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Show fm .'K 1 Hrvy W. Wltay To Protect fttblic THK canned food Industry a-s a whole Is solidly behind the new "puro food law" which ! has Ix-en drafted at the instance of "'resident K'.evelt by Assistant Assis-tant Secretary Tugwell nnd other official", of the t'nite.l States IVy purltnent of Agriculture nnd submitted sub-mitted to Congrv-j) by Senator I Ko-:il S. Copeland. lin k In Vj& when the original pure foo1 law was drafted, owing ' to the activities of the late Dr. Haroy V. Wiley, widely known ' as the "father of the pure food Inw." Its provisions met fairly well the condition existing at j that time. I "Other problems In the control of foods and drugs hnve romo j about through charu: mI modes of i living. " sa y a a circular from tho Ivpartmeut of Agriculture. ' "Wiiere most f Is were once pre- pared In the housewife's own kitchen, t'xlny more nnd moro foods ore pretmred outside tho homo. Thanks to modern scientific scien-tific methods of production, many of thetn nro cheaper nnd better than tho housewife could prepare." pre-pare." It Is not against this many that tho nddltlonnl provisions of tho new food lnw aro aimed but ajralnst tho small minority of products not properly prepared or llnhonestly advertised which tend to bring discredit on the on-;lr on-;lr Industry. Another Step In Advance Tho first step In advance from !h provisions of tho original pure food lnw waa taken when I'reril-ient I'reril-ient Hoover signed the McNnry Mnies Amendment to It on July 5, 1929. Tho Industry R.s a whole mthnnlnxtlcally advocntod both Lho original law and this amendment. amend-ment. The ruuirdng of tho revised pare foixi law, which Is expected to oomn before the next se.mdon of SongrcMs, would be a socond step Id aJruoca. |