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Show iCONGRtSSrvlA.. JOSHShi I AUTH33 OFGJ33 3!lL i j Representative Jacob Johnson of ! Utah has not been slow in making him-! him-! sif known arnon his colleagues at Washington. The jade is author of a bill that has been presented and well received in congres. T.ie bill, providing for the ; marking, tagging, or labeling of cer- tain fabrics and articles of clothing; j also denning the misbranding thereof ; ! and providing penalties for violation, is lone that is vital to the interests of j every person in the country, inasmuch j as it is aimed at one of our chief Com- modities clothing. j Tne folio ving extracts from the bili are self-explanatory: ' ''Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repr s :ntaliyes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, assem-bled, Tnat tvery person, corporatio ', copartnership, association, or society who shall, within any Territory of the. United States, manufacture for sale, trade, or exchange any fabric or article of clothing of wool, cotton silk, linen, or other fioer, in whole or in part, shall mark, label, or tag each article of such fabric or article of clothing in plain letters and figures whic.i cai.not be detached except by design, de-sign, and said mark, label, or tag Bhall designate accurately the n0me of the ptr.-on, corporation, copartnership, ass ciation, or society manufacturing such article; also the constituent fibers or other materials or substance tf which . tuch goods are composed in whole or in part; and if in part, the relative proportion or percentage . of each part. "Sec. 3. That the term "Wol" as used in this Act shall be construed to mean sheep's wool which has not I been previously usjd in the manufac-' manufac-' ture of goods or fabrics. "Sec. 4., That all woolen goods which are composed wholly of pure wool shall be marked, tagged or. labelled label-led in plain letters "wool"; and those I composed wholly of cotton shall be marked, tagged, or labeled "cotton"; j and those composed wholly of linen shall be marked, tagged, or labeled l 'linen"; and those composed wholly of ! silk shall be marked, tagged, or labeled label-ed "silk." "That all fabrics or articles of cloth- ing composed in part of pure wool and ' j in part of mungo, shoddy, or any two" or more substances, shill be marked, tagged, or labeled in plain letters "mixed goods"; and the mark, tag, or; label shall show the proportion of pure wool, mungo, sliuddy, and other sub- ' st inces contained therein; and all fa- brics or articles of clothing composed ' ! of any two or mure fibers or sub.-Lances 1 ! shall be marked, tagged, or labeled n piain letters "mixed goods"; and the j mark, tag, or label thereon shall show the kind of material ot wn.ch.said! goods are composed and the proportion j of each kind of such composition. ! "Sec. 6. Tuat every person, cor-j poration. copartnership, association, ; or society who shall violate any of the provisions of the rive preceding sections ; of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con- j viction shall be punished for each of-; fence by a fine in any sum not to exceed ex-ceed $1.UU0, or Dy imprisonment not" exceeding one year, or by both sucn fine and imprison. nent. , "Sec. 11. That tnis Act shall be in force and effect from and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fourteen. " |