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VIRGINIA.

C. C. Mercer, Hamilton, Agriculturist, (G),

J. A. Jefferies, Warrenton, Druggist, (G),

John Thompson Brown, Bedford, Board of Visitors, A. & M. College,

J. W. Walter, University of Virginia, Prof. of Chemistry

Arthur Jordan, M. D., Richmond, Academy of Medicine and Surgery, (G), J. W. Henson, M. D., (G),

Richard H. Gaines, Richmond, State Chemist, Departme

ture,

Geo. F. Harrison, Farmer, Chantilla, (G),

Capt. H. L. Salsbury, Merrifield, State Grange

Samuel H. Lunt, Alexandria, (G),

Wm. M. King, Glencarlyn, Agricultural Department,

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Alex. J. Wedderburn, Fairfax Co., (G) Master State Grange, and rep. Col. Bee Keepers' Association,

E. F. Golson, Somerset, (G),

M. E. Church, Falls Church, State Pharmaceutical Association,

O. E. Hine, Vienna, State Board of Agriculture,

Prof. Mallett, Charlottsville, American (hemical Society,

F. Ashby Miller, Richmond, American Pharmaceutical Association and Virginia Pharmaceutical Association.

WISCONSIN.

A. H. Hollister, Madison, State Bd. of Pharmacy,

Jesse Birmingham, Abrams, (G),

William Larsen, prop. Wm. Larsen's Canning Co., Green Bay, (G),

U. O. B. Wingate, M. D., Sec'y Board of Health, Milwaukee,

F. Barry, Sec'y Millers' Nat. Association, Milwaukee.

WEST VIRGINIA.

John H. Ruhl Clarksburg (G),

L. L. Loar, Retail Grocer, Grafton, (G),

John H. Grimm, Druggist, Parksburg, (G),

I. W. Gall, Treasury Dept., Washington, D. C. (G).

LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

Frank Hume, Chairman, Wholesale Grocer, Washington, D. C.
Matthew Trimble, 1st Vice Chairman, Assessor of D. C.,

Wm. C. Woodward, 2nd Vice Chairman, Health Officer,

R. N. Harper, Treasurer, Pres. D. C. Pharmaceutical Association,
J. D. Hird, Chemist of D. C.,

Beriah Wilkins, Editor Washington Post,

J. F. Oyster, Wholesale Butter Dealer,

Alex. J. Wedderburn, Secretary.

The Committee also recommends

1st. That the Secretary be authorized to enroll any member hereafter presenting proper credentials.

2d. That delegates representing one or more organizations shall be permitted to cast the full vote of the organizations which they represent. 3d, That in the case of delegates appointed by Governors of the several States and Territories, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, when the full representation is not present, that the vote of the several States, Territories and the District of Columbia be cast by the delegates in attendance.

The report of the Committee was adopted.

Report of Committee on Order of Business.

Prof. Henry E. Alvord, Chairman of the Committee on Order of Business, submitted the following report:

To the National Pure Food and Drug Congress:

Your Committee on Order of Business recommends the following:

Hours of meeting.

(1) That unless otherwise ordered, the hours of meeting of the Congress shall be 10 o'clock, A. M., 2 o'clock, P. M., and 8 o'clock, P. M. Paper by Dr. Wiley.

Order of Business.

(2) That immediately after the consideration of the reports of the Committee on Credentials, Order of Business, and on Permanent Organization, the Congress take up the consideration of the Brosius Pure Food and Drug Bill and that Dr. Wiley,of the Department of Agriculture, be requested to open the discussion with a paper on "Food Adulteration.

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Rules of Order.

(3) That the parliamentary rules as laid down in Cushing's Manual shall govern the deliberations of the Congress, provided that each speaker on each subject be limited to one speech not exceeding five minutes in length.

Committee on Legislation.

(4) That a Legislative Committee of fifteen members be named by the Chair, to consider and report upon all questions of legislation referred to it.

Committee on Resolutions.

(5) That all resolutions shall be reduced to writing and be signed by the introducer and be referred without reading or debate to a Committee on Resolutions, to consist of five members, to be named by the Chair, provided that all resolutions for the consideration of the Congress be submitted to the Committee, prior to the adjournment of the Congress on Thursday afternoon.

(6) That the Executive Committee of this Congress be charged with all further duties relating to business and Program for the Convention.

After amendment so as to permit reading of resolutions, the report was adopted.

Report of Committee on Permanent Organization.

Dr. R. B. Gilbert, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Permanent Organization, submitted the following report:

To the National Pure Food and Drug Congress:

Your Committee representing 23 States and the District of Columbia, met and was called to order by Fred. Herbst of Ohio, and Emerson T. Abbott of Missouri was chosen Chairman, and Dr. R. B. Gilbert of Kentucky, Secretary.

The persons

The Committee hereby beg leave to report as follows: selected and proposed as permanent officers of this body, subject of course to the action of the Congress assembled, are:

For Permanent President, J. E. Blackburn, of Ohio; and for Permanent Vice-President, John B. Noble, of Connecticut, Farmer; CaliforniaC. A. Barlow; District of Columbia-J. W. Trammel, Chemist; GeorgiaE. W. Allen; Michigan-E. C. Grosvenor, Commissioner; Illinois-Dr. J. A. Egan, Physician; Indiana-Jas. A. Huston, Chemist; Iowa-E. Secor, Bee Keeper; Kentucky-Dr. R. W. Taylor, Physician; Maryland-Ch. H. Ware, Druggist; Massachusetts-Henry D. Perkey, Manufacturer of Food Products; Missouri-C. C. Bell, Cider and Vinegar Maker; Missouri-E. T. Abbott, Editor; North Carolina-Dr. R. H. Lewis, Physician; New Hampshire-W. J. Reed, Farmer; New Jersey-Prof. E. B. Voorhees, Chemist; New York-F. E. Dawley, Farmer; Ohio-Orrin Thacker, Grocer; Pennsylvania,-W. B. Powell, Farmer; South Carolina-A. C. Lattimer; Tennessee-S. J. Camp, Manufacturer; Tennessee-J. F. Essary, Commissioner of Agriculture; Virginia-M. E. Church, Pharmacist; West Virginia-L. L. Loar, Grocer; Wisconsin-A. H. Hollister, Druggist. Your Committee on Permanent Organization also recommend an Executive Committee of seven members, and suggest the following named gentlemen:

W. S. Thompson, District of Columbia; W. A. Withers, North Carolina; I. N. Jamieson, Illinois; Gov. Jas. A. Mount, Indiana; Dr. Wm. Frear,

Pennsylvania; N. J. Batchelder, New Hampshire, and F. J. H. Kracke, of New York.

The Committee recommend for Permanent Secretary, A. J. Wedderburn, of Virginia and for Treasurer, R. N. Harper, of the District of Columbia.

After amendment of their report upon motion of Mr. R. O. Eaton, of Connecticut, dividing the labor of the secretaryship, making Mr. Alex. J. Wedderburn Corresponding Secretary and Mr. Franklin Dye, of New Jersey, Recording Secretary, the report was adopted. Col. Brigham then introduced President Blackburn who spoke as follows:

Gentlemen of the Convention:-For the great honor you have conferred upon me, I tender you my most sincere appreciation. I wish to assure you that there is no question that will come before me, as President of this Congress, there is no interest that shall be considered at this meeting so long as I am in the chair that shall not have the fairest and fullest amount of reasonable consideration, which I am capable of giving. I believe in equal rights and jusitce to each and every interest in the United States, whether they are represented here to-day or not. I do not understand that this Convention is brought together to advance the interest of any individual, nor do I undertsand that it is the duty of this Congress to seek to elevate or advance the interest of any class in the United States at the expense of another business or profession. What I want is simply equal and exact justice. As your Presidential Officer I shall aim to secure to the best of my ability, such action at this Convention. I realize that this is not time for extended remarks, but I desire to say professionally that the condition of affairs so graphically described by our distinguished friend from Pennsylvania, and elaborated by our friend from the Agricultural Department does not apply to-day to the State of Ohio. We have had a pure food law in that State for the last fourteen years, and for the last five or six years that law has been strictly enforced-not always perhaps with the best judgment in the world, for we are all human and prone to error, but I want to say that where five or six years ago it was almost impossible to secure these articles in the State they should have been in, it is now almost as difficult to find them adulterated in any part. Some adulteration may still exist but I am glad to say that it is growing smaller by degrees and beautifully less. Gentlemen of the convention, what is your pleasure? The Chair announced that he had a request from Mrs. Belva Lockwood to be allowed to submit a communication from the Vital Friends. Hon. Matthew Trimble announced that he had a communication relative to the control of adulteration of spirits in bonded warehouses, from Jas. W. Kerr, President of the Manufacturers' Association of San Francisco, California, which was referred to the Executive Committee.

On motion of Aaron Jones, a vote of thanks was tendered to Hon. J. H. Brigham for the able and impartial manner in which he had presided over the meeting of the Congress.

Mr. N. J. Batchelder of New Hampshire, offered a resolution inviting Hon. Jas. H. Wilson to address the Congress at a time that would be most convenient to him.

On motion of Mr. Redsecker of Pennsylvania, the rules were amended so as to permit the reading of resolutions before referring them.

Mrs. Lockwood was recognized to present the resolutions of the Vital Friends, which after being read were properly referred as were also resolutions of Mr. Hamilton of Pennsylvania, relative to securing uniformity in State food legislation, and of Dr. Jordan of Virginia.

At 12:15 a recess of the Congress was taken until 2 o'clock P. M.

SECOND DAY.
Thursday, March 3d, 1898.
Afternoon Session.

The Congress met at 2 o'clock.

The President: I am very happy to announce that we have present this afternoon to address this body, as per invitation extended this morning, the distinguished Secretary of Agriculture, Hon. James Wilson, of Iowa.

Secretary Wilson then addressed the Congress as follows:

SECRETARY WILSON'S ADDRESS.

"This country of ours, through the ingenuity of its people, the goodness of its lands, the growth of its manufactories, and the perfection of its' commerce, is ready now to furnish cheap food to the whole world. We can produce meats, dairy products, poultry and all the things man requires throughout the world cheaper than they can be produced anywhere else. We are ready to overflow the markets of the whole world; the great manufactories, the commercial countries of the earth cannot live without us. They require our food. All they ask is 'Give us honest, pure food. If we do this our markets are unlimited across the Atlantic. There may be a few nations that are not quite fair in their dealings with us, but, on the whole, the European countries treat us comfortably well. Now we can only secure a permanent footing in those markets by sending what is honest, and what is just as we represent it to be.

"The Department of Agriculture has been making efforts during the past year and will continue to make those efforts to find new markets for our products abroad. It is very difficult to establish markets in foreign countries if our goods are not what they are represented to be. If some of us send honest creamery butter abroad and others send oleomargarine, the American good name is injured and it is only a question of time when our consumers abroad will learn to distrust us and look to other countries for pure food. So it is with many other things. The drugs of the United States which our physicians prescribe for us when sick should be what they are represented to be, but it is a well-known fact that they are not.

"We have evidence, however, that many of the imports from foreign countries are not what they are represented. There are plenty of rascals in other countries, and if the time ever comes when we must reason with another nation, we will have quite as much to say on that subject as anybody else. We are pretty well prepared along those lines. But that is no excuse for us. Because other people send us doctored goods is no reason why we should do the same thing. The people of the United States should rise to higher levels.

"The name 'American' should be synonymous with fair dealing through out the world. Just as soon as interest money becomes as cheap in the United States as it is in foreign countries we will build American ships that will take our goods to all parts of the known world, but before we send the American flag to every corner of the earth, we must send our reputation ahead of us, so that when an American ship goes into any port the people of that port will say, 'Here comes an honest trader among you"

"I will not presume to advise you, gentlemen. I see here many men of experience, men known in their own States and throughout the United States. Whatever the people determine they want Congress will seek to give them. Agree on some fair general proposition and we shall have a magnificent beginning. I will say for myself and the gentlemen with whom I am associated in the Department of Agriculture, that we will do everything in our power to help along the work you begin here to-day. Let us know what your will is and it will be our greatest pleasure to serve you. I thank you, gentlemen."

At the conclusion of Mr. Wilson's address, a vote of thanks was tendered him for his able and interesting address.

The chair announced the following Committee on Resolutions :

Messrs. Alvord, Edge, Batchelder, Flanders, and Secor.

The motion was made to resume the regular order of business, but was suspended, after the reading of the resolutions by -Messrs. Hamilton and Jordan, to allow the regular order of business, the consideration of the Brosius Bill, to be resumed.

An amendment was offered by the National Confectioners' Association which was properly referred.

The Chair then announced the following Committee on Legislation:

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION.

Dr. H. W. Wiley, Chemist, Department of Agriculture,

Aaron Jones, Indiana, Master National Grange,

C. C. Bell, Missouri,

F. N. Barrett, New York,

Mr. Eaton, Connecticut.

Mr. Kaiser, President Retail Grocers' Association of Philadelphia,
Mr. Hollister, Druggist, Wisconsin,

Prof. Gill, Ohio,

Prof. Kline, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

Mr. Holladay, Raleigh, North Carolina,

Mr. Allen, Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station,

Prof. Miller, Secretary Brewers' Association, Ohio,

N. J. Batchelder, Secretary of Board of Agriculture, New Hampshire,
Mr. Hutchinson, Pennsylvania,

Mr. Martindale, Philadelphia,
Mr. Abbott, Missouri,

Dr. King, State Chemist, Tennessee,

Dr. Wingate, representing Board of Health, Wisconsin,

Miss Emma C. Sickels, Chicago, Ill,

Mr. Wardell, Farmers' Alliance, California,

Dr. C. J. Bell, Delaware,

F. B. Thurber, of New York,

Mr. Richardson, New York,

Mr. Carpenter, Massachusetts,

Frank Hume, District of Columbia,

Mr. Trammell, Florida.

Mr. Gallus Thoman, of the United States Brewers' Association was announced and spoke as follows:

"Mr. Chairman-The association of manufacturers which I have the honor to represent, is known as the United States Brewers' Association. Its members produce fully 85% of the malt liquors brewed in our country; hence its utterances reflect the sentiments and opinions of what, for all purposes, may be regarded as the entire trade. By resolutions adopted in open convention about twenty-five years ago, and frequently reiterated on various occasions, both the Association as a body, and its members are pledged jointly and severally to prevent the adulteration of their product, and to assist to the full extent of their ability in the detection, prosecution, and punishment of all persons guilty of adulteration, or of any practices whatever calculated to bring disgrace or discredit upon the industry. Faithful to this policy the Asseciation has at various times solicited, and sometimes defiantly challenged, the most vigorous official analysis of their product, and invariably received from the official analyzers unstinted praise for the purity and wholsomeness of the article they manufacture. Actuated by the same spirit of integrity, the Association has for years sought to bring about the very condition of things which the Brosius Bill,-considering, of course, only its general purport and intent is designed to create. Surely more need not be said by the accredited representative of that Association to convince you, Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen of the Congress, that the brewing industry of this country is heartily in favor of any federal law, applicable to every part of our country, by which the adulteration of drugs, food and drink may

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