,
gm PLANS SIEGE
OF BRITAIN BY SEA
al Notice to Be Given to
Neutrals; Feb, 1 is Date.
TYNEW SUBMARINES READY
1 ships to Be Hailed, and Sunk if
contraband is Found
on Board
To Sink All Armed Vessels.
New York—Germany will declare a
I sea barrier around the British
K beginning February 1.
This
and is brought to New York by four
Lengers arriving from British and
ports on the Philadelphia, of
he American, and the Baltic, of the
White Star line, Monday, gave the
ame versions of the new plans of the
erman admiralty.
The deep sea barrier will be pa-
rolled by 30 submarines of the latest
all of which have been launched
the past two months and are cap-
ble of a 6000-mile cruising radius, ac-
ording to three Americans, travelers
rom Germany.
A note will be sent by the central
overs to all neutral nations, warning
sem of Germnay’s decision, similar to
le note sent on February 18, 1915,
hich received Mr. Wilson’s famous
ply in return demanding strict ac-
untability, from Germany for any
merican life placed in jeopardy.
This newest “danger zone” is the
orth Channel, which separates Ire-
nd and Scotland; St George’s chan-
I, between England and Ireland,
id the entrance to the English chan-
sitie
7
All allied vessels, whether carrying
ontraband or not, will be stopped,
heir crews ordered to take to the
hip’s boats and the vessel immediate-
y sunk.
The submarines which will patrol
his newest zone have a speed of 18
nets on the surface and 12 knots sub-
urged, it was said by the Americans,
ho asserted that they had the highest
erman authority on this statement,
lach submarine will operate in a 10-
lile radius, and will be held responsi-
Ie for any allied merchant vessel
hich slips past into an allied port.
Each submarine is to be equipped
ith six torpedo tubes, two rapid-fire
uns mounted fore and aft, bomb-lay-
g chambers and a large supply of
ombs, mines and grenades. They will
carry sufficient provisiona to last five
weeks without revictualing.
I In the case of neutral vessels’ pass­
ing through the war zone their cargoes
kill be examined as previously and, if
wey are carrying contraband, they,
too, will be sunk, their crews first
having taken to the lifeboats.
I It is understood that Germany is
preparing a new list of contraband ar-
ticles, which will be in effect as soon
|u the new note is sent to neutrals. It
is believed that large quantities of
foodstuff a, as well as other necessities
of life, will appear on this new con-
traband list
I Allied merchantmen similar to the
British steamer Aberleau, which sailed
for Southampton via Halifax,
vith a steel gun turret, to have a six-
inch gun mounted for offensive, as
well as defensive, warfare, will be
considered as an armed cruiser and
will be sunk on sight, it is said.
Friday
Twenty-Fve Thousand Guards­
men on Border Ordered Home
8
I Washington, D- C.—More then 25,-
|u National guardsmen, now on the
Mexican border, have been designated
9 Major General Funston for return
Dome and muster out of the Federal
service. All these organizations will
be started homeward as soon as trans-
Portation facilities can be provided.
Their departure will leave between
T 000 and 50,000 men of the guard
etill in the Federal service doing bor-
der patrol.
War department officials continue to
"ithhold comment on reports that the
movement of General Pershing’s regu-
r out of Mexico soon will be under
"ay and the statement announcing the
sprdamen designated for relief does
connect these orders with the
"Ithdrawal p|an8 in any way.
not,
Palestine Doctors Dying.
New York—Cholera and typhus have
timed so many victims among the
Physicians who have been fighting
“es epidemics in Palestine that some
" the villages have loot their last
aeieal men and in the cities few phy-
sans remain to cope with the situa-
-n according to a statement made
hie here by Hadassah, the women’s
wonist organisation in America. The
aditions in Paleotine were described
man appeal for $75,000 and a medical
“ to be dispatched to the afflicted
Doings of State Legislators Marine
OREGON.
News |
‘‘Bone-Dry’’ Law as Framed
$1,8000,000 Road Fund Bill
Portland Yard Closes Contract
Meets With High Favor
Passes to Equal Government Aid
for Two Big Wooden Ships
Salem—If there is any objection to
Salem—Most of the important busi-
the emergency clause or any other im­
portant part of the pending “bone- ness of the house the latter part of the
dry prohibition law it did not make week was transacted in committees.
The judiciary committee conducted
its appearance at the opening, meeting
an
open hearing on a number of bills
of the house and senate committees on
intended to improve the operation of
alcoholic traffic here Tuesday night.
the initiative and referendum ; the
Almost every legitimate interest
affected by the measure was represent­ consolidation commttee conferred with
Governor Withycombe to gain his
ed at the hearing which was conducted
views on the work expected of them;
before a large crowd in the house
the committee on alcoholic traffic held
chamber and a number of valuable
an informal meeting to consider the
suggestions were made.
“bone-dry” prohibition bill, and many
One suggestion, advanced by A. A. other committees held both day and
Hall, a chemist, will be given serious night sessions to consider questions of
consideration by the committee. He varying degrees of importance.
pointed out that in its present form
The house passed Representative
the bill will not permit the manufac­ Bean’s bill authorizing the State board
ture of denatured alcohol, which may of control to issue bonds, if necessary,
be made a valuable by-product of many to match the Federal appropriation of
Oregon industries such as the paner $1,800,000 for road improvement work
mills, the sawmills beet sugar fac- in Oregon. The expenditure is to be
tories, canneries and others. He ex- spread over a period of five years, and
plained that the denaturization of al- the state need bond itself only enough
cohol lardone under government super- to complete the $1,800,000 fund if
vision and that its practice would not that amount is not available from
be in violation of the spirit of the other sources.
The government re­
bone-dry law. Denatured alcohol is quires the state to spend dollar for dol-
1 dangerous poison and therefore could lar.
wt be used for beverage purposes.
Proposed increases in automobile li-
r. — p. n-ii. it
cense fees and on gasoline distribution,
Five Good
Bills Up.
I it is believed, will go far toward meeL
Salem
Road legislation loomed ing the government’s requirements.
large in the proceedings of the house
------------
Tuesday. The good roads committee, Boycott Meets Opposition.
comprising representatives of civic | Salem—The proposed anti-picketing,
and industrial organizations in various anti-banner and anti-boycott measure
parts of the state, completed its work asked by the Employers’ association
on roads; Representative Laurgaard and Portland business interests, with
introduced a road code of his own de- an emergency clause attached, has hit
sign; Representative Bean introduced a a snag in the Multnomah delegation,
bill taxing all gasoline sold in the For a time Friday it looked as if all
state at the rate of 1 cent a gallon, further consideration of the measure
and a bill to double the rate of auto- would be indefinitely postponed, which
mobile license is on the way.
would be equivalent to killing it off,
Involved in all this activity is the so far as the delegation is concerned.
final fate of the Bean-Barrett bill,
Senator Orton even made a motion
which passed the house last week and to that effect, but Senator Moser inter-
which authorizes the state board of posed the suggestion that District At-
control to issue bonds in the amount torney Evans, Sheriff Hurlburt, Chief
necessary to meet the federal appro- of Police Clark, Mayor Albee and
priation of $1,800,000 allotted to Ore- Municipal Judge Langguth be invited
gon.
to appear before the delegation at 8
The good roads committee, or at o’clock Friday night and explain why
least those members of it who are in the present law providing penalties for
the lobby here, are opposed to the Bar­ intimidation or force to prevent a per­
rett-Bean bill. They are attempting son from continuing or accepting em­
now to have it held in the senate com­ ployment cannot be enforced.
mittee until their own bill is disposed
of. Their bill, they say, will provide Rural Credits Act Causes Friction.
Salem — A lively fight is brewing
amply for Oregon’s participation in
the federal road program without a over the enacting law which the pres-
ent legisature must pass to put into
bond issue.
effect the rural-credits amendment to
House and Senate Won’t Co-operate. the state constitution adpoted by the
Salem—All prospects for early or ef­ people last November. This amend­
fective co-operation between the house ment provides for a state bond issue of
and senate committees on consolidation $18,000,000.
went glimmering Tuesday when the
Senator Shanks, of Gilliam, Sher­
house committee determined to pursue man and Wheeler counties, introduced
an independent course toward the sen­ a bill that is now before the senate
committee on argiculture and forestry
ate program.
In accordance with that plan the that represents one view of the situa­
house committee has prepared a bill tion. This measure, of course, would
creating a state commission of labor leave the administration of the law
and consolidating with it the present with the State land board, as the
Commissioner of labor, the board of amendment requires, but it puts cer­
inspection of child labor, the Indus­ tain restrictions upon the administra­
trial Welfare commission and the In­ tive power of the board and provides a
superintendent for the direct supervis­
dustrial Accident commission.
This bill probably will be introduced ion of the fund.
in the house within a few days and
earnest efforts will be made to pass it. Prison Held Unfit.
Salem — The penitentiary, state
Other bills consolidating other state
training school and tuberculosis sana­
departments are in the making.
torium main buildings are antiquated,
unfit, and have outlived their useful­
Plan Recall of School Directors.
ness; the building at the training
Salem — Senate bill No. 95, intro­
duced by Senator Eddy, providing the school is like a prison, with narrow
windows, dingy rooms, no cheerful-
necessary legislative machinery for ness — a relic of poor methods in re­
the recall of school directors, was re­ formatory plans for children. These
ported favorably in the.senate1,5 the areassertions which were offered by
committee on
Governor Withycombe in discussing
amendment that it only app y
8 some his
phases of € the
the situation
situation at
at the
the in-
in­
tricts of the first class.
stitutions around Salem, and inciden-
The committee held that to apply tally commenting upon the recent re­
the bill to other districts would not be port of the committee named to survey
‘
of the first
advisable. In districts
the boy’s and girls’ state schools here.
class, however, school directors are
years.
elected for terms of five
Fraternal Societies Heard.
Roads
_ education with he
Naval Militia Praised.
Salem—That the Oregon naval mili­
tia during the past two years has
reached the highest state efficiency of
any similar organization in the United
States; that, it holds the highest
marksmanship record, and that it at­
tained thia status on the cheapest basis
of any such organization, was asserted
by Adjutant General White before the
ways and means committee. The nav­
al militia asked $15,900. The Nation­
al guard asked $164,300, a total of
$180,200 for development of naval and
military forces of the state.
Salem—The joint insurance commit­
tee of the house and senate gave the
fraternal societies a hearing Thursday
on the recommendations made by the
Insurance Code commission to amend
the present law relative to the regula­
tion of fraternal societies.
Represen­
tatives of many societies were present.
Except for one society, they favored
the recommendations. The committee
reserved final decision.
....
There will be a hearing immediately
on life insurance.
Schools Losa Funds.
Salem — The long-expected fight
Bill Would Dim Auto Lights.
over state appropriations to sectarian
Salem—A bill introduced in the institutions broke unceremoniously in
bouse by Representative Sweeny would 1 the house Friday, and the house went
provide regulation forali automobile decisively on record against such ap­
headlights. It would
propriations.
bile owners traveling on state h g
The question arose over the favor-
ways to equip their machines with able report of the committee on health
dimmers,
that the glare of the and public morals on
lights would not blind cars approac
Bowman’s bill prohibiting further ap­
ing in the opposite direction.
propriations to sectarian institutions-
require automne-
Representative
so
“Safety First
Bill Proposed.
water-Power Bill
is Urged.
Salem—For the purpose of clipinet. Salem—Senator John Gill has intro-
ing grade-crossing accidents,, a Pin ducted in the senate a joint memorial
sentati ve Barber has introduced a
“noress urging the enactment of
requiring railroad, to. maintain th i tater power legislation by that body,
watchman at every crossing in. Yhe memorial, which was referred to
state over which they operate .tin
„ the committee on resolutions, asks for
a rate of speed exceeding 15 mies
of I corees
legislation to develop the water
This is the first piece
of the Nation, but speaks es-
hour.
“safety first" legislation pronced ne peevany of Oregon and other Western
Kiss Rewards Governor.
—
nyo. — 4 resounding Aloe this session, but other measures TI states.
canted on the executive lipa in full scheduled, it is reported.
of
a number of persons assembled
.
Witness the governor's action was Measure Aims at Fake Ads:
— reward Mrs. John B. Kendrick Salem — Representative Mackay, ”
county, introduced a bili
Governor Kendrick Saturday for Multnomah designed
to carry out the
—n% the bill submitting prohibition the house
nouse
r. Portland
Ad Club
campaign of the I.’
would
t C people of Wyoming.
The. bill provides for a vote to against fake advertisers-_ _ ,
— Aken in 1918 on the adoption of prohibit all "untrue,
tonibition amendments to the state misleading ” advertising and________ % |
penatlies for violations.
“titution.
deceptiys.avy
—____ __
First Bill is Signed.
_
,
Withycombe Thursday
house No.
the first bill
to be signed by the executive st this
session. It was introduced by the
joint ways and means committee, and
bovides an appropriation of $25,000
Salem-Gov.
signed
bill
as a part or te.
assembly.
Dative
Portland—Gaston, Williams & Wig­
more Steamship corporation, of New
York, one of the best known Eastern
maritime firms, has contracted with
Joseph Supple for the construction of
two wooden vessels that will be built
on the East Side, on property under
lease to Mr. Supple from the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle railroad, north of
the Hawthorne bridge approach and
handy to his present plant at the foot
of Belmont street.
News of closing of contracts was
received Wednesday, though it has
been known for weeks that negotia­
tions were under way, and Mr. Supple,
with Fred A. Ballin, associated with
him as designer of the ships, left for
New York two weeks ago. Mr. Ballin
is the designer of a special type of a
composite vessel, wood and steel being
used, while Mr. Supple has had a
strong leaning toward a wooden ves­
sel with a double planked hull, the
first planking next to the frames being
laid diagonally to afford strength.
Both have been submitted to prospec­
tive purchasers, but the builders had
declined to close except at figures that
would insure the new yard a profit.
In this case it is believed by their
friends that the move means the plant
will be extensive, as well as perma­
nent, for considerable business is
looked for.
Olympia is to Build Ships.
Olympia, Wash.—Phillip D. Sloan,
president of the Sloan Shipyards com­
pany, of Seattle, has announced the
completion of negotiations by which
work is to begin at once on the con­
struction of a shipyard in Olympia that
will cover 12 seres. The site is fur­
nished by Olympia business men on a
lease for $3000 a year.
President
Sloan said that the new yards will em­
ploy 600 men at maximum capacity
and add $350,000 annually to the local
payroll. He also said the company
has contracts for four motor ships.
Steel Yard Humming Now.
Portland — Since the dove of peace
has spread wings over the plant of the
Northwest Steel company, following
the strike early this month, reorgan­
ization is being rapidly worked out
and it is estimated that all but about
100 men who went out are again on
the payroll.
Those remaining idle are mostly
helpers and places are to be made for
some when the force is increased or
others resign.
Balfour Fleet Augmented.
Portland — Lumber to make up the
next cargo of the schooner Camano,
now on the way to San Francisco from
Gilbert Islands, has been purchased by
Balfour, Guthrie & Co. from the East­
ern and Western mill.
The schooner
is one of those bought last year by
Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and she will
be dispatched for the West Coast.
NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT
Portland—Wheat— Bluestem, $1.66
per bushel; club, $1.62; fortyfold,
$1.63; red Russian, $1.58.
Oats—No. 1 white feed, $36.50.
Barley—No. 1 feed, $39.00.
Flour — Patents, $8.40; straights,
$7.60 @ 7.80; valley, $7.90; whole
wheat, $8.60; graham. $8.40.
Millfeed—Spot prices: Bran, $26.50
per ton; shorts, $30.50; rolled barley,
$42043.
Hay—Producers’ prices: Timothy,
Eastern Oregon, $19@20 per ton; val­
ley, $15016; alfalfa, $15016;
valley
grain hay, $12@13; clover, $11.00.
Butter — Cubes, extras, 35@37hc;
prime firsts, 37jc; firsts, 351036c.
Jobbing prices: Prime extras, 42c;
cartons, 1 cent extra; butterfat, No.
1, 41c; No. 2, 39c, Portland.
Eggs — Oregon ranch, current re-
ceipts, 33034c per dozen; Oregon
ranch, candled, 35@36c; selecta, 88c.
Poultry — Hens, 17@18c per pound;
springs, 16@17e; turkeys, live, 18@
20c; dressed, 23@26e; ducks, 20@22c;
geese, 12@13c.
Veal—Fancy, 141@15c per pound.
Pork—13@133c per pound.
Vegetables—Artichoke«, 90c@ $1.10
per dozen; tomatoes, nominal; cab­
bage, $3.25 per hundred;, eggplant, 25c
per pound; lettuce, $2.50 per box; cu­
cumbers, $1.50@2.00 per dozen; cel­
ery, $5.50 per crate; cauliflower,
$2.50, squash, 12c per pound; pep­
pers, 25c; sack vegetables, $1.25;
sprouts. 11c per pound.
Potatoes — Oregon buying prices,
$2.0002.25 per hundred; sweet, $4.
Onions— Oregon buying prices, $5.50
per sack, country points.
Green Fruite—Apples, 75c@$1.50
per box; pears, $1.7502.50; cranber­
ries, $10011 per barrel.
Hops—1916 crop, 5@9c per pound.
Wool—Eastern Oregon, floe, 24@
30c per pound; coarse, 33036c; val­
ley, 33@41c; mohair, nominal.
Cascara Bark—Old and new, 5c per
pound.
Cattle—Steers, prime, $8.00(8.50;
fair to good,
$7.0008. 00; cows,
choice, $7.3507.50; medium to good,
$6.50(7.00; ordinary to fair, $5.750
6.25:
heifers, $4.0007.50; bulls,
$3.75026.00; calves, $3.0009.00.
Hogs — Heavy packing,
215-250
pounds, $10.80010.95; light butchers.
$10.80010.85; light packing. 170-100
$9.00019.25; pigs and
skips,
$9.350
10.00; stock hogs, $8.5009.00.
ling wethers, $9.00010.00; old weth-
era, $8.7549.75; ewes, $6.7508.50.
ORATOR’S DECLINE AND FALL
'Spellbinder* Now Simply Makes the
Voters Tired, and They Will
Not Have Him.
The campaign curtain has been rung
down, says the Kansas City Star, on
no sadder fact—from some points of
view, at least—than that the stump
orator has not lived up to his old-time
tradition. Or If be has lived up to it
the public has declined to live up to
it With him. Not to evade the fact, or
to attempt to soften it, the intelligent
electorate, the free American voter, or
whatever else the citizenry is called In
presidential years, has yawned openly
In the face of the spellbinder and
turned away to see what was. on at
the movie show.
It has been a shock to the politimi
managers. The campaign industry has
had no such setback since the intro-
duction of reading Into the scheme of
popular education. It used to he that
anybody who had ever been a member
of the legislature, who had sat on the
bench, held a county office or had done
or was supposed to have done any­
thing that would serve as an excuse
for prefixing the title of “Hon." to his
name—it used to be that any such
male person with well-developed lungs
and a set of gestures could he billed
In a political campaign and bring out
the entire countryside. About nil such
an orator needed. In addition to the
title alluded to. was a "statesman"
coat, an untiring voice, a string of sta­
tistics and what was known as a
“fund” of anecdote. This “fund" was
generally overdrawn at the hank of
originality and most of the drafts on
It went to ignominious protest.
The “intelligent audience"—the most
intelligent audience the old-time ora­
tor ever had the pleasure of address-
Ing—has taken him at his word and
has rather distanced him in intelli­
gence and Information on his own sub­
ject. It has come to he more and
more like the audience at the theater
which has paid for its seats—It de­
mands the best or will go elsewhere to
find It. The mere “Hons" no longer
draw. Unless a topliner Is produced
the intelligent audience shows Its In­
telligence by staying away from the
hall.
It Is only fair to say that the Intelli­
gent campaign manager has kept pnce
with the intelligent audience, lie was
quick with the book when he saw the
second-rate oratory stuff was begin­
ning to pall. That Is why printer's
Ink has so enormously Increased In
use In this campaign. These astute
gentlemen have discovered that the In­
telligent audience takes the paper nt
home. The “and now my friends” ora-
tors never saw a sadder day than when
they discovered it.
Sight Affected by Paper.
A committee of the British associa-
tlon has been conducting an investiga-
tlon of the Influence of school books
on the sight, especially .that of chil­
dren. The glossiness of the paper was
found to be an Important matter. This
glossiness depends mainly on specular
reflection, I. e., reflection similar to
that from polished metals. Such re­
flection is apt to Interfere with binoc­
ular vision. Scattered or diffuse refec­
tion, as from a fine white powder, Is
not harmful. Specular reflection can
not be entirely Avoided In paper, but
It Is not Injurious to vision unless ex­
cessive. When the specular reflection
exceeds 56 per cent, the resultant
glare Is likely to be harmful. Writing
pnper for school use should not give
more than 54 per cent specular reflec­
tion at an angle of 45 degrees, since
young writers often look obliquely at
the paper. Colored maps can be pro­
duced without extra expense or diffi­
culty on pnper conforming to the com­
mittee's recommendations.
In some
cases the effect of using suitable paper
Is spoiled by the use of glaze In the
colors of Inks.
Seek Fabric to Replace Cotton.
Since the cotton supply of Austria-
Hungary has been practically shut off
by the blockade, scientists and manu­
facturers have co-operated In devising
a paper fabric to replace It. A number
of varieties of paper fabric are now In
actual service. Some of them have a
warp of paper yarn and include a mix­
ture of cotton and paper In the filling.
Others are composed of paper alone.
Turkish cotton, which has ordinarily
been considered too poor to weave Into
cloth. Is utilized In this paper fabric,
as Is also nettle fiber, which has been
found to possess great possibilities as
a cotton substitute. Old rags are being
converted Into a paper fabric used for
many of the purposes for which cotton
cloth Is now used. Chemical processes
have toughened and strengthened the
paper fabric so as to Increase Its
sirability.
An Antispeech Sentiment.
“Do you believe In telepathy?”
“You
mean,”
responded
Miss Cay­
enne. “the art of communicating
thought without audible speech ?"
“Something like that”
“I am not sure whether It could be
made to work or not But I know a
number of people who ought to try it.”
Matrimony Like Airplane.
Willis—What system do these mill-
tary airplanes work on?
Gillis—One person runs the machine
and the other la just an observer, but
both of them fight.
Willis—I see; just like being mar­
ried.—Toledo Biade.
Approval.
In some parts of the world ft ta
customary for women to smoke cigars.”
“It's a good idea,” commented Mr.
G row cher. “It's some protection to the
man whose wife buys him a box of
cigars for Christmas.”
J SARDS SUPPLYOF
FOOD AND DRUGS
Uncle Sam Protects People From
Impositions on Part of
Manufacturers.
MANY SAMPLES ARE TESTED
thousands of Shipments Offered for
import Found to Violate Law
and Are Excluded From
Country.
If any person In the United States
Is sold adulterated food or drugs it Is
not because Uncle Sum does not do his
utmost to prevent It. Government offi-
cials In charge of the enforcement of
the federal food and drugs act never
relax their vigilance, and their efforts
In thousands of cuses have prevented
impositions upon the people at the
hands of manufacturers.
During the last year United States
department of agriculture officials an­
alyzed 20,833 samples of foods and
drugs offered for Interstate shipment
and for import. A physical examina­
tion was made of samples from 76,468
shipments offered for import. Of these
foreign shipments, 6,353 were found to
violate the law In some respects and
were either excluded from the country
or admitted only after the importers
had relabeled them to comply with the
law. Of the samples of domestic prod­
ucts analyzed, 3,535, either because of
the nuture of the product or because
the label on it did not tell the truth,
were found to be in violation of the
federal law. In 1,364 cases the depart­
ment recommended to the department
of Justice that criminal prosecution be
instituted against the manufacturers
or that the goods be seized. In many
cases, where there was no evidence of
Intention to defraud und where there
wus merely some easily remedied flaw
in the wording of n label, the shippers,
after being warned In hearings, volun-
tarily took steps which made their
products fully comply with the require­
ments. In till, there were held 8,715
such hearings, many of which resulted
in the prosecutions indicated and the
gathering of evidence for a large num­
ber of additional cases.
The bureau of chemistry, In Its an­
nual report, also calls attention to the
fact that through the system of service
und regulatory announcements now in
use, manufacturers are given due no­
tice of the requirements and thus are
enabled voluntarily to make their
products conform to the law. In this
way the government achieves its pur­
pose, frequently without entering Into
needles and very expensive litigation.
In the regulatory work, special em­
phasis has been given to the control of
drug products and foods liable to spoil­
age and pollution. These frequently
constitute u serious menace to health.
The food Inspectors have been in-
structed to be particularly watchful for
Interstate shipments of bad eggs, milk,
oysters and spoiled canned goods, and
false and fraudulently labeled medi­
cines and spurious, synthetic drugs.
<
Curbing Fraudulent Medicinas.
Attempts to counterfeit or adulter­
ate imported drugs have been more
common since the recent high price
and scarcity of many of these products
encouraged their Imitation. It is in­
teresting to note that of the 1,080
cases terminated In the courts during
the year, 108 were brought on account
of the false and fraudulent labeling of
medicines. In ail of these medical
cases save five the courts found for the
government, and this. It Is believed,
has exercised an Important deterrent
effect on the vendors of nostrums
shipped from one state to another.
The work of controlling the fraudu­
lent labels of medicines and mineral
waters has been greatly strengthened
by the establishment of a separate of­
fice to deal with these matters. At the
request of the secretary of agriculture
an officer of the United States public
health service has been detailed to
take charge of this work. Moreover,
through the close co-operation estab­
lished with the foods and drugs offi­
cials of many of the states, the depart­
ment was able to direct the attention
of the local authorities to the presence
of spurious drugs In their states and.
as a result, much of these fraudulent
goods In the hands of local dealers and
beyond the reach of the federal au­
thorities were destroyed by state and
municipal officers who, in many cases,
prosecuted those responsible for the
local traffic.
Extend Milk Control.
The co-operation in the sanitary con­
trol of the milk supply of small cities
has been extended la Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and in
New England. It Is proposed to re­
peat this work year after year, extend­
ing It each year to now territory. In
some localities bad conditions were
found, due in the main to insufficient
cooling and careless handling. Per­
haps the best results of this work ban
been that It stimulated some of the
local authorities to take up similar
work Independently, so that definite
permanent improvement of the milk,
supply of a number of cities baa result-
ed. The co-operative work on the con-
trol of the shipment of decomposed
eggs has been extended to cover much
of the territory in which shipments
originate so that eggs are now candled '
before shipment far more than former
ly and the spoiled eggs destroyed or‘
ted to poultry and stock.
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