by
the republican party which the disrup-
thing save fawn before masters, and
these disruptionists must therefore be
opposed to the pure food law, as we'll
as opposed to the present fearless
manner in which it is enforced. To be
consistent they must, if they can
carry the state, repea. the state law
and if they are successful in electing
members of the lower house of congress
and later on senators, these men must
oppose the enactment of pure food
laws, or if they are enacted, to work
and vote for their repeal.
No other conclusion can be drawn
from the fact that. the disruptionists
| are seeking to defeat every man who
has had any part or parcel in the MAX
ing of these laws. Whether or not the
| gigantic trust which has fastened its
tentacles on the nation and is accumu-
lating its millions by selling it's rotten
and adulterated products to the public
is behind the scheme, the disruptionists
alone can answer. But if a man will
sell out the interests of the farmers
J who elected him at the bidding of the
I mill trust, there is every reason to be-
lieve that he would be willing to like
wise sell out to the beef trust and
| other concerns engaged in the manu-
facture of impure foods.
1t is therefore not improbable that
| this is one of the hidden principles in
volved in this fight for the disruption
of the republican party, and that the
| principal reason why the leaders of
those disruptionists do not want to
make their candidates known is that
the people may not have the opportun-
ity of asking them embarrassing ques-
tons.
However, it is to the credit of the
people of the state that they will not
endorse or support scheme, if they
know it, which countenances the des-
truction of the wall which has been
built around the enforced sale of pure
food in this state. Neither will they
lend any assistance knowingly to- the
trusts which are bent on defeating the
enactment of the national pure food
law.