Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07
There Should be One in the Judg-
ment OF the Senate Cost of
Living Committee.
LODGE INTRODUCES BILL
Purpose l. to Strike at Custom of
Holding ARTICLES Of Food for Ad-
vancing Prices Ar,incially.

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the purpose Of maintaining or adyanc-
ing prices artidcially This is the judg
ment of the senate cost OF living com
mittcc and Chairman Lodge today in
troduced in the senate a bin 20 meet the
recommendations.
In presenting the bin Senator Lodge
said.
Under the resolution of the senate
the senatorial commission proposed 60
inquire into wages and prices of conn
mod!ties was given authority to make
reductions ln pursuance OF that au-
thority the committee now desire to
recommend Co the senate legislation
limiting the time during which perish
able articles OF food may be held Coz
cold storage From such Investigation
as the committee has thus FAR been able
90 make. it is satisfied some limit ought
TO be put on the limit OF cold storage
for the purpose Of maintaining or adj
vancing prices arthcially II ls of the
opinion this limit of time win tend to
an equalization Of prices and I'm some
cases TO a reduction.
"The Investigation Of this subject is
not completed, but il has proceeded far
enough 90 confirm by the results thus
far obtained the view taken by the
committee.
The question OF the public health Is
not within the Jurisdiction Of your COM
mittee charged with the investigation
into wages and prices. The committee
mas mo- doubt however, that a limita-
ton OF the time during which perish
able articles of food and more especially
meat products may Doe retained Ia cold
storage would Doe hygeuically OF very
great value and would tend TO check
many physical troubles which are
thought by those who have examined
the question 10 be attributable TO the
practise of keeping meats, particularly,
IN storage for very long time.
The committee therefore recon-
mends legislation in this direction by
Congress at the earliest possible mo-
ment"
WHAT BILL PROVIDES FOR.
Mr.. Lodges bill will provide that food
kept I'm cold storage for more than one
year should be considered as adulter-
ated and that any food taken out of
cold storage and enormously marked
as To the time II had been in storage
should be regarded as misbranded ia
violation Of the pure food law
The committee, through Mr.. Lodge
also asked the senate for Instructions
In the matter of continuing the invesu-
CATION into the cost Of living IL was
estimated that four months would be
required 10 complete the work and that
IL would necessitdte an expenditure Of
$685.
The outline of the suggested plan
was In great detail. II calls for state
ments TO be obtained from 40 buyers In
selected localities covering the price
paid 20 the producer on the first Of
January, February, March April May
and June OF each year from 1900 60 1910.
inclusive. for all grains, live stock and
other farm products.
1t contemplates also the producing OF
wholesale prices by the bureau OF la
Dor on 260 commodities for 1909. and
the first four months OF 1910 I'm order
to bring down to date the statements
already given since the year 1890
The bureau Of labor would be called
on to obtain wholesals prices from 1897
20 1910 on all kinds OF agricultural Inn
plements.
Retail prices paid by the consumer
on II articles would be obtained COW
ering the same periods as were pre-
scribcd for producers prices. The list
IS intended 10 include aiI Iueies Gov
ereu py the Seuate l,solu'lou' proNlu-
,hg loi ~, lhNcsleatloH eNcspt rent
lol WlllJi, VIC collli,l,t''e s"ys ~ SoliiS
tlCal,y lliil'ossln,e TO oo'a'h rem
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t' 5o 49, 49, 1 49, ~
$500 sho,-ld bc tboe. ,,,tr,ri-,S t,.
wage oarners
An investioatfon yyotild no mad ~
wages salaries and hours of Labor
from nav rolls FOR stated period i'm
each of tho two wears 1900 and 1QiO
from al least 10 establishments In "a
long list OF diversified manufacturers
and IN at least m cities covering de-
rnrtmont stores street railway. tolo-
graph and telephone companies and ion
10 cities the union scale ana the non
union scale Cor building trades. COM
p0sitors do hands. IRON moulders and
machini>ts.
IL - suggested nIso that The prevail
ms wages o. agricultural lohorcrs I'm
1900 and 1910 should he obtained
LONG TIME TO GET DATA
Ni' l.odse t"id inr senate 10 probably
would De Impossible 10 gather the de-
sf.o ui'a Wlthih less tAan -FOUR months
ana DID response 10 "a question from
senator iille sad probably IL would be
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