Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-29
House Taoks on Some Amendments in
Which ssnats OOncur,
FAVORABLE REPORT ON PURE FOOD BILL
House Committee Makes Some Amendments
to Satisfy Merchants.
ssNATEsTNRTs PoUSNG APPROPRIATIONS
over Quarter million Already Topped
from the Measures Sent over
from the House and
Work to Go On,
6From a stan correspondentl

(From a Stan Correspondent)
| LINCOLN, March &.-(Special Telegrarn.)
The house passed the senate anti-pass bill
with amendments which were agreed to by
! the senate; passed one bill cutting down
| the commission to be charged for selling
live stock; another for cutting down the
price to be charged by the stock yards for
feed stun: recommended the senate pure
! food bill for passage after amending 1t to
suit the wholesale and retail merchants and
the dairymen of the state, while the senate
started in to keep the economy" pledge in
the platform by cutting deep cash in ap-
propriatons voted by the house. 10 cap
a good days work on platform measures
the governor signed the terminal tax bill.
The committee amendments to S. f.. GA.
the pure food bill. were adopted by the
house this afternoon practically without any
discussion, the only break in the smooth
! running of the committee report being
Cones motion to insert the word net" In
referring to the weight of packages to be
stamped on the outside. This. however
was voted down and the rest was merely
a matter of Killen of Gage moving to adopt
committee amendments and taking the
vote. The amendments reported by the
committee were to section s. relating to the
.
include the recommendations Of the dairy
men.
New Clause I'm Bill.
Instead Of section as passed by the sem
ate, upon the recommendation OF the whole
sale and many retail merchants the follow
ing was inserted:
Section s. That the term 'misbrandeo,'
as used herein, shall apply to all drugs, or
articles OF food, or articles which enter
or label of which shall bear any statement,
design, or device regarding such articles;
or the ingredients or substances conteineu
therein which shall be false or misleading
in any particular, and to any food or drug
product which is falsely branded as to the
state, territory, or country In which II Is
manufactured or produced.
That for the purpose OF this act an
article shall also be deemed to be mis-
r In case Of drugs:
First. II Il be imitation Of or offered
/, for sale under the name of another nruele.-
Second If the contents Of the package
as originally put up shall have been re-
Contents content shall have been placed in such
a statement on the label OF the quantity
or proportion OF any alcohol morphine
opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta
eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica,
chloral, hydrate or ace eeeta9ilde, an .h or any any
stances contained therein.
Provided, that nothing in this paragraph
|
pounding Of family or domestic recipes;
the dispensing of prescriptions written by
regularly licensed practicing physicians
on file by the dispensing pharmacist, nor
to such drugs as are recognized In the
rn sold n1Ser tbe name by which they are
so recognized.
In the case Of food
First. II It be imitation Of or offered
for sale under the distinctive name OF an
other article.
as to deceive mislead the purchaser, or
purport TO be a foreign product when not
so, or II the contents OF the package as
originally put up shall have been removed
in whole or in part and other contents
shall have been placed In such package.
or i i M fan to- bear bear statement statement on on S tnS
morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha
or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis in
dica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or any
derivative or preparation Of any such sub
stances contained therein.
No short weight.
Third. II in package form. and the con-
tents are stated In terms of weight or
rectly stated on the outside OF the pack
Fourth. II the package containing II or
it's label shall bear any statement, design,
or device regarding the ingredients or the
substances contained therein, which state
ment design or device shall be false or
misleading In any particular; provided that
an article OF food which does not contain
gradients shall not be deemed to be adui-
terated or misbranded In the following
First In the case of mixtures or com
pounds which may be now or from time TO
time hereafter known as articles OF food.
under their own distinctive names, and not
an imitation of or offered for sale under
the distinctive name Of another article, II
or brand with a statement OF the place
where said article has been manufactured
or produced.
Second. In the case Of articles labeled.
branded or tagged 80 as to plainly indi-
cate that they are con eop9p2unds imitat%2ns z %
itation" blend" as the case may be,
is plainly stated on the package IN which
term blend used herein shall be con-
strued to mean a mixture or like sub
stances, not excluding harmless colortng
or navoring ingredients or used for the
purpose Of cOlOring and davortng only.
And provided further; tRat nothing IN this
compelling proprietors or manufacturers Of
proprietary foods which contain no un-
Wholesome added ingredient TO- disclose
their trade formulas, except insofar as the
provisions OF this act may require TO secure
freedom from adulterations or misbranding.
As soon as the bill Is passed by the
house il will be returned 20 the senate for
concurrence in the house amendments As
the house was so unanimous for the amend
ments It is thought the senate win take
the bill as II Is returned to II.
Cone Against Anti-Fass Bill.
The senate anti-pass bill went through
the house amended by the committee
OF the whole the other day without any
trouble. Cone OF Saunders being the only
man voting in the negative. Cone explained
that he was for the house bill and would
not vote for the senate bill as amended.
When the live stock commission bill, q
measure TO cut down the fees charged by
live stock commission men, came up for
third reading in the house. Clarke OF Doug
las moved that II be indefinitely postponed.
Clarke made lengthy argument In favor
OF dis notion explaining that he himself
was quite shipper Of live stock and was
satisfied with the small commission charged
him for disposing OF his stock. He ex-
planned also that he had not gotten busy
on this bill ir the committee OF the whole