Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-27
Babies Win
Battle for
Better Food
Bill Passed Will Prohibit
Interstate and Export
Traffic in Filled MIX.
BY CONSTANCE DRExEL.

WASHINGTON. May 21-Babies won
a battle against business greed when the
House passed the voigt bill. II. r $3.50.
which will prohibit the interstate and
export traffic in filled milk or other ini-
tations of pure evaporated or condensed
milk. The vote vas 2J8 to 20.
These limitations, being made from
vegetable oil and skim milk do not con
tain tie butter fats and necessary VITA
mines which are the most valuable eie-
mtnts in milk, especially for babies Yet
greedy business has been putting mp these
limitations in cams similar - the pure
condensed or esaporated article. anu
ignorant customers have been deceived.
Passing the bill was not much more
than a formaIity because the discussion
for and against il took place yesterday,
when the hill came up on the floor I'm
der special rule
Miss Alice Robertson. only congress
women. made such corking tabloid
speech in its favor that it is worth at
tention.
She had both cans on her desk, pre-
scented to her by Mr.. Foigt and proving
how one was Incorporating under the
guise Of The real product by similarity
Of label and name. Miss Robertson made
n strong appeal:
II come to speak for the bahies-the
little babies that are not blessed with
their own mothers milk. Are you going
to let them have this imitation article 7
Shall We let commerciaIism starye them
in this country rs they have starved III
Europe because uf war; There are lots
Of foods for adults. strong meat for men
but we must have good pure milk for the
ba hifs.
They talk about birth control. There
is no better way to accomplish IL than by
letting this business continue to grow.
They talk of a race problem in the
South You can solve il quickly by feed
ing this stuff to the ignorant iliiterate
colered mothers of the South where it IS
now sold in huge quantities.
The filed milk business started in 1916
when Hoover said: DO without butter
fats" so the soldiers aud starving allies
could have butter. 1t IS grown To such
proportions that millions Of cans are be
ing sold to the groceries throughout the
land mostly 10 people who think they
are buying the real condensed or
eranorated milk and using the substitute
Us such.
It is the farmers woh have started the
agitation against "flled milk" Eleven
S1ates have already passed laws against
its manufacture. and sale. and now comes
congressional action, after only about
year Of pressure. led by the National
Milk Producers Federation. with heal
quarters here Recently TWO women or
ganizationS have endorsed the bill passed
namely the League of Women Voters
ana the Congress If Mothers in their
conventions at Baltimore and Seattle, re-
spectively.
Very little has been dena in the Senate
rs an effort was concentrated IN the
House. But the sponsors Of the bill an
ticinata little difficulty there.
The decision of the Supreme Court de-
clarin- child labor legislation passed by
Congress unconstitutional has by no
means passed unueticed by womens' and
labor organizations. What is to be done
I'm view Of the situation will ne dis
cusSed AZ the meeting Of she Wnmen's
joint congressional committee next Mon
day. hut in any event mos ~ the or
CARNATIONS represented On that commit
tee viii accept Mr.. Gunpers' invitation 70
meet with the American Federation OF
Labor an June l. II is expected a con
Etitutional amendment is the only WAY 70
snlve the problem presented, ana little
difficulty is anticipated IN securing Sen
ators and Representatives TO prepare and
Introduce such an amendment in Con
gress. OF course the procedure is en-
tailed IT best, in view Of a tyvo-thirdS
majority required in both Houses. and
ratification by at least thirty-six State
Legislatures before any change can be
made in our Federal Constitution.