Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-13
congress ON
Hygiene and
DEM0GRAPHY

Special to The Tribune.
! WASHINGTON, May ia strik.
ing illustration of the countrywide
benefit secured from the legislative
enactments of an individual state in
the regulation of large corporations
engaged in interstate business, will
be offered in connection with the Fiji.
teenth International Congress on Hy-
giene and Demography, to be held in
Washington, September 1928, 1912,
under the auspices of the United
States government. This congress
will concern itself not only with dis
cussion of the advanced methods IN
the treatment of disease, but it will
consider all phases of the purchase
and consumption Of food, and the eff.
fects Of different foods on the bou..y
tissues.
And it Is in the economics of the
question Of food supply that one state
North Dakota-will be held up as
an example to the family of states.
1t will be shown that North Dakota
began its attle~fully six years ago,
when it's legislature enacted what was
called the met weight law" This
statute required that the exact weight
or quantity of food sold in packages,
should be stamped on the outside
wrappers. One or more big corpora
tions thought themselves larger than
the State of North Dakota and with.
| drew all their business from the
State, but all of them have now re.
turned. Their compliance with the
law of North Dakota resulted in the
stamping upon the outer wrappers of
their packages offered in the markets
of all the states, the exact quantity
of food contained.
This action of the North Dakota
legislature has anticipated the re-
forms it was hoped to secure by
means of uniformity in advocating
legislation on the part OF State ex-
ecutives, as discussed in the first an
nual conference Of Governors, called
by ex-President Roosevelt
The State of North Dakota has &C.
cepted the invitation to take part in
the Fifteenth International Congress
on Hygiene and Demography, and
this week Governor John Burke was
requested to appoint committee of
five to be RESPONSIBLE for the States
participation in the event. To this
committee the suggestion will be
made that the exhibits to be arranged
by them III the Exhibition of Health
which will be one Of the features OF
the Congress, shall give forcible illus.
tration of the victory won by North
Dakota through its met weight law"
Following the request to Governor
Burke to appoint State Committee,
DR.. John s. Fulton, Secretary-G ener-
al of the Congress addressed letters
to the health officers of twelve of the
principal cities Of the State of North
Dakota, urging that they make par
ticular effort to attend the meetings.
The health officers thus especially in
vited included; Dr. F. r. Smyth, of
Bismarck; DR.. A. T. Horseman, of
Devils Lake; DR.. H. A. Davis, of Dick |
inson; DR.. Homer B. Smith, Of Fargo;
DR.. G. W. Glasped, of Grafton; DR.. A. !
A. Westeen, Of Grand Forks; DR.. w. |
A. Gerrisa, of Jamestown; DR.. F. E.
Bunting, Of Mandan; DR.. J. r. Pence,
OF Mtnot, DR.. "A. w. Mcdonald of
Valley City; DR.. T. O'Brien, ~ Wah-
peton and DR.. c. s. Jones.
In these letters to the city health
officers, DR.. Fulton raid especial
stress on the importance to munich
palities all over the country of hav-
ing adequate representation in the
Congress, when he said:
"The broad International scope, the
distinguished character of the for.
eign representation, the government
tai auspices under which it is held.
all insure that this forthcoming event
will be the most important and i'm
pressive Of its kind ever held in this
country. To be in attendance at the
Congress, therefore, Is an opportuni.
ty for obtaining new viewpoint with
respect to public health which, after
next September will in all likelihood,
not occur again in this country within
a generation. Failure to attend on
the part of public health man will
constitute an injustice to himself and
a misfortune to his locality"
Officers Of Section will be. DIR.
Frank F. Wesbrook, Professor of Pa
thology and Bacteriology, University
Of Minnesota, Minneapolis; vlce-pres-
lrents, DR.. Charles v. Chaplin, Sup
of Health, Providence. r.
l., and DR.. John ~. Hurry, Secretary
Of the State Board of Health of In
diana; secretaries, DR.. Herbert D.
Pease, New York, and DR.. Marshall