The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
WANTS ACTION 0N
WAREHOUSE BILL
Representative J. Hampton Moore
Decides to Prod Up House
District Committee.
BILL LIMITS STORAGE OF
FOOD TO SIX MONTHS
Pennsylvania Member Believes It
Will Strike Blow at High
Cost Of Living.

In hope OF getting some action at q
time when he believes II will do the most
good. Representative ]. Hampton Moore
of Pennsylvania yesterday decided to
prod up the House District Committee
over his bill regulating the storage OF
food supplies In the District The bill
has lain without action in the House
District Committee for the last two ses-
sions. having been introduced by Mr..
Moore as the result of a thorough 1nvesti-
cation OF warehouse conditions here last
April. 1t makes 1t unlawful to store
certain food stuffs for a longer period
than six months.
Mr. Moore believes the measure will ac-
complish two things in the District. first,
strike a blow at the high cost Of living,
and, second, safeguard the public from
ancient food which has been stored away
beyond a safe period of time.
The >bill Is considered by those who
know of its existence a most important
measure. and. since its introduction.
number Of States have adopted similar
measures.
The bill provides that it shall be unlaw-
full in the District to keep In any ware
house where compensation is required
for storage. for a longer period than six
months. with a view to the sale and dis
tribution thereof as fresh. any meat. fish.
poultry, butter. eggs, game, or other
food supplies 1t requires the payment
OF an annual license fee Of $50 by ware
house corporations.
Must Keep Record.
The bill further provides that "the COM
missioners Of the District of Columbia
shall keep a record OF all establishments
engaged in the storage of food supplies.
They shall require every such establish
ment to make return upon the first Mon
day of every month of the quantity OF
food supplies then in storage. and for
this purpose they shall prepare and dis
tribute the necessary blanks. They shall
also cause an inspection and report there
of to be made of every such establish
ment in which food supplies are stored at
least once every month.
That all food supplies on being re-
ceived for storage at any establishment
for which a license has been obtained
in the District of Columbia shall mark
by case, crate, box. bag. carton. barrel,
bottle. or other cover or container, so
that the date of entry Of the contents
thereof into storage may be known to
the inspectors of the District and to
intending purchasers of the supplies: and
IL such food supplies shall remain in
storage for a longer period than six
months after the date OF their admission
to such storage, or II It shall appear
that there has been falsification or con-
cealment of the date Of admission into
storage, it shall be the duty Of the
Commissioners to seize and destroy such
supplies.
Aimed mt Deceptions.
That it shall be unlawful to take from
any cold storage establishment any fresh
fish or poultry or meat of any kind
which has been frozen during the storage
period, except in the frozen state. nor
shall 1t be lawful to wash stain. soak,
or manipulate any fish, poultry, or other
food product which has been frozen while
in storage so that its sale may be ef-
fected as II II had not been frozen; nor
shall it be lawful to receive out of the
lawful season for procuring the same,
in any storage establishment, any fish or
game the use of which is confined by
statute or custom to a limited season of
the year, nor to keep in storage any
such game or fish procured in the law
full season beyond the period of such
season; nor shall any such fish, game, or
food supplies SO placed on storage as
fresh be carried over in any storage es-
ia blishment from one lawful season TO
another.
That no eggs that are older than ten
days from the laying shall be received
in any storage establishment in the Dis
trict of Columbia unless II is shown
that such eggs at the time OF their
being offered for deposit have been kept
from the time Of laying in a temperature
OF below forty degrees Fahrenheit, and
no eggs shall be received for deposit
or storage in any establishment with a
view to sale or distribution that have
a specific gravity of less than one and
at a temperature not to ex-
ceed seventy degrees Fahrenheit.
That in the enforcement of this act
the Commissioners of the District Of CO.
lumbia shall collaborate with the De-
partment of Agriculture and proceed for
libel and condemnation against violators
Of this act as is provided in section ten
OF the food and drugs act"