Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-22
IMPURE FOOD EXHIBIT
FOR CONGRESSMAN
Representative Mann Acts as a
Demonstration and Tells How
the Public is Faxed.
OPIUM SOLD As A CURE-All
Black Pepper Nothing But Lamp
Black and other Authorizations
PredIsested Breakfast Foods offer
ed to the Public in short Weight
Packaaes-Many other swindles.
tEy Associated Fress.l

WASHINGTON, d. c., June I'll
The SPACE ip front of the speakers
desk of the house To-Day resemblcd
Il small section of Il delicatessen store
and Il grocery. with cereals. jams. jel-
lies. tins of peas. tomatoes, corn. bot
Ties of whiskey dand wine, imported
sausage, brandy and other cdibles and
turntables scattered over two tables
and TO complete the picture there
were ii standard scales with weights.
a graduate and Il funnel for the pur-
pose of demonstrating the contention
of the majority OF the committee on
interstate and foreign commerce that
Il pure food bill Is necessary for the
protection Of the people.
Interest in the debate on the pure
food bill showed itself in the presence
of many visitors in the galleries and
a large membership OH the floor.
What the Law Proposes.
Mr. Mann, contrastcd the features
OF the Senate and the House bill re-
marking that it was not the aim Of the
house committee on interstate ami
foreign commerce to recommend leg
islation as to what the people should
eat or drink, but to call attention 10
what they are eating or drinking.
Carries on Gum Shoe" Fight.
Medicines now on market adver.
tised in the strongest terms to cure
the opium habit" said MIR. Manu."
show on investigation enough opium
to develop the opium habit"
The Proprietary Association he
charged WAS conducting Il secret fight
against the bill and that it was afraid
to come out in the open and fight
He read Il letter from the German
American extract works in which they
claims to make any kind of liquor
They were especially interested, he
said. in their Old Tom Gin extracts
which give the exact taste of the orig
inal article. He said that this firm
claims to make any kind ow liquor
out of ethal alcohol with no liquor in
it.
Black pepper he said is full of adul-
iteration the "fillcr" being sold in
five ton weights according to letter
which Mr.. Mann read. Pepper berries
he said. were made out of Tapioca
! colors with lamp black.
Sawdust In Coffee
"The coffee that we drink, Mocha
and Java" said Mr.. Mann, sis adul.
terated with Brazil coffee and ground
coffee with sawdust and even bread
| crumbs
Taking his position behind the la.
bells Mr. Mann began rapid explana.
ton of every article there Taking a
bottle or bright colored cherries mark.
ed "Marischino cherries he explained
that the cherries had been picked
green they then were bleached and
colored with anilne dye, holding up n
| bright colored bit of cloth, he said
this cloth was dyed with tho same
dye" What are these cherries for"
| asked member.
Cherries Used in Drink.
| 81 understand they are used one at
time in we'll known drink" replied
Mr.. Mann amid laughter, some Of the
members recognizing the cocktail
which goes with the cherries.
Holding I'D Il bottle with a light col.
ored liquid in It, Mr.. Mann. said it was
honey" yet it lever saw hive, much
less comb. 1t is fresh from the
glucose factory
"Freczin," he said, was powder
sold to preserve meat like cold stor-
age" He. admitted that 1t might keep
meats from spelling but it was most
Injurious to health. being composed of
sulphate of soda and red coal tar dye.
A fine grade of olive used by the