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
sY PAUL PIERCE

The program !ur tH.' 'uWinc cor.
venron OF Tho National Association
of Food. uairy aa- IUg officials In
Detroit Aug 7.il, IS in such suap.
that Ne can 500 The trend Of the
o0nyenuC1.
The thing "ost appa,eut TO nc
j. la desire ON Tho par OF th
fool officials. ia Ter me public in or
their york AMI their fri.nps Most
-isnihcaHf OF all ANNOUNCEMENTS is.
Special invitations 20 tho women
clubs Of he country at al sessions
Here 81 m innovation potent lN i0-
significance A. lar "a .~rai q
~ years repor' nc OF tooC oTriai
convention. 'his g. tho Hret time
that special iuvtgron hes been
given 10 the women 8 clubs ~ 'hr
,cuntr, io attend the res ION
Miss Helen louise johnson chair
man II household econo.aIr, o. tH-
General Federation OF Women
Clubs. has p,c. given place oa
the program 7h.rsG4s. AuE o..
when ~ho vii spcak on "IoJd con
troll and the pure food propag nd.
Ists
Public health in relation 10 foot
and drug control. the suh.ec' To-
Tuesday afternoon. Aug E ls auoti,
cr ind cation rhs the nIulic u 10
ing reckoned with ir preparing the
program II is @ be hoped that The
public % Detroit and adjoining corn
try. and The press viii attend 'hr
sessions and VIII lake active inter-
est in The work that cur food OIL
Cials are doing
There VIII DO q committee report
on "rh, feasibility Of q un form
Law 70 enact requirement for th-
physical examination 81 employees
handling food products This r.
minds me OF the value ~ Uniform
laws throughout the food world AMI
that al foSd Official should work
10 secure state food laHa N har.
mony with 1nr national food Laws
have written many times on th,
subject at having our state food
laws uniform With the national and
all that ! have sdiu before ia lis
favor. reuea,. 70 have goods
shipped IN interstate cou mcfce. sub
jet 10 go many dJferer' state rul
ings. ~ a. bad n n would be TO
have orr 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 # ~
iC illustrate the scope and "arie'y
NJ or various state lawmakers in
framing different lavs in each state.
food Law are destined not ONLY 10
protect the consumer hu' 10 faci!i-
tate our great and valuable food In
tustry Withou' our food industry
We should ba poor indeed. Each
state might live solely cn its own
products. but fc~ would. Nor could
any single state ieeG freat centers
like New YorS sity Trninioads of
food stur.. fror, milk and eggs 20
r,eats. uu.t fy qcross otr continent
TO keep our population supplied.
our food industry r. one OF our
most valuable asgsts Everyone IN
tercsted in y'r Eation's prosperity
should work for ,bis food Industry
and not against a. To lie up ship.
rnents ~ fool products because OF
some incidental riling concerning
the placing Of lettering on Label
or statement OF weitbt or measure.
or shape OF lahrl g. 10 retard tho
yrowjh Of the ir0ustry and discour-
axe food Manufacturers. our food
officials and orr food writer's are
giving attention to this subject.