New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-09
STORAGE BILL PASSED
Assembly Puts Through Measure
Applying to Foodstufts.
FOUR AMENDMENTS KILLED
Time Limited to Six Months, Ex-
cept Health Commissioner Can
Extend It to Year.
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Albany. March s.--Cold storage furnished
a lively debate in the Assembly for three
hours The result was the passage, after
number Of attempts 10 amend II. OF the
Brennan bill, regulating the length OF time
food may he KEEP; in cold storage ware
houses The vote was lpl 10 -. II was gen
orally admitted by the members who talked
on the bill that regulation Of the cold stor-
age OF foods was needed but objection was
made 10 the form Of the measure on the
ground that II gave the State Commission
or OF Health too much power. Four amend
ments TO the measure were killed by close
votes
The bill provides that goods must he
stamped with tho date Of tho time IL goes
into cold storage: that It shall he unlawful
TO keep food in cold storage for more than
six months except with the consent OF the
Commissioner OF Health. and in no event
may II be kept more than one year. The
Commissioner OF Health is TO have full
power 10 inspect all cold storage warehouses
and TO condemn and destroy food IL he
deems IL unfit for use. II was TO this last
provision that the principal objection was
made
Fireworks were lighted when Assembly
man Cuvillier put in an amendment chang
ing from six months to a year the time
allowed for storage. Interests in hts dis
trict proposed the bill. he said. Later he was
attacked by Assemblyman Oliver for 60
ing back on the common people in his dis
trict and siding with the cold storage men,
"hom no termed 'leealized thieves Tic
amendment was voted down, 81 TO 81
MT. Brennan quoted from the report Il
inc Hepburn cold storage Investigating
committee in the United States Senate in
which II is declared that six months is tho
Danger period for cold storage Of meats.
lie said his bill was designed TO protect
the public health and TO give the people
some relief from the exorbltant prices now
charged for the necessities OF life
Mr.. Warren picked flaws in the measure,
saying II vas unconstitutional and not IN
good shape. He moved TO recommit 1t. but
the motion was beaten by close vote.
Assemblyman Lansing said the bill was
faulty in all respects and would work
HdIusHIp not Only on me producer but the
consumer He proposed an amendment
which would allow the storage of butter
and cheese for twelve months and eggs Cor
nine months. This was also voted down.
Dr. Bush. chairman Of the committee
that reported the bill, advocated It. saying
he had seen many diseases that were
traceablo directly to cold storage produces
Mr. Merritt, minority leader. and As
scmblymsn J. s. Phillips opposed the bill
because Of the arbitrary power which It
gives 10 the Commissioner Of Health Mr.
Merritt said he would support the measure
II It clearly and distinctly did what it was
intended 70 do. The high cost OF living
be said. was often confused with the cost
Of high living.
The Senate to-day passed the bill OF Sen
ator Pollock permitting photographers to
exhibit specimens Of their work until writ
ten notice of the person photographed OBJ
jecting TO the display is received; SEN
ator Gradys. giving the New York city
court the jurisdiction Of actions for and
against the city and over breach of prom
Use proceedings. Assemblyman Foley's in
cooperating the American Scandinavian
Society and Assemblvman J. Levy's in
cooperating the Ame-ican-Jewish Commit