The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-11
.CHAMBER ALSO
HIT S MIL K BILL
Directors Urge Legislature Not
to Enact Tlrocknorton
Measure.
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HOPEFUL NOW ABOUT UNION
Reports Show That Council Is
Prepared to Adopt AnneSa-
ton Ordinance.
HOPEFUL NOW ABOUT UNION

The board Of directors OF the Sllam-
her of Commerce yesterday inaorsed
the action of it's committees on health
and sanitation in opposing the lhfoce :
morton milk inspection bill. now peho :
ing in the General Assembly. =, IN KS
deliberations concerning tme ,e IIa,itS
S,Hicer Leyy and many other prolnl-
nent. physicians of the city, VINO haF :
looked into the matter.
Resolutions lndorscu.
The resolutions presented " 90
board for its approval were as Aoi-
aDc 1t resolved, by the committee ON
health and sanitation OF the Sna
NJ Commerce. Of the city of Rich mont
"First, That the sanitnr! !u": ~.
related to the public health OF the cits'
ma nIso to it's commercial tntcress,
asccoI,d, That the Throckmorton PHI
now pcndin= before the Genera, IS
sc,nbly of NirEinin, VIII, ~ enhc's.' ~.
nrivo the cities Of the state OF the
no,vcr TO regulate their milk supplies,
md Tint efficient protection of the MIX ~.
.rppltcs OF cities cnn be securcu IN
b,. municipal Inspection and con,,ol.
.Tlird, Tint SO far ms TINS n'l. ~
plies to the city OF hiehno iat,1.,s and
work great harm ON our c1t,.enn Ill,
tend 10 undo the great bencn.s VIZ ~.
lnyc bccn conferred ON our city ns tue
local health authorities" ~.
Il. Peyton Giles. chairman oil tns
committee on legislation, mace ha,
cone great deal of work on tne
question of taxation, and had louH y
that tila counties had not done Iuei
part, leaving tho burden to the ou ~.
ness men and proFertS-oWheIs " ,ts
cities. In accordance with resoiu,
ton. President Wood Will appoint q
committee Of three 10 look into the
matter and appear before the Les's'
lature. .,,
for = short while, offered 9. resolu-
ton opposing the bill recently INTRO
duccd 10 remove the state agriculture
exhibit from it's place In the Capieo
building TO quarters IN the annex
the state Library building. part o.
which is occupied by the mining eH.
hibit. The resolution set forth tina
the exhibit was at present In the mos
advantageo place. and that the spa,ct
allotted 1t in the new building Woui.
soon be filled with mineral specimens
and, further, that II it were chanset
many people would probably never SCI
| it, The resolution was unanimously
| adopted.
consolidation Prospects bright.
! Business Manager William i. oap
J ney spoke on the chambers work OF
the consolidation question. saying tina
in spite of the strong opposition. grea
progress had been made, and tina
with the continuation of the cham
| ber's efforts there was every indi
cation that the City Council woult
vote favorably.
Councilman T. c. Richards aske'
that the chamber take action OF
posing the ordinance now before tn
City Council in regard to dressed ant
undressed fowls. The ordinance pro
poses that only the undressed variet:
be sold on the local market. Mr.. Rich
ards argued that such q law woul
| not only injure local merchants. blu
! would divert the greater part of val
liable trade from this city to North
ern markets, where undressed fowl
were preferred. After some discussion
the question was referred to the com
mittee on inland trade.