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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... sold ? Mr. KEITH . Yes , sir . Mr. RAINEY . In fact , they would not have to put " mixed flour " on unless the law of the country in which it was sold required it , would they ? Mr. KEITH . Yes ; they would have to mark it , even for ...
... sold ? Mr. KEITH . Yes , sir . Mr. RAINEY . In fact , they would not have to put " mixed flour " on unless the law of the country in which it was sold required it , would they ? Mr. KEITH . Yes ; they would have to mark it , even for ...
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... sold as wheat flour , and in this way deceived the con- sumers and gave increased profits to the miller who did the mixing , and resulted in unfair competition for the millers who manufactured and sold pure wheat flour . This resulted ...
... sold as wheat flour , and in this way deceived the con- sumers and gave increased profits to the miller who did the mixing , and resulted in unfair competition for the millers who manufactured and sold pure wheat flour . This resulted ...
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... sold pure wheat flour . This resulted in the wheat - flour millers of the country , of which the company I represent was one , forming what was known as the anti - adulteration league , the members of which pledged themselves not to ...
... sold pure wheat flour . This resulted in the wheat - flour millers of the country , of which the company I represent was one , forming what was known as the anti - adulteration league , the members of which pledged themselves not to ...
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... sold for $ 4 per barrel . Thus a mixture of 80 per cent wheat and 20 per cent corn flour , allow- ing 10 cents per barrel for the expenses of blending , could be and un- doubtedly would be sold , if it were not for the tax , at a ...
... sold for $ 4 per barrel . Thus a mixture of 80 per cent wheat and 20 per cent corn flour , allow- ing 10 cents per barrel for the expenses of blending , could be and un- doubtedly would be sold , if it were not for the tax , at a ...
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... sold as wheat flour ? Mr. FORDNEY . But if you repeal this law you are right back to where you were . Mr. MINER . Oh , no ; no . You are nowhere near it . When that occurred there was no branding required at all . Mixed flour could be sold ...
... sold as wheat flour ? Mr. FORDNEY . But if you repeal this law you are right back to where you were . Mr. MINER . Oh , no ; no . You are nowhere near it . When that occurred there was no branding required at all . Mixed flour could be sold ...
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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 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
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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...