The Colorado statesman., 1909-08-28

tional government should indorse Den-
zoic acid 1t would thus license one OF
the preservatives which encourages
the same conditions in fruit and vege-
table manufacture as were abolished
in the meat packing establishments
by the national meat inspection law.
"In view of this position we ap-
pealed to President Roosevelt in the
latter part of his term to appoint an
other committee to investigate the
findings of the Remsen board. The re-
quest was referred by President
Roosevelt to Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, who reported back to the pres
ident against granting that request.
However, we hope at this conven-
tion to have DIR. Remsen and three
other members of his board express
their views on the subject and give
their reasons"
Mr.. Emery then enumerated some
adulterations which he said were COM
mon under lax laws. Among these
were glucose made to look like honey,
jelly made out of apple cores and
skins, sausage made from unfit meat
artificially colored, artificial eggs, cof-
fee beans made of rye paste. The
movement to abolish these impurities,
the speaker said, originated not in the
national government, but by the states.
He argued that the state should still
take the initiative and favored the
Ladd model state law, as preferable
TO the federal interstate commerce
pure food laws.
Hardly had President Emery taken
his seat when Secretary Wilson was
called upon for an address. He re-
sponded and promptly gave the dele
gates to understand just where he
stood. 1t was a characteristic talk by
"Tama jim"
The insinuations by President Em-
cry that the Department of Agricul-
ture had been lax at times in its work,
Secretary Wilson denied in his plain,
forcible language. He asked that the
Remsen board be given fair hearing
and said in addition that he would be
happy to give every member of that
commission places in the department
of chemistry if Congress would place
the means at his disposal.
Secretary Wilson's remarks were
greeted with cheers, yet before he had
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Emery angrily said:
This referee board was asked to
come to this convention by the eXecu-
tive committee and the insinuation
that it is not to be given fair play
comes with bad grace. The re-
port went to the secretary of agricul-
ture and he sent it back without conf
ment We took it that it did not meet
his approval"
Secretary Wilson asked moment
to answer, and said dryly:
You gentlemen up Mackinac way
took it upon yourselves to condemn us
down at Washington unheard and so
we figured you were not the material
from which judges of the supreme
court can be made"
Them following committees were ap-
pointed by President Emery yesterday:
Finance, A. H, Jones Qllinois), H. R.
Wright Qowa), and Hubert F. Potter
of Connecticut. Place of meeting,
George L. Flanders New York;. Com
missioner Stallings (Georgia), and
William P. Coulter, commissioner of
Missouri Resolutions, Commissioner
James Faust (Pennsylvania). c. D..
WOOO, WIN. Alien, II. w. MdCIIuueT
(Virginia), and DR.. Connell.
Nearly all the commissioners give
five-minute talks at the close of the
afternoon session. Commissioner Can
non of Colorado gave credit to the
women of the state for securing a
pure food law and Commissioner Coul-
ter of Missouri also gave the women
of his state the credit for much good
in that line. DR.. S. ]. Crumbine, sec
retary of the board Of health and food
and drug inspector at Topeka, kas.,
made vicious assault upon the COM
mon house fly, which he termed a vile
and potent villain. The fly causes
more trouble than food commissioners,
according to DR.. Crumbine, who
showed a sheet of tanglefoot on which
he had caught vast varieties of the
best in many strange places. in print
ers' ink. Commissioner Burke of Wyo-
ming spoke for the '"open door," mean
ing that the work of state commission
ers should always be open to the pub
lie and educational. R. w. Dunlap OF
Ohio, the only commissioner in the
United States who is elected by the
people instead of being appointed,
gave an interesting talk in which he
advocated closer surveillance of vim
egar. He said that many manufactur-
ers turn out an adulterated product
that is hardly to be distinguished from
the real article, but that it is harmful.
Commissioner Dunlap was elected by
$4,000 majority, and is one of the most
popular officials in Ohio. Commits
sioner Faust of Pennsylvania and
Commissioner Bird of Michigan as
sailed the sale of colored oleomarga-
| rine Nearly every commissioners had