The Washington times., 1910-04-25
Limit of Year and Closer
Inspection Recommended
to Committee.
CHICKEN JURYS
WORK DESCRIBED
Senator Percy Makes Maiden
Speech-South Dakota Man
Tells of Price Advance.

Before the Senate COplmittee on Man
/ ufactures today, Dr. H W Wiley,
chief Of the Bureau OF Chemistry. spoke
/ in support OF the Lodge biI to regulate
! the cold storage business.
This bin provides that food articles
T which have been kept in cold storage
more than one year shall be deemed
/ adulterated and. IL further provides for
/ the labelling OF old storage articles 50
as to show the dates when they went
/ into cold storage.
Dr. wiley talked especially on the
! cold storage Of chickens. poultry in
/ general. eggs, butter, dsh, and the like
/ He said they could be kept in cold
storage twelve months. but he preferred
I that the time should not exceed nine
/ months. They could be kept for nine
months. he said, with perfect safety and
very little loss OF palatability. No sub
stance deIeterlous 10 health would de-
Z velop in that time
( As soon as food articles kept IN cold
I storage are allowed 10 thaw, DR.. Wiley
said. they become more susceptible 10
/ the development Of ptomaines. but II
F used Immediately they are not so de-
/ IeteriOus-
wney's Chicken Jury.
d.. Wiley emphasized the Importance
+ OF the senses Of taste and smell He
1 said these were the best guides 70 the
! whoIes0meness Of food The commit
! tee was told BY DR.. Wiley about his
I chicken jury a class OF young men
I who tested ch' ken in the same man
I ner as his "polson squad" tested the ef-
! fects OF certain preservstives- when
T fed on fresh chickens and on chickens
which had been IN cold storage for
three months, they were not able 20
+ tell the difference When fed on chick
I ems that had been in cold storage six
months, some OF the jury could tell the
difference. All but a few could tel
the difference between q fresh chicken
and one kept ui1e months IN storage
and AL could ten The difference be-
tween q fresh chicken and one kept IN
storage twelve months
Dr. Wiley favored legislation or
regulatory sort he said it would bene-
( fit the producer n articles might not
be kept IN storage over nine months
there would be no Interference with the
next years supply Ine consumer
would be benefited for hygienic reasons.
and The cold storage people themselves
would be helped II the public were given
a guarantee that the articles had not
been kept so long as 10 be unwhoiesome.
Eggs Is Eggs"-Sometimes-
Beef and mutton should not be kept
-
he said they we're improved IN flavor
by being in colo storage a short time
Discussing eggs, Dr. Wiley pointed out
that one OF the disadvantag ges Of the
present system was that eggs went into
storage en- bloc, without test as TO their
age when stored Eggs that had been
in storage were designated BY the deal
ers as fresh eggs strictly fresh
eggs" and '-freSh-laid eggs"
~ U FslFH p
just plain eggs
DR.. Wiley was called on by the com
mittee for great mass OF Information
dealing with the subject Of cold storage.
He was asked by the committee 20 con
duct certain experiments on the subject
as to the effect Of the stay in storage OF
different articles for different lengths Of
Pierre P GarVin. prosecutor OF Hud-
son county n J.. the man who stirred
Up the fight against the packers and
on the stand
Amendments Offered.
Two amendments 20 the bill were sJg-
sested by Dr. Wiley One IS TO provide
for inspection OF food before II is placed
IN cold storage The other amendment
he proposes would require goods to be
SID 20 the retailers while frozen.
The committee was considerably i'm
pressed by what AIR. GarFen said. re-
garding cold storage warehouses in
Hudson county he found poultry thar
had been kept from fifteen months to
two years In one establishment tur-
KEYS were found which had turned
black In another warehouse he saw
what seemed TO be blocks Of black
stone and on inquiry learned that it
was liver
Senator Percy OF Mississippi made his
maiden speech IN the Senate this after
noon in connection with the Lodge reso-
luton TO add s55,009 20 the appropriation
for the cost Of living investigation. Sen
atOr Percy opposed the resolution. He
condemned the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill
predicted Democratic success in the cleo
lions and urged that platform pledges
be carried into effect Senator Percy is
a f0rcible speaker and was cOngra tU-
lated after his remarks BY his Demo
cratic friends
Senator stone, Of Missouri followed
Senator Percy and in his speech OF
considerable length opposed the reso-
IutiOn When the resolution was FIST
taken up. Senator Lodge made an IN
effectual effort 10 Withdraw II from i'm
mediate consideration. several Senators
expressing a desire to discuss It.
Stones Speech Characteristics
Senator stone made characteristic
speech He Iar,cnted the retirement
from the Senate Of Senators Aldrich and
Hale. saying: They carry with them
our assurances OF high esteem, even
though We most condemn their political
tenets and nsost abhor their political
practices I had hoped that Senator
f4aIIinEer you'd receive the mantle but
I quote Senator DOlliver. when he says
that this mantle viii be tenderly re-
moved 10 the Smithsonian Institution.
to remain there as a relic OF a dis
credited political regime. That was 4
heartless speech which emanated from
the Senator from Iowa"
Senator Stone further iamented the
n1aaIner in which Senator Elkins was
she1ved, when the original food probe
was proposed. This action, ne said. on
the part Of the Republican organization
pointed TO q deep and dire plot TO exon
erate the tariff from ali responsibility
f&r prevailing prices.
Senator Stone was followed BY Senator