The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
National Association
Holds Meeting In De-
trOit Next Week
WOMEN'S CLUBS
TO PARTICIPATE
Program Shows Desire
to Bare Efforts to
Public
BY PAUL PIERCE.

TIE program for the coming con
vcEJlon OF the National Ass Siatioa
OF Food hairy and urul Otrcials in
Detroit, Aux 81. Is In such shape
that Nc can sea the trcnd OF the
convention.
The thing most apparent 10 me
Is he desire on the part OF the
food officials. TO let the public in on
their work AMI their fn lings Most
significant OF all announcements Is
Special Invitations 10 the women.
clubs OF the country al all sessions. +"
Here Is an innovation potent in It's
significance As far az recall 10
~ years reporting Of food officials
conventions. this IS tho hrst time
that special invupt'on has beou
given TO The women clubs ~ the
country 10 attend the sessions
Miss Helen Louise Johns on. chair.
man CT household economics of IN"
General Federation OF Women
Clubs. has been given y place on
the program Thursday, Aug 10,
when shc viii speak on Food con
troll and the pure food propagand
lists"
Public health in relation 20 fool
and drug control. the subject fo-
Tuesday afternoon. Aug 8 il anoth-
or indication thar the public Il 10.
ing reckoned with In preparing the
program. II is @ DC hoped that the
public OF Detroit and adjoining coun-
try. and the press viii attend On"
sessions and will take active inter
est in the work that our food OH
cials are doing
There will be committee report
on THE feasibility 81 uniform
law so enact a requirement for the
physical examination 81 employees
handling food products" This re-
minds me ~ the value ~ uniform
laws throughout the food world AMI
that all food officials should work
TO secure state food laws IN har-
mony with our national food laws.
have written many times on this
subject Of having our state food
laws uniform With the national and
all that ! have sale before In its
favor. repeat. 20 have goods
shipped In interstate commerce, sub
Jet to so many different state rul.
ings. Is az bad as II would he to
have our trains run on different
schedules and under different train
men in each state whose border
they cross. The whole food law
machinery should be uniform and
work without a hitch Fine rs II Is
10 illustrate the scope and variety
Of our various state 10 smakers in
framing difsren, laws in each state.
food laws are destined not only 10
protect the consumer, bur 10 facilt
tate our great and valuable food IN
custry withou' our food industry
we should be poor indeed. Each
state might live solely on It's OWE
products. but few would. Nor could
any single state feed treat centers
like New York city. Trainlosds oil
food stufs, fror, milk and eggs 70
meats. must ny across orr continent
10 keep our population supplied.
Our food industry IN one OF our
most valuable assats Everyone IN
terested in orr Lation's prosperity
should work for this food industry
and not against H. TO tie mp ship
ments OF food products because OF
some incidental ruling concerning
the placing of lettering on label
or statement OF weight or measure
or shape OF label. f. To retard the
growth ~ the INDUSTRY and discour'
age food manufacturers. our fooh
officials and our food writer's are
giving attention to this sui Jet.