The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-29
PASSES PURE FOOD BILL,
Houses Takes Action on Most Impor-
tant Measure by an Overwhelming
Majority Vote.

Majority Vote.
After an hour spent in the consid-
eration of privileged reports, the
house Saturday resumed the consiJ-
Grafton of the pure food bill,
Everything was smooth selling I'M
til the so-called package amendment"
was reached.
Mr.. Mann Of Illinois, in charge OF
the bill, offered the committee amend
ment, heretofore printed, that the time
the package was put up must be on
the container, together with the
weight or measure, on the outside
OF the package.
A dozen members were on their
feet Immediately after the reading.
CT the amendment
Mr.. Sherman Of New York offered
an amendment in substance striking
out the time provision. Mr.. Sherman
said that under the penalty provided
the weight and measure, if stated,
must be c9rrectely stated which he
argued, was very difficult He sad
that this was most serious ques-
ton, involving, as it did, vast intoH
ests, and it should not be hastily
considered.
Mr.. Mann responded to this and
other speeches opposing the commit
tee amendment, giving the house an
other demonstration" from Behind
his improvised gr4c counter CT
some OF the ways Of packers and can
ners. The Sherman amendment WAS
voted down
Then the friends of straight" wins
key were routed by the friends Of
the rectffers by { vote of 81 to rs,
defeating an amendment by Mr.. Rich
ardson Of Alabama in behalf Of the
makers Of straight" whiskey
MIR. Sherley Of Kentucky in behalf
of the rectifers held the close at
tention of the house, as he explained
the contention Of the. two whiskcy
camps, the distillers and the rectl-
fiers Among other things, he said:
"Now what makes the purity Of
whiskey and how is it made? Whis-
key may be made out of corn, rye,
barley or various other grains. lrs
quality depends upon the quality Of
the grain, the quality of the yeas,
the cleanliness Of the mash tubs and
the proper distillation. There is not
one line of the internal revenue law
that looks to an inspection of the
grain to see whe her it is a pure
grain or a nusty grain; there is not
2 line to say that when the whiskey
is distilled it is properly distilled,
SO as to get rid Of the first run Or
the last run, or which contains the
worst elements in whiskey."
The speech of Sherley brought Mr..
Stanley CT Kentucky into the arena IN
front Of the speakers wesk to dem
onstrate how the "blender" makes
offended whiskey. He said he had
no objection to anybody blending two
kinds Of whiakey, but he did object
to making whiskev while you wait
Then. taking a bottle from the table,
he poured it into a graduate and
s9id:
sgIere is a quart Of alcohol, 100
proof strong. It viii eat the int9s
tines. out Of q coyote. It win make
q bowling dervish out Of an anchor
ite. It will make a rabbit spit in n
bulldogs fece. It is pure alcohol
end under the skill Of the rechfer
he will put in little coloring mat
ter and then a little bead oil (!llu9
trating), 7 drop that in it, Then ]
get d little essence of bourbon whis
key and there is not connoisseuT
in this house who can tell the heliish
business from the genuine article
and that is what I denounce. CAP
plause) I say that the coloring mat
ter is not harmful; I say that the
caramels are net harmful, but I say
that the body stock Of the whskey
made is rank alcohol and when
it gets into a man it is pure he'll
(Applause.)
The vote was then taken on the
anondnent Of Mr. Richardson, and
it was defeated
A number Of other amendment
were offered, but in the main were
defeated. The amendment adopted
was merely q change in TIE yerbiage
The committee then arose and The
bill was passed by voc Of 242 t.
II.