The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03
Here and There
IN the Legislature

Continued attacks were made yes
lterday morning on the FitZhugh-
Myers pure-food bill before the House
Committee on Agriculture and Mining.
| The opposition was SO pronounced
that 1t was the opinion of the COIN
mittee that it might be best to defer
| legislation of this sort until the next
session of the Legislature, when the
matter can be considered carefully.
| Joseph Wallerstein said that If 1t
We're not for cold storage eggs in the
winter season would cost from IS to
| rs cents a dozen, in response to the
laws of supply and demand. He said
| that the elimination of cold storage
would increase the cost of living. The
public health, he thought. was fully
protected by existing laws. The bill
would merely help concerns outside of
| the State.
| Other cold storage men said that
much prejudice against really pure
foods would be arrow cd in the minds
of the ignorant by lle cold storage
tag, which would be put on the pro-
duct. 1t would be to such an one
like Haunting a red flag in the face
CT bull
but" he said, "they say we should
tell the truth. The truth tells moth
ling. / don't care for the truth If the
truth tells me nothing. If this bill
would result in saving single life,
it ought to pass. But II would not
result in any guarantee OF purity,
! He showed how eggs, for instance,
which had been in cold storage in
Washington for eight months could be
brought 10 Richmond and stay in
storage here for week. The pur-
chaser would think them compare
tiyelv fresh, whereas they had been
in another State for many months.
Judge George l.. Christian appeared
before the House Committee on FL
| nance yesterday morning asking Tor
! continuance of the work of preserV-
ing the Confederate military records.
He thought the State could not spend
the money to greater advantage. Not
onlv the veterans, but their descend
ants, are especially interstd. To sus-
mend the otficd. he said, would be to
destroy the efficiency of the work al
rady don. What is $1,000 he asked,
80 immortalize the names of the men
who gave their lives and their blood
| 10 the State?" He thought abolition OF
the department would SO cripple the
work as not make 1t useful here
after He did not, he said. believe
recent criticisms We're just. While he
| himself. as a member of the Committee
of the Grand Camp, did not investigate
Major Hunters office. he approved the
| report. because he had confidence In
the Judgment of Captain w. Gordon
McCabe, who had done so. He be-
lieved, he said. that he represented
the sentiment of the Confederates OF
| the state.
| Nnrf aF a y 70 p.
ans. John B. Lightfoo. Jr.. said that
1t was a requisite to membership In
that organization that the fathers
military record be secured. There are
men awaiting membership until the
| necessary information is gotten.
Attention was called by Mr., Wingo.
for the committee. to the fact that
these men were mistaken in the as
sumption that there was any thought
of disseminating the gathering of the
records. The only question wa sas to
the manner. which is now In the hands
of a subcommittee.
At its meeting yesterday, the, SEN
ate Committee on Roads and Internal
Navigation heard an extensive DIS
cussion of the Rison bill, defining
full train crew to be required on rail-
roads. The bill simply meant an adj
ditiona brakeman for lengthy trains.
senator Rison, the patron. and MI
cash, of the brotherhood Of Irocomo-
tive rrainmen supported the bill on
the ground that 1t would be for the
safety of all concerned ATTORNEY Nc
| u,uaine. of the Atlantic Coast Line;
ENGINEER Ransom, of that road; n. w.
Rattle, Of the Norfolk and Western;
Superintendent Newell. of the Atlantic
coast Line, and c, w. Culp, OF the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac. fought the bill on the ground
that the addition of another brakeman
would not relieve the danger In any
way. and would only increase tho en-
nense of operating, An unfavorable
report was given to the bill
4 rhe saunders bill, providing that all
railroads shall have up- date sate!S
appliances, was reported iavorapls