The Washington times., 1919-10-01
SIELNESSON
FOOD

Il dare say that II the truth were
known, Il would be found that the
President Of the United states, on his
long trip to the Pacific coast Was
served with cold storage food, so that
he is now suffering from nothing
else than ptOmaine poisoning" Con-
I gresham King OF Illinois declared
on the floor OF the House in defend
! ing his amendment TO the cold stor-
age bill now pending.
The King amendment provides "that
every retail dealer IN foOdstuffs ia
the District Of Columbia shall keep
conspicuously. displayed "a proximity
70 all cold storage foods offered for
rsale by him q sign plainly marked
with the words cold storage"
It is further provided that "the
management OF All dining cars oper-
ated in interstate commerce and Of
all restaurants and eating places IN
the District OF Columbia and serving
cold storage food. shall mark in plain
letters on all their bills OF fare op-
posits. the name Of such food the
words cold storage
Mr.. King contended that he agreed
with "UncIe- joe Cannon, who said
that when q bin Of fare said Hsprihg
spring was referred TO, Whethlr tt
was this spring or last spring.
Can sen for New stuR.
Under this. act" Mr.. King said.
''the dealer can take carton Of food
directly from the cold storage ware
house and open 1t up in hs8 store and
sell Il for fresh stun. Oh they say,
these gentlemen will not DO anything
Al IA
here in the District Of Columbia Yet,
what do we fnd with reference TO
eggs? Here Is a basket OF eggs from
cold storage. There Is another basket
in the same store from the farmer.
The storekeeper puts no sign on
either one of-thems but sells them all
for fresh eggs,
Nov what harm IS there On this
restaurant downstairs or the one in
the House office building. or the din
ing cars when they serve rs with
chicken or fowl OF any kind stating
that II IS cold storage?
Il dare say that during the winter
IN this House there are at least three
to fve per cent Of the membership
suffering all winter long from pto-
maine poisoning which they get from
eating the cold-storage food that Is
served in the House restaurant
Congressman Ricketts, Of Ohio de-
clared that IS per cent OF the food
stuIs used in Washington, D. C, are
from cold storage.
Il gave this question Of cold stor-
age considerable study in July OF this
year and 1 addressed the House on
that subject" Mr.. Ricketts, said, "and
when I hear you say here that you
can get fresh meat in Washington, /
want you to point out, IL you can'
where? You members OF the House,
point out any place in the great Capt.
tai city Of washington where you can
buy fresh meats?
Have to Eat Old Food.
1T cannot be done. and every man
IN the House knows it, I submit that
the people OF this city, including
members of Congress, are required 10
mbsist upon meats obtained from
cold storage. In fact, 20 per cent Of
the foOdstuhs used by the people OF
this city are obtained from cold stor-
age.
Il know OF no other city in the
country where the people are re-
quired to such an extent to live upon
fOOdstufTs secured from cold storage.
Many Of Us have had the sad expert
ence Of having been served with
tanned foOdstuffs and stale eggs dur
ing even this session Of Congress. The
fact is that never before in the his
tory Of this nation have the people
generally been required for purchase /
such great quantities OF cold storage I
foods for consumption. They have
been paying the highest prices for
these articles ever before paid by the |
citizens OF this country"