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Show STORAGE RULES SREWIFIEI House Agricultural Commit-, tee Report on Pending Food Measure. (Chicago Tribunt Special Service,) WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. Restrictions of cold storage of necessities to twolva months, except hold for aging and compulsory com-pulsory marking1 of date of storage and of withdrawal, us provided in a bill recently re-cently reported from the house agriculture agricul-ture committee was justified In a report submitted today by the committee. "The records of the department of agriculture as of July 1, show there lb a larpe Increase in tho amount of food in storage over the corresponding; period of last year, yet with this increased surplus sur-plus price to the consumer have benn mounting higher ud higher," eays the report. re-port. It continues: "The lack of a permanent per-manent uniform law giving some agency authority over th food situation ot the country U largely responsible for this condition and it is to remedy this and to prevent the rpot uion oi a h!(a MtuAt.on j in the future that tn passage of this 1 bill is asked lor." I The bill provides rt:; r ;my article of food ' that has entered or will enter In'rntate j commerce and in plHCf-d m storage, such article of food or the container thereof shall be plainly and coi.iipiruou'-uy marked , with the Htateint-nt th.it it It. c'-'ld storage stor-age food, with all daus when put In and taken out of cold Moruge, togi-ther with ! the names and location of all warehouses I in which sj ttor cd. It a! ho borbltis the delivcrlni, or dh-cpiiiK of fooi (n com- I in-ree hy a coiti btnrflKo warehouseman ; unU'hS ropiriy iiirk-U and lfUnt if id. The aiterijiK. tnulilat Injf . d HtruylriK, obscurh.K. obliLi-ratiiiK or removal ot any murk p-'.-;J on at! y artSclA of fuotl or cunt ui nT m forbl'Mun. undr piiHlti'". Ktr tno I't-nserv.ttion of f'Kxi and Uie pro let lion of juhllc hr;i!'h the Rf-Trtarv of Hiri iculture lu aulhor z-J to f r t t i any w;ir':hou.:niiin tu re',':v In cumtr.ert i any artu-lo of food fur Mor;iKi in my j warehuu.se or to tiar.hpurt m r it,tr.-; j any art io tf f'od in a ref r. -?r.''r c -j h:c!o. aftfr ruh v. an-huUno or r-fr:h--r-I t-r v-hh ie th poind to h li ',in:tar y or j'Hh-rwi" unfit f-T th- M.,r.iK ,,r trat.s-I trat.s-I port.ition of ,uiy mj '.: ;:r;ic of f- d 1 Tii -':rcr,iry of ,t r. j! t u f Ik cion unlimited U'jth irltv t. cciidu.u in ntl-' ntl-' (t.aio:i of any kird w.ih rffprct to f""d pn r'niirrcrc. n.ui,!ne rvc - rln tf ware-hnuncrr.i-n, t;i'.f n"e-arv -n to pre- vrii aduleriitjii or ru.xtur- f f'-o.ii, 1-1 ''nfi and pr.v!d f'-r tio !!; -n ' t To-d he.d In toraR in v.uiut:"ii of th: b.M Th rif'i!a'o-v rnw of b'i! tr-.ri: rff'tlv In.mrd .;.' ,n p p.n-K". p.n-K". but in or'I-r to f-t TV- - in r K u r '!-r I pro v: Blurs an oj p t : u 1. to ai!oi-t 'i "ir tu!ni.' to m-t p., r-QUlrnie:'.r r-QUlrnie:'.r n t!m pe:n!' c j applt- r.it un: 1 n::.-'. t!.ii f:i;i tho da;; cf Its pnJafA. |