Show i I 1 all 11 a M F y H I 1 F 0 E I 1 N 9 I 1 im IV A 51 an SS 6 r is AT I 1 t I 1 t 0 O I 1 6 V a 1 A UV R I 1 il 0 I 1 a h 14 4 U A a a I 1 mm I 1 H I 1 I 1 I 1 but is amended so as not to require date and weight W eight on 0 packages new york company claims it has been libeled labeled I 1 I 1 I 1 1 by representative manns statements V I 1 1 r 1 1 I 1 I 1 washington juno june 23 the pure food booi ill today passed the house by a a vote 11 i 1 20 to washington june 23 after aft an hour spent pent in the consideration of brivil ged reports the house resumed further consideration of the pure food bill according to the decision of the chair the committee of the whole having under consideration the pure food bill must under the rule adopted report the bill at pm p when it will be put on its final passage everything was smooth sailing until the so c aled package amendment aLlen dment was as reached and then squalls sprang up and tile the legislative sea became exceedingly cee choppy I 1 mr mann malin ills in charge of the I 1 bill offered tho the committee amendment I 1 heretofore prin printed ted that the time the pac package rage was put up must be on the container together with the weight or measure on the outside of the package A dozen members were on their feet immediately after afier the reading of the amendment mr air chairman was heard all over tho the house mr sherman N Y offered an amendment in substance striking cing out the time provisions mr sherman said that under the penalty provided the weight and measure it if stated must be correctly erectly stated which lie he argued was very difficult he said that this was a most serious question involving as it did vast vasi interests and should not be hastily considered the good housewife was fa familiar millar with the proposition that she could not get the same game weight nto into every can of fruit the she put plit up and it would work a hardship on the b big g canner to put the wight weight on each can of standard size as they do vary in he told of having gong gond into inico A big cannery in ro clester N Y and with a member of the firm weighed laty glass jars of echop supposed to be identical yin in weight but the from 13 P N c 1 0 11 tin wn every effort had biad be teen n made to the standard weight 14 ounces he said aid if every can and every bottle must contain the correct weight it would drive many canneries out of business because of the he incidental expense attached in the weighing and in the marking of the cans mr dark clark mo M o wanted to know if it was true that the quart and pint bottles were one drink short 1 I do not know as to that said mr sherman the gentleman Is ig evidently talking on the product of the corn grown in his district I 1 am talking about fruits and vegetables mr ir keifer ohio cited instances of tomato and corn canneries in ills his district that would be forced out of business it if the time the package was put up must bo be put on the can together with mth the exact weight mr hayes gala cala in which district the canning industries run into the tens of millions insisted that the effort f being made to label tho the package with the measure and weight would Olver overturn turn business policies of a life time and that to put pui into package form a certain amount of biscuits would be well fell nigh impossible mr P parsons ansons arsons N Y had read the fol owing lowing telegram from the columbia columbi 1 l egg and n provision ov islon company of new york to whom al mr r IN mann lann paid his rejects tho the other day when he told how this company was importing rotten eggs for confectionery purposes herbert parsons request your protection against congles congressman aman manns untrue and libelous statement about our goods they are preserved fresh eggs ands and the agricultural ag ri cultural department knows it has it come to this that legislation is promoted by slander and malice mr air pardons then said in explanation that the department said the importations of this company smelt badly and were unfit for human food protests were heard on all sides against permitting the Ae telegram legram to go into the records as it attacked a member of the house M mr r gaines tenn remarked that the telegram is rot tener than tho the eggs by unanimous consent A mr fr parsons withdrew the telegram and the consid aeration of the pure food bill went on mr mann t nils alls then took his post alon behind the improvised grocery counter to defend the committee amendment ho her took up two cans of tomatoes one canned in new jersey and the other in maryland and weighed them on the stan standard dawd scales the baltimore can weighed two tuo pounds it five ounces while the other weighed two pounds nine ounces one can mr air mann said was of standard no 3 size the other the baltimore can was a short weight can he then took up cans of fruit put up in california and maryland and weighed them finding the maryland can heavier than the california can the amendment of mr air sheman was adopted yeas nays 45 the sherman amendment ent is to the section of the bill describing what shall be deemed misbranded articles and it is as follows if a package form and the contents ar are e stated in terms of weight or measure they must be plainly and correctly stated on the outside of the package 11 the effect of the sherman amendment is to remove from the category of misbranded articles food in package form unless the contents in weight or measure are misstated if stated at all |