New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
PURE FOOD PROSPECTS.
HOUSE PASSES BILL.
Nearly Unanimous Vote-Difers
from That adopted by Senate.
From The Tribune Ruresu.l


Washington June 23-By the overwhelming
vote of 24O to Il the Pure Food bill passed
by the House this afternoon. The seventeen
votes in opposition were cast by Democrats. The
bin is a substitute for that passed by the Senate
and is entirely different but ii is believed 1t will
be feasible to reconcile the differences once the
bin gets to conference. The momentum under
which the measure leaves the House. with
practically unanimous vote in it's favor, is ex-
pected to have it's effect in inducing the advo-
Gates OF pure food legislation in the Senate TO
refrain from making contest over the differ
ences in the two bills, and by accepting the
House bill to frustrate efforts to hold up pure
food legislation altogether.
The Pure Food bill forbids the mishranding of
any drug and provides that article shall be
deemed misbranded if the package fail to bear
statement on the label Of the quantity pro-
portion CT any alcohol. morphine, opium, cocaine.
heroin, alpha beta eucane chloroforn
nabs indica, chloral hydrate or acetanilide.
any derivation preparation of any of these
substances contained therein, provided, however,
mat 1t may be proved a complete defence
that such quantity does not exceed the quantity
or proportion prescribed in the national formu-
larry, the United States Pharmacepoia as
solvent or preservative of the active necessary
constituents of the medicine or preparation in
such package The bill further provides that
any article shall be deemed misbranded if, in
package FORM the quantity OF the contents be not
plainly and correctly stated in terms of weight
or measure the outside of the package.
The decision of the House leaders not to agree
to any resolution fixing a date of adjournment
until the important legislation of Congress has
been agreed Gpon by the two houses has an i'm
portant bearing on the fate Of the Pure Food bill
as IT will serve To prevent any one from talking
iS brjr
the session TO early close, but the House
leaders say there viii be adjournment until
either the Pure Food bill passes or the RESPONSE
bility for its defeat is fixed upon the Senate.
Ihe Representatives of the Southern states
treated tho House 10 an instructive and ex-
haustfve debate on the subject of whiskey. but
the friends Of the Straight" article were routed
by the friends OF the reetifers by a vote of "a
to 76' on an amendment by Mr.. Richardson, of
ALABAMA, in behalf of the makers of straight
whiskey.
In the course Of his remarks Mr. Richardson
maintained that there We're los, GOO, 900 gallons
OF imitation whiskey disposed of, consumed and
SOLD IN the United States last year whereas a
little more than 100000 gallons in its original
integrity was consumed by the people Of the
United States Between sunset and sunrise he
declared the rectifier by adding 10 2 thinoh1A
ful OF eight years old whiskey chemicals. oils
Havoring. bead and aging produced an alleged
eight years old brand which went 10 the con-
suIner as such. He wanted this kind Of whiskey
marked blended whiskey" and the substances
stated
0fr. Sherley. of Kentucky in behalf Of the rec
uters' held the attention OF the House as he
explained the contention of the two vhiskey
camps. the distillers and the rectifers He said
that while there had been a lot of talk about
neutral spirits and cologne spirits "as if that
was some bugaboo to scare people" in the man
utacture of whiskey, II any knew anything
about II, the purest ingredient in it was the nat
ural or cologne spirits which contained he said
the medicinal property. The more of ethyl al
cohol, which he said was the neutral spirit in
whiskey, and the less Of fusel oil, the .purer
whiskey the result If IT was desired to
lee1slate for purity in whiskey he added Con
gress ought to undo instead of pile I'D more law
Mr.. Sherley's remarks brought Mr. Stanley of
Kentucky, into the debate He declared he stood
before the House in the name OF the health OF
the American people, in the name Of honesty in
enterprise and business. Just as much for hon
est whiskey as for everything else" He had no
objection TO anybody blending two kinds of
whiskey' but he said he did object TO making
whiskey while you watt
Then taking a bottle from the table he poured
it into a graduate and said. Here is quar- of
alcohol. hundred proof strong. It will eat
the intestines out OF a coyote. II will make a
bowling .lerVish out of an anchorite II will
make a rabbit spit in bulldogs face II is
pure alcohol, and under the skill Of the rectifer
he will put in a little coloring matter and then
a little bead oil Gllustrating). / drop that in
II. Then l get a little essence of Bourbon whs-
key, and there is connosseur in this House
who tell that hellish business from the gen
uine article and that is what I denounce (Ap-
plause) 1 say that the coloring matter ic not
harmful: 1 say that the caramels are not
harmful; but say that the body stock of the
whiskey I made is rank alcohol. and when y
gets into a it is pure hell" applause
The vote was then taken on the amendment
of Mr. Richardson and il was defeated.