Show WOULD REQUIRE A BRAND ORAND Iowa Congressman Introduces a Bill Billin Billin Billin in House to Punish Vendors of Imitated Articles Washington Dec Dee Patterned after the pure food law a bill was as Introduced In the house today by Representative Hull of Iowa making It a misdemeanor punishable ble by fine and imprisonment to manufacture ture tur for tor sale or transportation Imitated articles of commerce unless such articles are branded so as to show their exact In Ingredients ingredients The measure would apply to any article of commerce recognized as a subject of f transportation and sale by the rules of the interstate commerce act Practically all articles In domestic use se would be affected Including clothing and furniture It Is provided specifically that no po retail dealer shall be Ix prosecuted under the act If I he can establish a guarantee signed by the wholesaler jobber manufacturer or other person from whom he purchases such articles to the effect that the article Is not an an Imitation n or misbranded within the meaning of the act The enforcement of the law la i Is i charged to the department gf cf agriculture |