Show COST OF mm C is UP TO CONGRESS t McKellar's Bill Strikes at Cold Gold Storage Combine c PROVIDES HEAVY PENALTIES Tennessee Representatives Representative's Meas Measure re Has Backing of Attorney General and Secretary of Agriculture Houston Limits Limita Time In Which Food Products May Be Kept In Storage Representative McKellar McKel- McKel h lar hiI r of Tennessee ee Introduced a u bill In Inthe Inthe the house bouse designed to prohibit all cold storage manipulation of food products and and nd prices Mr Ir McI McKellar has bal had bad sev several conferences with Attorney t General and with Store Secre Secretary tar fury tary of Agriculture Houston louston and aud his bis measure Is I understood to have hale the backing g of ot these Mr lr McKellar's ellas bill would protect the public against being sold suld stale products products prod prud by provisions that goads in III r 4 t r r A. A I M ELLAU OP ON TENNESSEE storage must be hc su so tagged us as to tu show v the date of production or III manufacture i and the length of time tiute held In storage stora e. e ji f Drastic trust anti provisions PIo tire Included In hi- eluded elided in in- inthe the measure the providing pro extreme extreme ex ts penalties s for lets by r. r a which It Is sought to Ox buying 11 1 or selling sell sell- ing lag prices or III by hy which territory is divided divided di di- l. l vided among amon the big delle dellers This section I Is aimed particularly particularly- nt lit the thet t J meat trust which controls not only the i meat Industry but hilt the the egg egg 11 market 11 as aswelL r I welL It Is provided that daily dally reports shall be made by packers hud had l' l storage houses to the government nt showing stock on on hand han I. I re receipts receipts' deliveries The bill contains maximum penalties TA of ot fines tines and ten yell years years' I These periods are provided In th thi thit I t bill bm in which food tood products produCt may mav be ht I kept In storage I r ra o a Beef Beet or its products product seven months veal or its pr products ct two mouths pork f and pork products four months month sheep r or or goats goat four months lamb Iamb or car Ir kl kids S three months poultry and ID game clime three months fish fish two months butter butter three E Et t r months One provision which It I is believed will wilI protect the public against the the- the the-pur- purchase pur pur- chase of or bad eggs gs and will wIlI force the tbt thea a price down is b that fixing the storage limit Umit on eggs at three months It Is l f provided however that Jhn t E eggs JS may muy b be stored for tor six m months nth lad ind placed d on the the- market after the they have bate been la labelled labelled la la- b belled lIed as seconds i It Is the contention of or Mr Ir McKellar ellar t that It has been blen i a 11 common flee to 1 1 remove food products front from storage during holiday seasons season and then return t t. t r them to storage If it they are not sold r r rT The bill specifically prohibits the return rew re reo re- re r C w turn of or any goods good to storage after they sr 1 have bave once been withdrawn without t. t reference to the time they have ba n been In in storage It Is provided al also o that goods frozen In storage must be sold In a frozen condition I |