Evening star., 1914-10-11
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING

such medicines to serve as a guide in
the preparation of labels.
No longer Is it possible for man.
ufacturer OF patent medicine to put
cure or remedy for all or even large
part of the ills which the human BODY
| Is known to suffer. Under the 1SlI
| Sherley amendment to the food ana
drugs act of 1906 a preparation CANNOT
be properly designated as cure. spe-
cific, remedy, or recommended as In
fallible, sure, certain. reliable or in.
valuable, or bear other promises OF
benefit unless the product can as
matter Of fac. be dsRendsdf d,s;ess fou upon 10 10
The broad representation cannot pc
| made that a preparation is remedy
for certain disease, unless it IS
actually a remedy for the anection
tions, irrespective of kind and cause
The bureau of chemistry experts holo
that to represent a medicine as useful
for rheumatism, for instance, when as
one of the various forms Of rhen. u.
matism. would be misleading. TO
recommend a medicine as useful for
many kinds of rheumatism" also VIII
be objected to by the iedsSniteness sGvHfnsne
Manufacturers of proprietary meol.
cines are told that not only are direct
statements and representations OF
misleading character considered , oD-
jectionable on labels. but that any
suggestion. hint or insinuation. direct
or Indirect, or design or device that
may tend to give a misleading impress
sion must be avoided. Some manu1ac-
turers have tried to get around the
law against Misrepresentation by
using indirect statements to convey
their meaning. such statements. Tor
example, as has been widely recoin-
mended for cure for one ailment or
kind. or even testimonials. Will pe
objected to hereafter II they create
a misleading impression.
Safety first" experts in the United
States Department of the Interior nave
just made a summary OF
"Safety the activities of the fed
ny eral government In con-
EAst' sidering individual. indus
trial and public safety. They find that
both the federal and state governments
have been far behind private industry
in safety first" work, and that in some
fields the federal government has been
carrying on work of this kind for
many years.
Perhaps the first government meas
ures looking toward safety first" were
those for the protection of shipping
including the various navigation laws,
guard shipping approaching an inhos-
pitable coast, the life-saving service Tor
the protection of mariners cast on the
coast, the application OF "safety nrst
appliances to railway TRANSPORTATION
through the interstate commerce com.
mission, the various Investigations OF
the Department of Labor and the op-
erations of the United States public
health service and of the United States
bureau Of mines. -
administrative and political organiza-
tion the federal government has no po-
lice power and may not enact or en-
force laws concerning industrial or m
dividual safety except IN concarned SO car d.
safety first" experts Of the Interior
Department point out that Uncle Sam, $
principal work in the movement VIII
be to secure cooperation OF priva.e
corporations and state authorities in
The work Of the conservation of human
resources.
In the transportation and shipping
industries the federal government can
work effectively in enforcing sa1ety
usually have interstate relations IN
the mining industry. on the other hano'
the governments work toward increas-
ing safety lies principally in encour-
aging cooperation of states. corpo-
rations and individuals in reducing
the hazards of the industry
In encouraging cooperation the gov
ernment is concerned with the investi-
CATION, experimentation. tests Of vari-
Gus kinds and education through DIS
semination of information concerning
ss fetv appliances and safety methods.
Uncle sam is able to do much work In
the movement for the promotion OF
safety in the mining industry by car
rying on experiments which few states e
yestigations of this kind relate to the
value Of various kinda of motive pow
er, safety lights used in mines; meth
DDS of timbering mines and other ac-
tivities.