Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-01
PLAN TO COOPERATE
ON PURE FOOD LAWS
Department Wants Federal
and State Governments
to Work Together.

the nrSt time since
the enactment of the pure food and
drug act. something like a plan of
real cooperation between the federal
government and the state and munich
pal governments in the matter of pure
food and drugs is being worked out.
h plan has not been perfected. but
1t will gradually be evolved and it will
undoubtedly work for the benefit of
the public.
DIR. j. S. Abbott. for sever years
food and drug commissioner of the
state of Texas. a man with a record
that bespeaks competence for his
place. is in charge of the new office of
cooperation which has been opened in
the bureau of chemistry by direction
of DR.. Carl l.. Alsberg. chief of that
bureau.
The purpose of this new office, in a
word. is to bring the federal govern
ment and the state n municipal
governments into more effective CO.
ordination and cooperation with re-
spect to enforcement of laws for pur-
ity in food products and drugs.
Dr.. Abbott recently visited the
middle west. visiting the various food
n drug commissioners of the states.
n municipal officials concerned with
the enforcement Of pure food laws and
trying to find out what ideas they
have on the subject of cooperation.
Ultimately. ne will have visited most
VI IAc COUNTY, LUZ Ills
Purpose Of Tour.
As the result of his tour and his
talks with food and drug commits
sioners and like officials in all parts
of the United States. DR.. Abbott is ex-
pected to work u plans for more eff
fective cooperation. The tendency of
such cooperation will be uniformity
of legislation and administration. The
end OF uniformity n of cooperation
will be that there will eventually be
left no twilight zone in which the
dopers n adulterators of food and
drugs can take refuge.
More or less. there has been CO.
operation In recent years between the
federal officials and the state and mu-
nicipal officials in respect to pure food
law enforcement. But it has never
been reduced to a system. Federal
officials have been in the dark as to
what state and municipal officials
nave been doing. and vice versa. Last
November. Secretary Houston called a
conference of food and drug officials,
federal. state and municipal. in Wash
ington. for the purpose Of finding some
way whereby cooperation could be
made more effective. Uniform action
IN Q n drug matters was recog-
nized by the department of agricul-
ture as desirable M the conference
was called with this in mind.
Ihe meeting developed a strong un-
DERIVING desire on the part of federal,
state and municipal officials for CO.
operation n uniformity Of legislation
n administration. It is due to this
meeting that the office of cooperation
with DIR. Abbott as the head has beer
established.
Make One Man Responsible.
The plans for the conduct Of the Of
flee remain to be worked out. In q
general way. however. it may be said
that in designating DR.. Abbott for this
place. DIR. Alsberg has sought to find
a nan who is familiar with the work
Of the state and municipal pure food
officials and he has sought to center
on q single man the responsibility
which formerly was widely divided.
For the present. DR.. Abbott's office is
q sort Of clearing house for information
relative to what the federal food and
during officials and those of the states
and municipalities are doing. He has
charge Of all inquiries from state and