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Show TAFTS SPECIAL ON PURE FOOD LAW NEW YORK, June II President Tft tbi moraing sent 'to Washington a special massage which will b pre aented ta' eongree today recommending recommend-ing an amend men t to the pur food lawa. It ia ths result of a recent so prsms court decision which ruled that a manufacturer could legally label a nostrum aa a "cure for consumption," even. though he failed tb eetahhah the curative qualities of his medicine, so long a the label complied with the law ia publishing truthfully tha chemical chemi-cal contents of the remedy. The president wants congress to pass further legislatioa providing that no misbranding or mislesding statementa whatsoever may be placed oa the labels la-bels . |