The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-06-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
\ Cold Storage Plant on !;
Largo Scale Proposed
Some Facts about the COY
crnmcnt Iar'lor.

Waahinptuu, i G., June u ~
Hon i. G. Stanley, - mewh'' ~
Gnryre "a from kentuctv. has r'esNn'
ed a un,guc bill IN Congress II g Il"
r,n,,,Ir q government cold storage
rlau ~ Washington. llc insists mat
aurh y ,lnnt viii MORE than pa, tot II
s.}f IN saving tn. government thou
sands Of dollars yearly. br. Wiley
tive distinguished government chem
10, aud advocate oi the pure TODD laws,
esr,csees his approval Of the Stanley
bill llo Rays government tee house
Will result ~ better provisions tnr the
amy aud navy aud cut oil IA" en"rm
o,,4 ,ralii4 nf the n,cnt trusts Cold
tnrnre plant built Nv the gntcrnmen'
according ~ he atoment Ut 'hia h''',
will cost MILTON and a hnIi aud II -
provided that the Secretary ~ w"
Treasury shall In, site nnd proceed
nj once to build u model storage ho"s"
for meata butter Vegetables and eurh
a i naval forces Of The United States.
The bill hna another purpose ~
that il Will give the government n
q ,a,ne to study and learn the cost "t
keeping rer,ahahle frods ~ n health
iul condition without tnking tue cyl
deuce or interested aud rreiudic"d
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Moreover Il will save thousands yca,lN
hy supplying food to- the army and
navy aud to the soldiers HOME situat
ed IN Washington and tu other sulai
ers homes in different ra,ta Of the
country In hia argument IN favor oi
the hi |, Ecprese Stan'e' say
that the most odIous and Oppressive
1T all trusa ia the food trust, aud he
points ont that although the cod sior-
age men protest that charges Of exor
", ant price with which they are IN
dirted have been disprnved. it is UNI
VERBALLY believed that cold storage
in the hands of the t,us ia one "f the
MAIN causes of high price Of foods
Representatives stanley and Nr WI
ley have ben IN correspondence. IN
a recen, letter I" nr Wiley, Nv stan
lev asked his opinion with reference
TO The feasibility aud advantages Of
the cold storage plan. In this letter
he sail: III ia certain that cold stor
age mon are IN the habit Of keeping
meat and other toois long after they
cease to he VIII ,lesome. The govern
ment experiences great difficulty in
obtaining accurate Information aud
must necessarily depend upon expert
statements Of Interested parties In
replying +, this letter, Or, Wiley said:
In regard 10 the subject Of n cold stor
age plant in Washington. in 20 far as
facilitating our Investigation on the
storage Of food 10 concerned am free
to al, il would he of The greatest ad
VANTAGE government ware house
which could col ahora'o with va Nv se
curing definite degrees OF Refrigeration
would he advantageous, DR. Wiley
farm near Washington and bought by
the consumers at less than half The
prices charged in Washing on or any
osher city where it is necessary to buy
G I'D storage meat Mr. Stanley ar
CUES that if Or Wiley is correct in his
statements the government will quick
" be repaid for the money invested in
a cold storage plant. and moreover,
that the military aud naval forces OF
the country will be supplied with 81
better quality OF eatahles Mr.. stan
lev says that the plant could I've oper-
ated nv the government at n minimum
cost and that inasmuch NJ the govern
ment has refused to huv tobacco from
the tobacco nst or powder from the
powder trust, there l. ", reason why
it may not make every effort TO obtain
it's supply Of meat Independent Of the
meat trust, which !,ns been time and
time ag,in indicted and convicted.
He says that u is mol intended TO have
the government 90 into the meat bust
ness. but that inasmuch M the govern
mont il the largest purchaser Of meats
and other like products. it is it's duty
to the tax payer to secure provisions
in the most economical way.
During the last year more than a
million Of dollars was expended for
meats for soldiers homes alone The
army expended over two millions of
dollars f,r fresh meats, TO ANYTHING OF
bacon aud lard. The navy bill +, r
butter was 500 900 ut the rate of 33c
per pound. The fresh meat for the
navy cost fifteen millions. Besides.
we purchased thousands Of pounds Of
poultry. Swift, Armour. Cudahey and
other like concerns furnished this food
at exorbitant cost tr the government
and at immense profit to themselves.
Last Wednesday evening the