Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-17
FOOD MAKERS ARE
MUCH INTERESTED
IN PENDING BILL
Measure introduced By Sen
ator From New York Will
1t Is Claimed Help to Solve
H. C, of |, Problem,

SPECIAL CONSEQUENCES TO @oSE'No JOURNAL |
Washington, oct. 16.-F0od manu- |
facturers in all parts of the country |
as we'll as various organizations and
individuals interested in helping tol
solve the high cost OF living problems
are expressing great interest in the
food bin introduced in the United
States senate by senator William NJ
Calder from New York,
The Calder bill provides that mo-
law of any state. city or municipality
relating to the adulteration or mis-
branding of foods, drugs or medicines,
or regulating the branding thereof
shall apply to or interfere with the
sale of any foods. drugs or medicines
in package form which have been
TRANSPORTED in interstate commerce
and thereby have become subject to
the provisions of the federal food and
drugs act of June 30th, 1906, and
which are not adulterated or mis-
branded within the meaning of the
| federal statute"
Advocates of this bill claim that 1t
would do more towards bringing about
a uniformity of food laws than any
| other measure that has ever been pro
! posed.
A uniformity of food regulations so
| that the manufacturer of products
| which are to be shipped interstate
/ would be able to standardize his
products and its labels and be freed
| from the expense and troublesome ne
| cessity of preparing different labels
and different kinds of packages for
| different states, has been advocated
for some time by manufacturers ana
| organizations which have studied the
food situation. At the annual meet
ing of the food and drug officials OF
the various states recently held IN
New York, the necessity of standard
izing food laws was made the sub1ec'
of special discussion and q resolution
advocating standardization was passed
A survey of the food laws of the
various states shows that while al
food shipped interstate must conform
10 the federal food laws that they are
also subject to other laws passed by
the different states, many of which are
contradictory in effect.
After a manufacturer has carefuil'
prepared his product to conform u
every regulation of the federal law
ana carefully drawn his label to con
form TO them, he often finds that hi
product cannot be sold in some state
until he has made changes in hi
packages or labels. In some cases h
has to make different labels for on
state than he does for another. I'M
means a large extra expense IN mar
keting his product which is direct
reflected in the price for which IN
product is sold,
1t is also pointed out that the gree
majority of the law suits which haN
been fought through the state cour
and eventually settled by the Unite
States supreme court are direct
traceable to the difficulties While
manufacturers have experienced
trying to make their products ar
their labels and packages conform
the federal laws and the widely var
ing state laws. This has added mu'
to the cost of the articles.
The necessity for increased produ
ton of food is held by economists
be the most important factor in u
solution of prevailing high costs, al
manufacturers insist that the Varl
ton in state laws is an obstacle to II
creased production and the lowerir
of prices. They saw that inasmu'
as practically every article of food
subject to interstate commerce al
therefore subject to federal regul
lions, that they should be made su
ject only to the federal statutes al
freed from the aggravating and cost
burden of conforming to the differe
and often contradictory state laws.