The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-29
HOUSE COMMITTEE
EXTENDS INQUIRY
Will Go Into Cost of Food
as Well as Subject of
Storage
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scns1tilnaI evidence placed before IL by
Dr. + ". Wiley. head OF JBs Depart
m snt Of Chemistry. when he demon
str.Itsd by the Gambling method that
supposedly fresh eggs. for which he mad
paid 80 cents a dozen, were stale, and
probably had been in cold storage for
ter months or longer
To Investigate Cost Of Foods.
That the committee is 10 investigate
into the feature OF the cost Of foods
was evidenced this morning when all
the officers OF the defunct Governmental
Cooperative Guild received notices ask
ing them to be present at the hearing
Of the committee at 1870 o'clock Mon
day morning
AS the failure Of the Governmental
Cooperative Guild was attributed large
y 10 the action Of commercial Orgauf-
tauons hostile TO IL, IL Is pointed out
that the officers Of the guild are sup
piled with Information as TO cOmbina-
lions Of prices ana other practices
which are resorted 20 by wholesale and
retail establishments, and would be in
the position 10 furnish the committee
with some valuable data bearing uDon
me question Of why prices are high
Inc committee did not meet TODAY
PERSONS closely IN touch with the SIT
uatlOn regard the testimony which VS.
placed before IL by Secretary of Az-ri-
culture wilson and Dr. Wiley simply as
constituting foundation for what bids
fair 10 be a veritabIe labyrinth of resff-
Inony bearing upon every feature OF
living conditions; but. principally, the
expense feature
Dr.. Wiley Sets Fuse.
Dr. Wiley's testimony concerning the
Accent stale esgs is said 10 be the fuse
which has fired the investigation, 50
that, in the event Of Congrcss falling
TO appoint a joint committee 70 investi-
gate into living conditions, Representa-
tive MoOre's committee may ID This
work. and even exceed the reu0tesr I'm
its 20 which II was expected Congress
would 90 in an effort TO account for the
high cost II living and 10 bring about
remedial legislation
But just how Representative Moore
VIII proceed In writing something add
tlOnai into the bill which his committee
IS considering, is proving the most per
picking problem from speculative
standpoint Should the bill be enlarged
10 have \ bearing upon prices and con-
ditiUns ia general. in addition 10 the
storage feature, which Il specifically at
tempts to regulate, its passage through
Congress would not impair its ccnstitU-
tionality-
However. should a point Of order ne
made against e, its progress toward be-
ing enacted into law would be abruptly
halted
For this reason. il is not considered
likely the committee viii run the risk
OF charging the bill without adopting
some sort Of plan 70 insure its con-
sideration in the House
Plan To Have Bill Considered.
That some such plan is being worked
is believed 10 Ice the case. else the COM
rnittee would not summon 10 apDeTr be
fore Il, as in the case OF the officers OF
the Cooperative Guild. witnesses whose
testimony necessarily deal largely With
the feature Of cost
And, IN furtherance Of this belief, It
is pointed out that the committee de
voted a large part OF its time 10 Sccur-
ing from Dr.. Wiley his views as TO the
most practical method the Government
can follow in requiring butter eggs,
poultry, and other fCOdSJuds. 10 be in
sDeCted as TO their quality and whole
SOmeneSS-
On two occasions Dr. Wiley was re-
GueSted 10 Outline his plan for q Gov
ernmentaI insf ecticn Of eSSS and poUi-
Try. particularly and his suggestion
that a force Of twenty-five inspectors
20 be appointed by TIE Government
carefully noted by the members Of the
committee
So far, the hearings have dealt much
the MISUNDERSTANDING conditions than
the one feature Of the Moor bill, reIat-
ing 10 storage.