Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1906 — SENATE PASSES PURE-FOOD BILL [ARTICLE]

SENATE PASSES PURE-FOOD BILL

Straggle of Fifteen Years Ends—The Vote Is 03 to 4. After fifteen years’ consideration of the ■ubjeet the Senate has passed the Heyburn pure food bill by a vote of 03 to 4. The committee accepted a number of suggestions and incorporated them in the bill as passed. Those who voted against the bill were Bacon of Georgia, Bailey of Texas, Foster of Ix>uisiana ;uid Tillman of South Carolina; The bill makes it a misdemeanor to manufacture or sett adulterated or misbranded foods, drugs, medicines or liquors in the District of Columbia, the territories and the insular possessions of the United States and prohibits the shipment of such goods from one State to another or to a foreign country. It also prohibits the receipt of such goods. Punishment by a fine of S3OO or by imprisonment for one year or both is prescribed. By its provisions the Treasury Department and the departments of Agriculture and of Commerce and Labor are required to agree upon regulations for the collection and examination of the articles covered by the bill. The investigations by the Department of Agriculture are placed in the hands of the chief of the bureau of chemistry and if he finds that the law has been violated the United States District Attorney is required to institute proceedings in the federal courts.