To Repeal the Mixed-flour Law: Hearing[s] Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Sixty-fouth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 9409U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - 576 pages |
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... matter for the pure food people of the Department of Agriculture to look after . Mr. RAINEY . Yes ; that is true . But from your knowledge of this law- Mr. KEITH ( interposing ) . That would meet all requirements . Mr. RAINEY . That ...
... matter for the pure food people of the Department of Agriculture to look after . Mr. RAINEY . Yes ; that is true . But from your knowledge of this law- Mr. KEITH ( interposing ) . That would meet all requirements . Mr. RAINEY . That ...
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... matter of fact , there is not an average of one man's business qualified under this act for each revenue agent of the United States , is there ? Mr. KEITH . I do not quite catch that . Mr. HELVERING . You said there were 35 qualified ...
... matter of fact , there is not an average of one man's business qualified under this act for each revenue agent of the United States , is there ? Mr. KEITH . I do not quite catch that . Mr. HELVERING . You said there were 35 qualified ...
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... matter of fact there is not any law except the pure - food law that does prohibit adulterations , is there ? Mr. KEITH . None except the pure - food law . Mr. RAINEY . And there is not any law to stop the grinding up of barytes and ...
... matter of fact there is not any law except the pure - food law that does prohibit adulterations , is there ? Mr. KEITH . None except the pure - food law . Mr. RAINEY . And there is not any law to stop the grinding up of barytes and ...
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... matter of fact , this bill is based upon the desire to strengthen the pure - food law ? Mr. KEITH . Why , I certainly think it would have that result , but what I think about the action of Congress is another matter , and I am not ...
... matter of fact , this bill is based upon the desire to strengthen the pure - food law ? Mr. KEITH . Why , I certainly think it would have that result , but what I think about the action of Congress is another matter , and I am not ...
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... matter . Here is a report of Alex . J. Wedderburn , special agent appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture at the time that this law was before Congress and being discussed , and he says in his report : It is estimated by my ...
... matter . Here is a report of Alex . J. Wedderburn , special agent appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture at the time that this law was before Congress and being discussed , and he says in his report : It is estimated by my ...
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20 per cent adulteration Agriculture amount association bakers baking barytes blend brand bushels cereal CHAIRMAN cheaper chemical chemist committee Congress consumer contains corn flour corn meal corn millers corn products cornstarch cost difference drugs act export FAIRCLOTH Flour Mills flourine food and drugs food law food product FORDNEY GENUNG glucose gluten grade grain grind HASKELL HELVERING HILL housewife HUTCHINSON Kansas KEITH KELLY label LANNEN letter LIND loaf of bread LONGWORTH manufacture Milling Co MINER mineraline Minn Minneapolis misbranded Miss CAUBLE mixed flour mixed-flour law mixture MOORE nutritious Ohio package patent flour percentage pounds present law protein pure wheat flour pure-food law question Rainey bill regulations repeal revenue Roller Mills Roos sell sirup SLOAN sold SPARKS stamp starch statement thing tion to-day trade WAGNER WEAREN WESENER wheat millers white corn WILEY winter wheat
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Page 255 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.
Page 487 - First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength.
Page 489 - When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any corporation, company, society, or association, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission,, or failure of such corporation, company, society, or association as well as that of the person.
Page 487 - If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or any portion of an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter. SEC. 8. That the term
Page 554 - That the term blend as used herein shall be construed to mean a mixture of like substances, not excluding harmless coloring or flavoring ingredients used for the purpose of coloring and flavoring only : And...
Page 488 - Second. In the case of articles labeled, branded or tagged so as to plainly indicate that they are compounds, imitations or blends, and the word "compound," "imitation
Page 559 - An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded, or poisonous, or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes...
Page 488 - Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such package...
Page 487 - drug," as used in this Act, shall include all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease of either man or other animals. The term "food...
Page 488 - First. In the case of mixtures or compounds which may be now or from time to time hereafter known as articles of food under their own distinctive names...