Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06

has produced considerable literature on the
pure food matter 1t is stated that the law
while 1t applies to the District or Columpla
and the territories directly. also reaches all
the states through the mediumship of the
interstate commerce laws.
The act as it applies locally makes 1t I'M
lawful for any person to manufacture any
article of food or drug which is adulterated
or misbranded, and the penalty provided Is
fine not to exceed $500 for every offense,
or one years imprisonment, or both, In the
discretion Of the court. For each suose-
ouent offense the fine shall be not less than
$1,000, or one years Imprisonment, or
both.
Provisions Of Law.
''That the Introduction into any state or
territory or the District of Columbia from
any other state or territory or the District
Of Columbia, or from any foreign country,
or shipment to any foreign country of any
article of food or drugs which Is adulter-
ated or misbranded, within the meaning
Of this act, is hereby prohibited; and any
person who shall ship or deliver for snip
ment from and state or territory or the DIS
trict Of Columbia to any other state or ter
Iitory or the District of Columbia, or to
foreign country, or who shall receive IN any
state territory or the District OF column
bia from any other state or territory or the
District of Columbia. foreign country,
and having so received, shall deliver, In
original unbroken packages, for pay or
otherwise or offer to deliver to any other
person. any such article so adulterated or
uisbranded within the meaning of this act,
or any person who shall sell or offer for
sale in the District of Columbia or the terri
tories of the United States any such adult
terated or misbranded foods or drugs, or
export or offer to export the same to any
foreign country, shall be guilty of misde-
meanor and for such offense be fined not
exceeding two hundred dollars for the first
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ruent ofTense not exceeding three hundred
dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding one
wear or both in the discretion of the court:
Provided that no article shall be deemed
misbranded or adulterated within the pro-
visions of this act when intended for ex-
port to any foreign country and prepared
or packed according to the specifications or
directions of the foreign purchaser when no
substance is used in the preparation or
packing thereof in conflict with the laws of
the foreign country to which said article Is
intended to be shipped; but If said article
shall be in fact sold or offered for sale for
domestic use or consumption, then this pro-
yiso shall not exempt said article from the
operation of any of the other provisions Of
this act
II is also provided that the Secretary
of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor shall make uniform rules and
regulations for carrying out the pro-
visions of the act Including the collec-
ton and examination of specimens of
foods and drugs manufactured or offered
for sale in the District of Columbia, or in
any territory of the United States, or
which shall be offered for sale in I'M
broken packages in any state other than
that in which they shall have been re-
spectively manufactured or produced or
which shall be received from any for
eign country, or intended for shipment to
any foreign country, or which may be
submitted for examination by the chief
health, food, or drug officer of any state,
territory, or the District of Columbia, or
at any domestic or foreign port through
which such product is offered for inter-
state commerce, or for export or import
between the United States and any for
eign port or country"
The penalties provided are uniformly
heavy, and the law is unyielding.
Humorous Side illustrated.
The humorous side Of the law was IL
Illustrated, it is said, by 7th street dealer
who placed a box filled with doubtful
looking cigars in his show window yes
terday with a fanciful label bearing the
Inscription:
wiley buys for hubby. Composition-Ten
parts tobacco; 40 parts mullen leaves; so
parts cabbage"
1t is said some of the saloons have al
ready posted placards purporting to give
the composition of certain liquors, the
| term white line" which is the round
er's' slang designation of straight alco-
| hol. figuring in the inscriptions.
| There Is said to be considerable anxiety
among small grocers and other dealers
Whose stocks will come beneath the ban
| of the new law, and they are in many in
| stances preparing to conform to its re-
| Quirements rather than risk the severe
penalties that are provided for violators
| Particular attention is being paid to the
reception of new invoices Of goods and
| number of shipments have been re-
turned to the shippers as the articles did
| not, 1t was said. bear the sort of labels
| the law requires.
What Local Druggists Say.
w. D. Brace, proprietor of the drug store
at 1920 Nj street. said to a Star reporter
| last evening that he has been working lit
orally day and night for several weeks to
get his stock in readiness to conform with
| the new law. He added that while the law
| did, not include the labelling Of goods pur-
chased before the first day of January he
| included even That in the proper labelling
process. Mr.. Brace stated that he thought
| the new law to be beneficial to the general
| drug trade.
| Mr.. N. G. O'Donnell druggist, of Wis
| consin avenue and o street. said last even
| ing that he has endeavored for some time
past to conform to the new law in that
| which concerns his drug stores. He added
| that while he believes that he had carried
| stock in trade always above suspicion thai
| he will try to place all his goods on the
same plane, as the new law demands, OF
| those purchased after January l.
| A. T. Pride, druggist, of 18th and F
streets northwest said that he Is doing the
| best he can as rapidly as possible to obey
| the provisions Of the new drug law. He