The Recording Secretary read Section 1, of the Brosius Bill. Mr. Kline of Philadelphia, on behalf of the drug interests offered sundry amendments. Considerable discussion followed which was participated in by Messrs. Jewett, Larsen, Wardell, Martindale, Thompson, Sleeper, George, Gilbert Jordan, Caspari, Munroe, Eckels, and Prior. After the first three sections of the bill had been read, on motion of Mr. Abbott, the bill and amendments were referred to the Committee on Legislation, and on motion of Mr Flanders of New York, the Committee was directed to give full and prompt hearings to all parties interested. Resolutions were offered by Dr. McMurtrie and Mr. Kracke of New York, and also by Messrs. Camp, of Tennessee, Sleeper of Ohio, Miss Sickels of Illinois, and Mr. Flanders, of New York, which were referred. On motion the Congress adjourned, until 10 o'clock on Friday morning. MORNING SESSION, THIRD DAY, FRIDAY, MARCH 4th, 1898. The Congress met at 10 o'clock. President Blackburn announced that the Legislative Committee had not as yet finished its labors, and that while waiting for the committee to conclude its work, the Congress would proceed with the reports of other Committees. Dr. Frear submitted the report of the Executive Committee as follows, and moved the adoption of the first three recommendations of the Committee: REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 1 It is advised that for the purpose of carrying into effect the recommendations of this meeting of the National Pure Food Congress, and for the further purpose of promoting uniformity of State food and drug legislation, the Executive Committee be authorized to call a meeting of the Congress when ever in their view it is expedient 2 That five hundred dollars be raised for the necessary expenses of the Committee in carrying into effect the wishes of the Congress. 3. That for this purpose the Committee be authorized to receive contributions from those present at this meeting and to call for such further contributions as may be necessary, from the bodies represented in the Congress. 4. That the Congress inform the Committee of its wishes regarding the publication of the proceedings of this meeting. Mr. Perky, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution reciting the need for more systematic education in the use of food and proposing that the Congress hold the next meeting in Omaha during the Trans-Mississippi and International Fair. As the resolution did not directly affect finances, it was referred to the Committee on Resolutions. The motion to adopt the first three recommendations of the Executive Committee was carried. The other recommendation, as to the publication of the proceedings of this Congress, was referred to the Executive Committee with instructions to print and circulate the same. J. W. Trammel of Florida, was placed on the Legislative Committee. Mrs. Marion A. McBride, Superintendent of the Domestic Science Department, National Womans' Christian Temperance Union, was next recognized, and spoke as follows: Mr. President and Delegates:-I am very glad to speak again for a moment on a question of such vital importance to the housekeeper, for, it is a home question, after all, this one of pure food. It appeals to every one; for the welfare of the family is the welfare of the state and nation You cannot succeed in this work without the intelligent co-operation of the housekeeper, and her guide is the label on the goods; she will buy the brand of goods made by a certain manufacturer when she has learned that a certain brand is good in quality and that the quality is maintained. It is to guard the housekeeper in her provision for the family that I am interested, and I wish to express the gratitude of thousands of housekeepers when I thank the food manufacturers for their action in this matter. It means protection, and the W. C. T. U. follows the guidance of the Department of Agriculture in the matter of foods, It is a source of great satisfaction to us that the officers of that department of government are such conscientious faithful men. We, as housekeepers, ask the fullest protection of the government in the matter of food materials. I can pledge you the fullest co-operation of the W. C. T. U., the largest organized body of women in the world, who will stand beside you in every effort to protect the manufacturer who produces goods pure and wholesome. As I have said before, the label is the only guide the housekeeper has, and I would ask the permanent committee on pure food to let me know whenever adulterated goods are crowding the markets, that I may warn our members. The housekeepers of America will stand by you in every honest effort for pure food, and you cannot succeed without them, for they are the buyers, and they seek to become intelligent buyers, through the assistance of the United States Department of Agriculture, which so clearly points the way; and where the government expert leads the W. C. T. U. women will follow. I think it is important that candy be included with food, for the protection of children particularly, who should be as sure of the purity of a stick of candy sold for a penny as is the matinee girl" when she buys“ "French candy" made in Boston, served in a dainty box, adorned with ribbons and flowers; it is a call for home protection all along the line. I shall be glad to receive from any manufacturer reports of his own goods and any information he may have of imitations or adulterations, but that pass as standard goods. We most choose our food as we do our books, holding the author responsible. I thank you for all this work for pure food in the name of over one hundred thousand members of the W. C. T. U. The Chair announced that the President of the United States would receive the Congress at 3 o'clock, and it was voted that the Cngoress meet at 2:30 o'clock and proceed to the White House in a body. Mr. Alvord, Chairman of the Committee on resolutions, on behalf of the Committee, favorably reported the following resolutions: RESOLVED, That the National Pure Food and Drug Congress assembled in the City of Washington, declares emphatically in favor of such National and State legislation as will require that all foods, drugs, and drinks sold or prepared for sale in any of the markets of this country, be so fully and distinctly marked as to make their character and quality known to the purchaser and consumer. The resolution was adopted. With reference to the resolution introduced by Mr. Hamilton the report was as follows: The Committee cordially endorses the principles and purposes of these preambles and the resolution attached, and believe that they reflect the sentiments of the Congress. But it is deemed unwise to take up a subject so broad at this stage of proceedings, and which would require considerable modification before action; it is consequently recommended that it be referred to the Executive Committee for its consideration and appropriate action. Mr. Hamilton called for the reading of his resolutions and moved their adoption. The resolutions were read and adopted as follows: WHEREAS: From an examination of the laws now enacted by the several States and by the United States regulating the purity of the food products of this country, it appears that great dissimilarity exists as to the form and requirements of these laws, scme states having enactments conflicting, if not in every particular with those of other states, at least to such a degree as to render it impossible for manufacturers and jobbers to prepare and mark their products so that they shall be uniformly satisfactory, and conform to the several laws existing in the several states and those of the United States without making a separate preparation for each state. WHEREAS: It also appears that in many instances the laws enacted by the General Government are in direct conflict with those regulating the purity of foods in some of the states, thus rendering it difficult to enforce the pure food laws of the several states; and WHEREAS: It further appears that the methods of analysis to determine the character and quality of the fccd products cffered for sale in the several states are not uniform, and vary to such a degree as to not infrequently cause distrust in the minds of courts and juries as to their correctness and reliability; and WHEREAS: The preservation of the public health, which is the justification of the enactment of pure focd laws, dces not require that an article of food shall always contain a certain ingredient or any definite proportion of any ingredient, but only that it shall not be injurious to health; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That it is the sense of this Congress that in legislation upon the subject of Pure Food, it is highly desirable that the law of the several states should be in harmony with each other, and with those of the United States; that the methods of analysis of the various food products, should be identical throughout the United States; and that immediate measures should be taken to secure this result. That in the marking of the packages containing food products, a uniform system should be adopted by the several states and by the United States. That in order to effect these important results, a ccmmittee consisting of nine members, the Chairman of the Congress to be its Chairman, shall be appointed to take these points into consideration, and prepare a plan by which they can be secured, and report to this body at its next stated meeting, or should no future meeting of this Congress be held, to report to the National Association of Dairy and Food Departments at its next annual meeting. The Chairman then appointed the following committees: Professor J. H. Beal, Scio, Ohio, Chairman; Dr. William Frear, State College, Pa; Professor John Hamilton, Harrisburg, Pa; Secretary James Wilson, Washington, D. C.; Dr. W. O. Atwater, Storrs, Conn.; Governor W. D. Hoard, Ft. Atkinson, Wis.; Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Washington, D. C.; Frederick; J. H. Kracke, Washington Market, N. Y.; J. E. Blackburn, Columbus, Ohio. With reference to the following resolution, offered by Mr. Tupper, from the Internal Revenue Bureau, of Washington: RESOLVED: That the Congress of the United States be requested to enact legislation prohibiting the granting of patents for any machinery or device having for its object the manufacture of adulterated or imitation food products, or the registration in the U. S. Patent Office of trademarks for such articles. The Committee expressed the judgment that the measures proposed by this resolution are impracticable, however desirable they may be. It was therefore recommended that this resolution be indefinitely postponed. The Committee's recommendation was agreed to. With reference to the following resolutions, submitted by the Vital Friends: 1. That all foods generally supplied to the public are unreliable and are often injurious from three main causes: Immature growth and semi-development; fermental and chemical deterioration, and artificial adulteration. ま 2. That all foods, when deprived of their innate life-giving qualities, are a direct taxative burden upon the system. 3. That fermented breads, and yeast raised foods and drinks, corrupt the blood, and that the time has surely come to cease using them in Hospitals and Institutions, and also to discountenance their general use. Hundreds of families keep entirely well, free from every disease by using unfermented purely vital foods. 4. That all canned foods should be abolished. Glass or crock enclosures are commended. 5. That the gathering, selling and using of unripe fruits ought to be prohibited. 6. That fully matured fruits are better for use when sundried, than by any other process of vaporizing, acidulating or artificial sweetening, because their own innate sweetness and gums thoroughly preserve them. 7. That we fail to find on the market any fruits "cured by the new processes so good or durable, as the dates, prunes, figs, raisins, and currants of a quarter century ago. Despite the laudable efforts of sanitary science, there has been a lamentable retrogression in this direction. The Committee on Resolutions, failing to recognize the existence of evidence sustaining the propositions contained in this paper, recommend that it be indefinitely postponed. Mr. Perky of Massachusetts: While I cannot indorse all expressions in that resolution, I want to say that it is the first paper that has been intro duced in this Congress of vital importance to the food subject. It is a paper which, though this Congress may not indorse it, should be incorporated in the proceedings of this Congress, and I therefore offer a resolution to that effect. The resolution was adopted. Mr. Perky offered and read other resolutions, which were referred to the Executive Committee with power to act. The Chair announced that the Secretary of the Executive Committee had an announcement to make in regard to one of the recommendations. Mr. Dye: The Executive Committee has recommended that $500 be raised for the printing of the Proceedings. The Committee appointed to raise the $500 is as follows: Messrs. Dawley, of New York, Batcheider, of New Hampshire, Hamilton, of Pennsylvania, Withers, of North Carolina, At this point it was announced that the Legislative Committee was ready to report. On motion of Mr. Kline of Philadelphia, the Congress took up the report of this Committee. The Secretary of the Committee, Mr. Martindale, read the report by sections. The amendments proposed were discussed and adopted with slight alterations. The Brosius Bill, as amended by the Congress, was recommended to the Congress of the United States for adoption, as follows: A BILL For preventing the adulteration, misbranding, and imitation of foods, beverages, candies, drugs, and condiments in the District of Columbia and the Territories, and for regulating interstate traffic therein, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of protecting the commerce in food products and drugs between the several States and in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States and foreign countries the Secretary of Agriculture shall organize in the chemical division of the Department of Agriculture a food, beverage, and drug section, and make necessary rules governing the same to carry out the provisions of this Act, under direction of the chief chemist, whose duty it shall be to procure from time to time, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture and analyze or cause to be analyzed or examined, microscopically or otherwise, samples of foods, beverages, condiments, and drugs and offered for sale in any State, District of Columbia, or Territory other than where manufactured, or from a foreign country, provided the same be in original or unbroken packages. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such chemists, inspectors, clerks, laborers, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and to make such publication of the results of examinations, analyses, and so forth, as he may deem proper. Sec. 2. That the introduction into any State or Territory or the District of Columbia from any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia or foreign country of any article of food, drugs, or condiments which is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act is hereby prohibited, and any person who shall ship or deliver for shipment from any State or Territory or the District of Columbia or foreign country to any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia or to a foreign country, or who shall receive in any State or Territory or the District of Columbia from any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia or foreign country, or who, having received, shall deliver, for pay or otherwise, or offer to deliver to any other person, in original unbroken packages, any such article so adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, or any person who shall sell or offer for sale in the District of Columbia or the Territories of the United States such adulterated, mixed, misbranded, or imitated foods, beverages, condiments, or drugs shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for such offense be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for the first offense and for each subsequent offense not exceeding three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both in the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. That the chief chemist shall make, or cause to be made, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, examinations of specimens of food, beverages, condiments, and drugs offered for sale in original or unbroken packages in any State or Territory other than where manufactured or from any foreign country which may be collected from time to time, under rules and regulations to be pre |