Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-12
ENFORCE FOOD LAW.
Expected That Congress at Next
Session Will Provide Neces-
sary Funds
WILL MAKE REGULATIONS
Secretary Of Commerce and Depart
mont Of Agriculture Will Have
Charge Of the enforcement of the
New Law-some Provisions of the
y Measure.

Washington, July 12.-It is true that
congress made no appropriation at the
late session for the carrying into eff
feet Of the pure food law, but that
emission, which was the result of an
oversight, is not important, since the
law will not go into effect until the list
OF January. 1907. BY that time the
abort session Of congress will have been
under way for almost a month, and
the necessary sum will probably have
been provided in an emergency appro-
priation bill which it is always Gus
tomary and necessary to pass in the
early weeks Of the session.
Meanwhile, the secretary of agricul-
ture, the secretary Of commerce and
labor and the secretary of the treas
ury, who are charged with the admin
istration of the law, are to put their
heads together for the working out of
proper administrative regulations. The
1 Importance of this work cannot be ov-
er-estimated Upon the wisdom dis
played by the men who superintend it
will depend entirely the working effect
hurried.
4 4 In the very nature of the case. weeks
ana months of careful, painstaking la
Dor must precede any systematic at
/ tempt to put the law into effect. 1t
q. "a, = 60 Jx,hi
caused congress to name the first OF
4 the yer as the time when the law
should Ne operative.
Like England's Law.
The TIL &c secretaries named will have
I the ibenese. of all the experts In their
respective departments, and it is be-.
lieved tina the result of their labors
will be entirely satisfactory. The pres
idert is to pass Judgment on the reg
gulations as finally drafted, and reserve
the right to amend them. And after
these regulations have been approved
by himself they will be passed on to
the attorney general for an opinion as
to their workability from a legal point
of view. This will be an important
part Of the inquiry, for it is obvious
that there will be numerous suits be-
fore the law is generally accepted, and
the president will want to know in adj
vance of suits being brought, either by
the government or against 1t, that the
regulations will stand the test of the
courts.
1T is an interesting fact that the pure
food law is almost identical in form
with the bill on the same subject which
passed the senate eighteen years ago,
when the agitation first began. But
that was long before the days of the
muck raker and Of the crystallization
Of public opinion against the senate for
Its too conservative and somewhat
retroactive policy. The senate bill of
that day was defeated in the house, as
the present law would have been but
+ for the pressure Of the country as a
whole, pressure which the house did
not dare resist too long. The new law
Is also said to be almost averbatim
copy of the existing law of England,
and where there are departures from
that law it is claimed that the Ameri-
can law is the better of the two.
Will Enforce it Risidly.
Officers of the government do not
expect that there will be much diff
Guilty in the enforcement of the law.
Not to exceed 5 per cent of the manu-
facturers and dealers, it is said, will
try to evade it, The others will COM
ply with it of their own accord.
While the three secretaries are busy
ing themselves with the working out of
proper regulations, the chemistry bu-
reau of the department Of agriculture
Is to make a careful test Of the effect
of cold storage on poultry, fish, game
and eggs. This test will last for almost
six months, and the results of it will be
announced in time to permit of the
regulations being changed to conform
to 1t before going into effect. The cold
storage test for fruits has already been
made. Fruit can be kept in storage
for three or four months and improved.
After fruit becomes thoroughly ripe,
however, it deteriorates, even in stor-
age. The regulations will take note of
this fact
Indications point to about year as
the limit of time for stored meats and
II the tests bear out these indications,
something will happen to the business
OF commission men in cities like Chi
scago, who corner the market for fowls,
game or certain other kinds of meat
supply dllCT IlOluliS lAcII SOOQS sOE q
year and perhaps for two years or
more. The storage egg is also to be
condemned, unless all the signs fail.
It has been discovered that at times
eggs are in storage for several years
before going on the market. The
housewife who can pick out the stor-
age egg by its musty smell will be
glad to know that this same smell is
being Investigated by DR.. Wiley, gov
eminent chemist, and that It is to be
done away with in the regulations for
the enforcement of the new law; that
is, If the present tests demonstrate that
It ought to be done away with, as it is
believed they will.
MAY ABOLISH GUlLLoTINE.
Murderer Who Insists on Public Exc
cution Arouses Paris.