The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
Local Merchants Asked toad
Fight Made for New ''Pure
Food Legislation
SEND RESOLUTIONS HERE
State Association Will Seek to Have.
Legislature Pass Laws Which Will Be
More equitable to Both Grocers and
+ the People.

Kenosha Grocers have been asked tx
| join with all members of the Retail
| Grocers and General Merchants AS
ISOLATION Of the state in an effort tx
! secure better legislation affecting the
sale of impure foods in the state anG
to this end the local grocers have beer
asked to sign the following resolutions
which were recently adopted by the
| State Association.
Whereas, the Retail Grocers and
| General Merchants of the State of Wis
consin have always been firm believers
in and staunch supporters of the basic
principles Of pure food legislation, an6
Whereas, the Retail Grocers ant
Merchants of the State of Wisconsin
| have placed themselves on record tx
that effect, time and time again in con
vention assembled, and
Whereas, the Retail Grocers anG
| General Merchants of the State of Wis
consin in convention assembled in the
| City of Neenah, Wisconsin, on the 23rd
Gath and 25th days Of August, 1909, die
adopt resolutions defining the position
of the Retail Grocers and General Mer
chants of the State of Wisconsin il
regard to pure food legislation with
reference to uniformity between State
and National laws, and
Whereas, the Public Press of the
country has expressed itself editorially
in favor of uniformity of legislation
and all fair minded and right think
ing people believe in the reasonableness
Of that contention, and
Whereas, the movement for uniform
legislation has assumed national pro
portions through the formation Of the
National Civic Federation, and
Whereas, Wisconsin has State Com
mission On Uniform Legislation, there
fore be it
Resolved, by the Retail Grocers and
Genera Merchants of the State of Wis
consin in convention assembled in the
City OF Superior, Wisconsin, on the 22d
23d and Oath days of August, 1910
that we reafirm, ratify and endorse the
resolutions adopted by the Neenah con
vention on pure food legislation; that
we respectfully invite the Press and
| the People of the State, his excellency
the Governor of Wisconsin, the honor
| able Legislators, the Wisconsin State
Commission on Uniform Legislation and
the National Civic Federation, to as
| sist in the movement for uniformity
between State and National Food Legis
lation, to the end that the consumers
while being fully protected will not
suffer through the EXCHANGED cost OF
food articles through the enormous ex.
ira expense resulting from diverse and
inconsistent food legislation; that the
tax paying merchants Of the State may
not suffer unwarranted and unnecessary
loss of trade; that the people may not
be deprived of pure, wholesome and
cheap articles of food as is evidenced
by the following facts existing at the
present time on account of the Wiscon
sin law not being in harmony with the
Federal law and adjacent State laws
on this subject to-wit:
Chapter 152, Laws of 1905, of the
State of Wisconsin, relating to the sale
of Sirups, Molasses and Glucose. mix
lures, legally recognized, permitted and
established the use of the words fFCorn
Sirup' in the sale in the State of Wis
consln of an article of commerce known
and sold therein as "Corn Sirup' fol
more than thirty years-was amended
| by Chapter 557 of the laws of 1907
the words .'Corn Strip" being elimin-
ated-thereby prohibiting same-and
requiring said article to be labeled and
sold as HGlucose. y The ruling of the
food control officers of the United
States Department of Agriculture I'M
der the Gederal law being in part ar
follows: "Of the thick viscous sirur
obtained by the incomplete hydrolosis
of the starch of corn and composed es.
sentially of dextrose, maltese and dex-
trine. In our opinion it is lawful to
label this sirup as Corn Sirup'' The
pure food law of every State and Ter
ritory in the United States, having
such law, permits the labelling of this
sirup as "Corn Sirup'' except Wiscon-
sin. On account of the Wisconsin law
being the only law in the United States
requiring ssCorn Sirup' to be labeled
ard sold as .SGlucose, the manufac-
tureIs of "Corn Sirup' none of whom
are located in che State of Wisconsin
refuse to label and sell their products
in Wisconsin as Glucose and have
refused and discontinued shipping
.Corn SirupO into the State thereby
depriying the tax-paying jobbers of 4
legitimate article Of commerce which
the Food Commissioner of the State adj
mits is a healthful food article, and
the trade in which amounts annually to
about one thousand 10000 carloads;
and if the demands of the consuming