The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-18
OYSTERMEN FOR HEALTH LAWS
HI. c. ROWE WRITES DRs TOWN SEND TO CORRECT MISTAKE ABOUT STATE SOCIETY'S
 STAND.
ENCLOSES RESOLUTIONS
Shows That Connecticut Association Heartily F'avors Rules to Enforce
 Oyster Purity.

Tn an effort to correct a misappre- hension that has been created, re- garding the resolutions adopted by the Connecticut Oyster Growers as- sociation at recent meeting by 8 report published, Henry c. Rowe, president of the association has sent letter to Dr. J. H. Townsend, secretary of the state board of health, in which he refutes the article pub lisMed after the meeting Of the state board of Health The letter to pr. Townsend, signed by Mr.: Rowe, fol- lows:
 Dr. J. H. Townsend. Secretary,
 State Board of Health,
 New Haven, Conn:
 Dear Dr. Townssnd--A clipping from a New Haven newspaper has been sent to me, containing a report of the meeting of the state board of health, in which it is stated that the resolutions adopted by the Connec- ticut Oyster Growers association re- suited from their fight with the New Haven health board.'
 This is very serious misstatem ent of the Connecticut Oyster Growers association, and is absolutely the op- posite of the fact. By the very reso- lution sent to you we show that we are heartily in favor of any and all regulations which will enforce the absolute purity of oysters and require certificates of their purity before marketing.
 Those who oppose the board of health did not claim to represent the Connecticut Oyster Growers associa- ton, and their views are entirely op- posite to those which, were expressed in the resolutions which we have adopted, therefore, it seems quite T,o% cIa h 1Se, ho iT1 a position which Is exactly the re- verse of that which we occupy.
 enclose a copy of one of the reso- lutionS and wish that you would see that the press of New Haven corrects the erroneous impression which has been published.
 Very truly yours,
 (Sfgned) HENRY C. ROWE.
 MT. Rowe enclosed the following copy of the resolutions as adopted by the Connecticut Oyster Growers asso- ciation in his letter to pr. Townsend to show the actual purport of the res olution: ~ whereas, the Connecticut Oyster Growers association most deeply ap preciates the importance and neces- sity that the food furnished to us and to all consumers shall be pure and wholesome, and
 Whereas, the many precautions taken during recent years have in- sured that oysters should be among the purest and safest of foods. yet notwithstanding this, certain psenea- tionalists have uttered indiscriminate islanders against oysters durng the past year, unwarranted by the facts but well adapted to advertise the inn portance of those uttering them, while unjustly slandering food that is more safe than milk or rswater, and fhoY A@ ocs% popular foods and drinks.
 Now Therefore, to refute these in- discriminate islanders, and to insure and to prove the absolute purity and safety of oysters as a food, we hereby instruct our committee on legislation to petition to the legislature of Con- necticut for the passage of statutes providing for the inspection of oyster grounds and oysters, and of all the places where oysters are prepared for shipment and for market, and the is- suance of, certificates to all dealers and shippers whose ground. oysters and equipment are sanitary and prop CT, so that the public may be assured that oysters are among the safest, purest and most palatable of foods.
 Resolved, that every precaution being thus taken as provided in the previous. resolution, it shall be the duty of the state to prohibit if possi- ple the 1ndlScrimlnate and untruthfUI islanders of any kind of food, which may tend to prevent timid people from utilizing an important and de- sirable article of diet; calumnies which may impress readers with the pretended zeal of sensationaIists, but thereby deprive a portion of the pub- lie of valuable and pa1atable food. and thus increase the demand and the price for other foods which are al- ready much too costly to be consis- tent with the public welfare