The Washington herald., 1911-03-19

own handwriting. is locked in that
drawer, Senator Hepburn answered,
| pointing toward his desk. The law has
done more for the American people than
| has any recent legislation by Congress-
1t has made the housekeepers of the
| country watchful, active, and intelligent
and compelled the manufacturers of food
| TO employ methods that are healthful and
c1ean. / was reared in a home where
cleanliness and sanitation were con-
stantly discussed. My fathers house
| was a debating club for all kinds OF
questions. AS chairman of the Commit
tee on Manufactures in the Senate, 1
determined to give the people pure food,
| II L could. One of the greatest lobbies
or modern times came to Washington to
oeat the bill. But 1 kept pushing all
the time. never quit, once am started.
Grecers said I would ruin their busi-
| ness. Manufacturers declared 1 was at
tempting the impossible. However, the
law Is on the book and will never be
| repealed
What have yoI discovered during your
inquiries into the business of cold stor-
age warehouses;
1T would take two days to read you
the information I have obtained in diff
ferent parts of the country. / will just
give you a few sample facts pertaining
to the subject More poultry is put into
cold storage in January than any other
month-the leftover stock of the previous
holiday business. II may be held until
the following Thanksgiving and Christ
mas. About 50 per cent of the eggs con-
sumed are laid in the four months OF
summer. Most of them go into cold
storage, where they remain. in some in
stances, for a year and a half. Beef is
kept for two years. Fish. butter. fruits.
and vegetables are kept for long periods.
Dealers, naturally, sell from their old
stock, rather than from the new. am
sure there are many young men and
women living in cities who do not know
the taste OF fresh eggs or meat.
Control of Market Supply.
Across the supply of certain kinds Of
food are gates. which can be opened an
inch. a foot. or all the way, or can he
closed and locked. Men are in control
Of those gates and the gates control the
market. Eggs can be let out in trickle
or q food, or shut off entirely. 1t is
the same with meat and butter. The
supply of many kinds of food is regu-
lated with mathematical precision. I
am bound to say, however. that the big
packers and big dealers, as a rule, are
not getting the dig end OF the profits.
Those engaged in some lines of trade
would be satisfied with a margin Of 3
per cent. because they can turn their
money twelve times a year.
Il mean to push bill through Con-
gress. II I can, putting a time limit on
all food sent to cold storage warehouses
and marking the food so that every one,
including the ultimate consumer. may
know the day it was first put away in
chilled air or on ice. Furthermore. I
shall make IL criminal Offense TO put
anything back in cold storage after il
has been once taken out Freezing. in
the first place, is a process Of disintegra-
ton. Meat frozen to preserve il and
then thawed in butcher shops, where il
collects new germs and dirt, is unfit for
human food II It is again returned to
cold storage.
The law shan attempt 10 have en-
acted will at least periodically open tho
gates Of our national food supply. and at
the same time. will have some regulatory
effect on prices. Besides. il will give the
people food from wrat is now the equiva-
lent of the middle Of the pile. even il not
from the very top"
rs the wealth Of the country uniustIv
distributed?''
1T was after the panic Of 1907. New
York bankers before the panic declined
to pay the balances they owed to the
other banks OF the country. told Presi-
dent Roosevelt that until the balances
were paid no more government money
should be deposited in New York He
agreed with me, and sent me to Mr. Cor
telyou. the Secretary Of the Treasury.
Deposits were stopped and the New York
banks paid their debts. However J. P.
Morgan was given all the credit for
bringing about that plain act Of justice.
'As to the distribution Of wealth among
let me remind YOU that there
is good deal more money in savings
banks than in national banks Poor
people. so called. patronize savings banks
National banks are patronized by bust
ness men. the capitalistic class. as the
demagogues are pleased to describe them.
BY the figures, therefore, the poor have
more money than the rich. A lot OF
bowling is done by persons who want
to advertise themselves and to get some
for eXample-without work
ing for it,
IT understand" ! said. experimentalIv,
that you entered Idaho or foot and with
two blankets?''
blankets. all right, and also a supply Of
food and toboggans and a lonE-legged
and strong-handed guide. I would have
in Pullman car. but I couldn't
find any tracks but those made myself
IN the snow as climbed up and down the
Whence had you Gomez
OF Quaker Descent.
Originally from Pennsylvania was
born on what was the battlefield of
The Hepburns and Hey
burns belong to the same family. My
people were English Quakers. James Hep
burn. fourth Earl Of Boutwell,. was my
most disreputable relative. He divorced |
his wife, became the husband of Mary |
Queen of Scots, murdered Darnley, turned |
pirate, and died insane. My father was
l prosperous business man. was edu- |
'ated by tutors, and read law in Phila- |
ielphia, where I also attended lectures |
IN medical Jurisprudence Even now |
I'm engaged on a course of study. I have |
always studied. When a man ceases to |
study he goes backward I practiced law
It Leadville, in Colorado, and made plenty
" money. Then 1 set out for Eagle City.
daho, which was just coming together.
found 5000 people in tents. There was
10 business in that. place for a serious
awyer, and / wasn't looking for any
,ther kind of practice. I had important
:lients in Colorado, and I meant to have
;uch clients in Idaho.
so while the miners were digging
examined the neighboring coun-
-ry, travelling from early in the spring
until late in the autumn. I located the
Hollaris mine and 1t is still my prop
,rty. The mine contains copper, lead
md silver. Sometimes / work it. Oc-
I put in a little new ma