The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-12-26
COLD STORAGE
MEN DENOUNCED
CONGRESSMAN BLAMES THE WARE.
HOUSE MEN FOR HIGH PRICES.
TO STOP GAMBLING IN FOOD
His Bill Would Prevent Adulteratinp or
Misbranding Foods and Would Limit
Period to Be Held in Storage
Of Perishable Products.

WSshington.-The Chicago beef pack
ere and the Warehouse Mems Associa-
tion are responsible mainly for the high
prices of food products through q mo.
nopoly Of cold storage facilities, and
were severely criticized in the house by
Representative McKeller of Tenness.
at is monstrous." he declared, that n
government like ours, believing in fair
play and that the consumer should not
be victimized by gamblers and specula-
tors like Mr.. Wetz, the egg king, and
the packing companies, should fail to
put this belief into law. The govern
ment has had many bouts with these
packers, but the packers have always
come out clear and free. No doubt they
think they are stronger than the govern
ment."
Mr.. Mcclellan spoke in support of his
bill limiting cold storage periods and pro-
viding heavy penalties for combinations
and agreements fixing prices OF food pro
ducts.
In the bill cold storage for beef is linz
tied to seven months veal, two months;
pork and products, four months; sheep
or goats and products, four months;
lamb or kids and their products,
three months; poultry and products,
three months; fish and products, two,
months, or seven months when stamped;
butter and products, three months. No.
article removed from cold storage may
be returned to cold storage.
"a do not think" admitted Mcclellan,
"that anyone will correct the evil which
now confronts us or prove a panacea for
conditions everyone admits are bad.
States have cold storage limitation laws,
but they do not seem to be effective.
Canada has legislation subsidizing
cold storage warehouses. Prime Minis
ter Borden of Canada says Canada is suf-
fering from the high cost of living, and
intimated that cold storage might be re-
sponsible for it in some measure. 1t is
opinion that the cold storage people
have been able so far 10 write many Of
the state avs regulating the cold stor-
age question"
Mr.. Mcclellan said that he did not wish
to interfere with any legitimate or prop
er use of cold storage.
Charles Teller, who put it in use 40
years ago he commented, died a few
days ago in poverty, but the business
has grown until the value OF foodstuhs
now going annually in cold storage
mounts to about So, 1000, 900. 900.
The real trouble on the question of
health is that greedy spectators have
obtained control of the cold storage bust
ness, continued Mr.. Mcclellan. Large
concerns dealing in eggs divide up the
territory in the spring of the year, their
agents buying up all kinds and condi-
tions of eggs and dump them into cold
A storage in New York, Chicago, Philadel-
phia and other large conters of popula-
ton. Later they are put in the market
principally as fresh eggs, and the people
some wholesome and some unwhole-
some eggs. The same is true to a great
er extent of poultry, meats, game Ind
fish.
None Of the laws for nutritious and
sanitary cold storage are observed by tho
cold storage men. 1t is essential that
q national lrw should be passed"