Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-02-02
WISCONSIN LEADS
FOR PURE FOODS
DAVIDSON RETURNS FROM CON-
FERENCE OF GOVERNORS
GREATLY PLEASED.
GREAT RECEPTION AT THE
sHoRHAM-LA TOILETTE AND
STEPHENSON THERE.
Madison. Ian %.

Siulhs anu IHemDefS OF the state DOdru
Of control OF that state and the re-
gents OF West Virginia university,
who called to visit briefly and view the
ner. capitol building. The visitors
we're pleased with their reception and
oyerfowing in praise OF the badger
state and its enterprise.
Later, speaking of his visit 70
Washington, Governor Davidson said
that the conference of governors did
not accomplish much at the session
recently closed. AT the same time, i"
he said, Il believe that in the end
these conferences of the governors of
the different states win result in
great deal of benefit for the people
There We're some 80 governors in
attendance at the meeting and wide
range of subjects were discussed dur
ing the three days we were together
ON taking the chair on the last
afternoon / spoke of Wisconsin's ad-
yanced legislation on the pure food
proposition, and while it was so late
in the conference that much time
could not be given the subject, | feel
encouraged from the general interest
shown to feel that other states will
rally to the Wisconsin standard on the
issue when bring the subject up for
consideration at the next conference,
which will be held somewhere between
thanksgiving and the holidays next
winter, in time to permit the govern
ed in their messages to the legisla-
lures of their respective states"
Governor 35;,::l "a. .s,ss7s sA.ass.s-
consin has gone farther than the gen
eral government or any of the other
states in its pure food legislation We
have fixed standard for food pre-
parations by law and have forbidden
the use of benzoate of soda, giving the
people the benefit of whatever doubt
may exist as to the action of that
chemical in food preservation. Per
sonally, | believe Mr.. Roosevelt was
duped by the commission in the stand
taken ON that preservative and | am
sure Wisconsin is not prepared to
take any backward step in the mat
ter" said Governor Davidson.
While l consider the outrage of the
use of deleterrious substances in the
preservation and preparation of food
products the most damnable ever
practiced on the American people, de-
stroying the public health by the use
of poisonous substances, 1 realize that
it is a great hardship for our whole
salers and canning and preserving con-
Germs to have to put up one class of
goods to conform to the Wisconsin
standard and another class for sale
outside of the state in competition
with the products of other states and
hope that we will be able to inter.
est adjoining states, at least, and get
them to fall in line with us in our
pure food legislation.
'The conference developed many
points of exceeding interest to the
governors. For instance. it was found
that only the governors of New York
and OF Wisconsin have the power un.
der their state laws to remove county
officers for cause, and two other gov
errors expressed their desire to have
this power, although / told them that
the time would probably come when
they would have occasion to wish
themselves without it.
The registration of automobiles
was another subject given much at.
-ention at the conference, and it ap-
peared that a number of the states.
especially the eastern states with
their good roads laws ae far ahead
of us in their regulation and taxation
of automobiles. | think this is a sub
ject which might well be taken up by
the legislature of our state"
Governor Davidson said that other
states are ahead of US in some re.
spects and by comforting with the ex-
ecutives of those commonwealth wei
all get ideas which will prove of bene-
ut to our people. This is the only
way in which these conferences may!
be made effective.
"A more hopeful feeling is manifest
ing itself among republicans at Wash.
ington over the outlook for legisIa. |
tion by this congress and for the con
troll of the next house." said the gov
ernor. president Taft seems to be
winning to his program the support
Of republicans of all classes. and opin,
ions. l believe him to be absolutely
sincere. feed assured he is doing
his utmost to cary out the policies
requested to him by ex-President
He wants to do the right
thing and the course he is taking
viii. 1 believe, enable him to secure
the passage BY congress Of the laws
for which he asks.
* do not care to be quoted on the
Ballinger-Pinchot controversy. Both
the president and Mr.. Pinchot are
friends of mine and as the
entire matter is now or soon win be
under thorough Investigation. | feel