The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-06-17
STANLEY FOR
COLD STORAGE.
Ky., Congressman Would
Build One at Capitol.
Has Backing Of Government,
Chemist Who Says Would
Cut Down Bills.

Washington, C.,June 11-.Hon. A.
o. Stanley,a member of Congress from
Kentucky, has presented unique bill
in Congress. 1t Is to provide a gov
eminent cold storage plant in Wash
ington. He insists that such a plant
will more than pay for itself in saw
: ing the government thousands of dol
lars yearly. DR.. Wiley the distinguish
ed government chemist and advocate
of the pure food laws, expresses his
approval of the Stanley bill. He says
a government ice house will result in
better provisions for the army and
navy and cut off the enormous profits
of the meat trusts. A cold storage
plant built by the government ac-
cording to the statement OF this bill,
Is provided tina. the Secretary of the
Treasury shall buy site and proceed
at once to build a model storage
house for meats, butter, vegetables
and such other foods as are issued
to the army and naval forces of the
United Sta.es. The bill has another
purpose in that it will give the gov
eminent a chance 10 study ard learn
the cost of keeping perishable foods
in a healthful condition without taking
the evidence of interested and preju-
diced men in the employ of the trusts
Moreover, II will save thousands
yearly by supplying food to the army
and navy and to the Soldiers Home
situated In Washington ard TO other
soldiers homes in different parts OF
the country. In his argument in favo
of the bill, Representative Stanley
says that the most odious and op-
Sressive Of all trusts is the food trust,
and he points out that although the
cold storage men protest that charges
OF exorbitant prices with which they
are indicted have been disproved, 1t Is
universally believed that cold storage
in the hands of the trusts Is one of
the main causes of high price of
foods.
Representative Stanley and DR.. Wi
ley have been in correspondence. In
a recent letter to DR.. Wiley, Mr..
Stanley asked his opinion with refer
ence to the feasibility and advan.a-
ges of the cold storage plant. In
this letter he said: at Is certain tina.
cold STORAGE men are in the habit of
keeping meat and other foods long
after thev cease to be wholesome.
The government experiences great
difficulty in obtaining accurate infor-
nation and must necessarily depend
upon expert statements of interested
parties. In replying to this letter,
DR.. Wiley said: ''In regard to the
subject Of a cold storage plant In
Washington, in so far as facilitating
our Investigations on the storage of
food as concerned, | am free to say 1t
would be of the creates. advantage.
A government warehouse which could
be advantageous" DR.. Wiley declar-
sd that cattle are sold from his
farm near Washington and bought by
the consumers at less than half the
price charged in washington or any
other city where it is necessary to bu
cold storage meat. Mr.. Stanley argus
that If DR.. Wiley is correct in his
statements the government will quick
" be repaid for the money invested
In cold storage plant. and moreover
that the military ard naval forces of
the country will be supplied with a
better quality of ea,.ables. Mr. Stan
ley says that the plant could be OPP
Grated by the government at a mini
mum cost and that inasmuch as the
government has refused 20 buy to-
bacco from the tobacco trust or pow
der from the powder trus., there is
no reason why 1t may not make ev-
cry effort to obtain its supply CT
meat independent of the meat trust,
which has been time and time again
indicted and convicted He says that
II Is not intended to have the govern
,ment go into the meat business. but
that inasmuch as the government is the
largest purchaser of meats and other
like products, 1t Is Its duty to the
tax payer to secure provisions in the
most economical way. .
During the las. year more than q