New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-06
Backed by President, Bill viii
Be Passed to Prevent Mis-
branding of Wares.
MUST BE AS REPRESENTED
Goods of Any and Every Kind
Not Truthfully Labelled To
Be Barred by Law from
Interstate Trade.

Washington. oct. with the approval
Of the Pres dent, legislation barring from
interstate commerce any article which Il
misbranded and fraudulcnuy repres entcd.
which would apply the pure food law
principle to all commerce between the
states. will be advanced at the approach
ing regular session OF Congress. The BAL
will originate in the House Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ana
a subcommittee already has been named
to draft 1t.
President Wilson heartily Endorses the
principle OF the legislation and has 50
advised leaders I'm Congress. dozen
bills 10 close the arteries Of commerce
10 misrepresented wares have been intro
duccd in this Congress Similar bills were
introduced In prior Congresses. but no
one has taken them seriously and II IS
known to only few that President w u
son has been giving this subject consid-
cradle attention and has SAID 20
ahead"
Tho subcommittee Of the House Com
,pittee on Interstate and Foreign Com
mercc has been delegated by CHAIRMAN
,danson To take the various pure man
,'tactures', bills introduced and to draft a
eeneral measure which would apply the
Eure food law idea TO practically every
Thing manufactured and shipped across
state lines Under the provisions OF uHs
nrouosed bill the interstate shipment OF
adulteratcd clothing. shoddy SHOES ms
branded furniture. falsely Labelled Jew
eIrv-in fact. every article not branded or
tagged I'm accordance with It's actual SUD-
stance-would be forbidden.
II will be required that suit OF clothes
must be branded wool" or 'adulterated,
that defective rubber must not be called
nure rubber; that brass watches must not
he represented as Of gold: that mahogany
furniture must be mahogany: in short
that the manufacturer and seller must
take the purchaser and consumer into his
confidence. making nothing but honest
claims for the wares sold.
The Interstate Commerce Committee
will also report TO the next House a
measure providing for the installation Of
safety appliances on all railroads.
Representative Lindquist Of Michigan,
recently went TO the White House with a
selection Of imitation SILK articles which
had been sold as the real thing. lie
suread the spurious goods before the
President. who showed great interest and
asked to what extent the consumers Of
the United States were defrauded by tie
nisbra nding Of articles in everyday use.
Members OF the House committee held
that the federal government can prevent
even the sale of falsely labelled articles
in the District of Columbia and the ter
ritories and that it can absolutely pro-
hibit the handling in interstate commerce
Of such articles anywhere within tie
United States.
one of the bills introduced before Pres
ident Wilson became the advocate OF such
legislation, and which furnishes an index
If the plan on which the committee Is
now working, prohibits the introduction
into any state or territory or the District
of Columbia from any other state or ter
ritory or the District of Columbia or from
any foreign country of any imitation OF
arv article OF commerce which Is mis-
branded or Of any article of commerce
not AN imitation which is not stamped Oh
tagged as provided within the meaning
Of the act.