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Show HEYBURN STUDIES THE FOOD PROBLEM Chicago. Oct. 11. Senator Weldon R. Heyl.urn of Idaho, chairman of the senate committee on" manufactures, spent yesterday In conference with rf prcsenUtlveH of the Independent packing intresis of Chicago on questions ques-tions relating to lh proposed federal legislation to regulate the handling of foods. The new law is to 'pay particular attention to the storagf of food supplier sup-plier that figure In interstate conv ( merce and will vitally atfect the packing pack-ing interests in every city in the country. coun-try. Senator Ileyburn left for the east last night, but will return Saturday for a conference wltn representatives of th- big Htock ards fifms. Th- senate committee which Investigated Inves-tigated the high cot of llvlnn" drew of th- hill, which is now In-fore the committee on manufacture and that measure forms the basis of the pics-ent pics-ent investigation. "We are In earnest about this bill," said Senator Heyburn last n'glit, -'and w- shall push it as rapldlv as ossl-ble. ossl-ble. "There are many disputed points atirl we are trying to find out jut w hat everybody think i about It. A great deal of misapprehension exists concerning the purposes of the measure meas-ure and there are some neordo who fear It will be only a muck-raking measure to make trouble for leg tl-mate tl-mate business inl.Test.v It will not. It will hurt no one's business except! that of anyone who ia injuring the people who bu foods he handle:;." |