Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-02-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.


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Washington D. G. Feb. 6. 1906.
The foes Of the Pore Food Law
have showed their hands N theSen-
ate by introducing d measure strik.
ing out all but the enaciin9 clause
Of the Hepburn bill preparatory %
substituting for Ii bill prepared
by tho National Food Manufacturer
Association. Now a national pure
food law has been long and urgently
needed. Ii touches every man,
woman and child ia the country. u.
pecially the children and il Is law
that no honest manufacturer has
anything to fear from. II has been
urged BY ali State food authorities
and byallof Tho agricultural colleges
Of the country. The Heyburn Bill
was drawn under expert advice 10
OIL this particular need and Il put
the execution o. the law into the
hands u the Department. Of Agricul.
ture where Ii would DO enforced.
f. also made the Department 81 Com.
merce and Labor, the Treasury De-
partment apd the Department 81
Justice parties toits administration
Ii was not measure thai any manu-.
iacturer Of impure food liked, and as
they did not dare 70 fight II 10 the
open, they have prepared a sunst
tutc which will be 50 placed that ii
is likely 70 die Of Inanition. The
substitute measure while on The
face Of II more drastic even than The
Heyburn Bill, leaves q beaunlul
outlet for every retail dealer ii mis-
branded aud adullerated foods by
requiring that the label and he
nane Of the shipper shall appear
only on the box or crate 10 which
the goods are shipped and not Oh
the packages sold 10 the consumer.
One can easily see how parsntaIly
protective law Of this sort would
be. Ii also provides against pub
fishing the names oftirms misbrand-
ing adulterating foods and thus robs
the law Of the greatest Of all sale
guards, namely publicity. The
measure has not yen come 10 vote.
But there is bound % DO lively
iighJ, and the manufacturers have q
strong lobby engaged 10 trying 10.
push their measure through.
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Shippers Of live cattle who would
gladly make an extra penny OF the
suiferings Of their dumb victims,
have encountered strong obstacle
IN The House in the shape OF the
Humane Societies which are trying
to block what would be . dis.
gracefully inhuman law CATTLE
shippers are limited by statute To-
% hours as the longest haul To which
they can subject stock wIthout rest,
food or water. This law was for
years d dead letter. BUTT has been
enforced by Secretary Wilson for
two years past and the shippers are
feeling the pinch Of it. They are
now trying TO get The time extended
SO that they can haul cattle SO hours
without rest, food or water, claim
ing biandly that the cattle suffsr
less in this way than through the
additional handling to which they
would be subjected were more fre-
quent stops made. This Is pure
sophistry and is designed TO make
the run just as long as IL can DO
made without actually losing on the
weight Of the beaslsshipped. Their
snfferings are nothing, merely
q question Of making the greatest
possible profit out of them. II the
decent minded men and women who
are urging Q reduction instead Of all |
extension In the feeding time have
their way, ~ will result either IN
the shippers being forced to put on
cattle cars with feeding and water.
ing attachments or better still III
the slaughter houses from
Omaha and Chicago nearer 10 the
cattle raising centres The Beef
Trust Is largely Indifferent 10 tho
outcome 81 the fight. II does not /
have to pay for shipping The cattle |
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