The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
ROWE ELECTED
 OYSTER HEAD
STATE PRESIDENT ADVANCED TO HIGHEST OFFICE IN NATIONAL
 ASSOCIATION.
HEALTH BOARD SCORED
Takes Fling at Government For Orders Against Industry.

l New Haven, May 22-Henry C.. i Rowe. of Grpton, formerly of this city. president of the Connecticut State Oyster Dealers Association and vice
 president of the National Dealers and
 Growers Association of North Amer
 ica, was elected president of the lat-
 ter association at yesterday after l ndon's session of the three days con- | vention being held at the Hotel Taft.
 MT. Rowe succeeds Azel F. Merrill of New York city, who was at the head of the association for three years. w.
 H. Kilian of Baltimore. Md. was elected first vice president; Edward Thompson of Northport, N. r., third
 vice president; william c. Atwater of Boston, secretary, and Alfred s. Hig- gins of Boston, treasurer.
 | The following directors were elected: From Connecticut-Henry c. Rowe, l.Groton; c. w. Bell, Rowayton; w. l.
 Stevens, Rowayton; Andrew Radel, Bridgeport; B. p. Smith. stony Creek. l Tho evening session was devoted to the reading of interesting papers by representative oyster growers and au- l thorities of the country, including Professor M F. Moore, of the' bureau of fisheries at Washington; pr. George W. Field. chairman of commissioners of fisheries and game of the common wealth of Massachusetts: Dr.. Herbert ID. Pease, of the Lederle laboratories lof New York; Andrew J: Broghel, commissioner of shell fisheries of the State of Connecticut; and Henry C.. Rowe, president of the organization, all of whom emphasized more or less the governments relation to the oys- ter business and it's present policy of achievement for some of the wrongs committed against the dealers in the o% 1aA - oyster standard was excoriated as impractfcable by some of the speak CTS, and still others advocated urging the government to prevent the pOiiu- tion of streams and rivers where the bivalves grow. - is doing what 1t can for the dealers of the State.
 Professor Moore stated that the gov ernment is doing what it can for the oyster industry with the small force of six men it has at hand.
 Health Board Rapped.
 Frederick s. Beardsiey of Stratford took a fling at the government for it's orders instigated against the oyster industry chiefly in trying to apply the 23 to g standard. MT. Beardsley said nothing had been gained by the pure food Investigation into the industry | except proof that the business Is l conducted properly. He said he be- lieved if the present plan of private strictiye Alegislatfon the oyster indus- | try will become paying industry be- cause the public confidence in 1t will | be increased and prices may be raised. MT. -Beardeley hit the Board of Health of this city for it's condemnation of 1 the oysters taken from waters whose pollution it alone is responsible for. '"The health boards Of city and State should hasten to abate the nuisances I instead of using their forces against ! the victims of the water pollution. "'
 Mir. Beardsley further exhorted the dealers and growers to e1ert their iu- f1uence to secure national legislation against water pollution.
 Touching upon the agitation over the purity of the products President Rowe said the entire, industry had been slandered indiscriminately by | faddists because less than one-tenth of one per cent. of the oyster product had been exposed to dangerous con- Itamination.' MT. Rowe said that the shell fish product was far purer than a considerable proportion of other pro- ducts. For instance" he said, cat eggs, rabbits, chicks. and lemon pie were found to contain stearic acid, carpenters glue, glucose, coal tar dye. soapstones, etheral flavors, glycerine,
 oil of lemon, starch and benzoate of soda.''
 Tt is. I believe. the governmental
 duty to forbid marketing oysters from
 place that is polluted, but 1t is the
 duty of the government to end reck-
 less and untruthful islanders against
 any product in general
 The official title of the body is the
 Oysters Growers and Dealers Associa-
 tion of North America, and twenty
 States and f0,1r Canadian Provinces
 are represented among the $50 dele
 gates. .,
 This morning the iConnecticut Oys-
 ter Growers Association furnished
 steamers for an excursion of the dele
 gates and guests to the oyster beds
 in Long Island Sound. The fleet of
 oyster boats used in the Connecticut
 industry were formed in line so that
 visitors had an opportunity to see
 how things are done in this State.