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FOOD BL ORAFTED TOPROTEGPEOPLE AND THE FARVER Substitute for Wicks Bill Now | Almost Ready for the Legislature. of The Special From 6 Btall Corremondent Brening World.) ALBANY, N. Y., April 3—The Agri- cultural Committee of the gan to-day the firet draft of the new food bill that is to take the place pa BREAK A CHILDS. COLD BY GIVING SYRUP OF FIGS Hook, Mother! Is tongue coated, breath feverish and stomach sour! Cleanse the little liver and bowels and they get well quickly. | |of the Wicks bill, Its features were | agreed upon at @ conference between the members of the committee and representatives of the Dalrymen's League, the State Grange and other) farming organizations. | “If you do not accept this bill,” said Senator Elon R. Brown to the conference, “inside of two years you| will rue the day you rejected ft “It will require a week to put the bill In shape,” said Senator Wicks to-| | day: he new bill bears but little re-| old Wicks bill. It provides for a State food council) fashioned the manner of the} Hoard of Regents and is designed to create a new department called the| Department of Farms and Markets, which is to be controiied by a Councl! of darn and Markets. The o » be made up of eleven members, from t semblance to the after unel one State at large, Commission | the division of foods and markets, to be administered in like manner by the r of Foods and Markets appointed by the counetl to serve during its pleasure. Commisst to be | OUTIES OF NEW COMMISSIONER OF FOODS AND MARKETS. The existing departments of agri When your child suffers from a | culture and of foods and markets are cold,*don't wait; give the little stom- ach, liver and bowels a gentle, thor- ough cleansing at once. When cross, peevish, listless, pale, docsn’t sleep, eat or act naturally; if breath $s bad, stomach sour, give a teaspoonful of “California Syrup of Figs,” and in a few hours all the clogged-up, consti- ated , sour bile and undigested food will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. If your child coughs, snuffles and | bas caught cold or is feverish or has ‘fa sore throat, give a good dose of “California Syrup of Figs” to evacu- ate the bowels, no difference what | divide the divisions into bureaus, and | other treatment is given. continued and will under the proposed bill constitute divisions of the depart ment of farms and markets The powers and duties of the Com missioner of Foods and Markets, as prescribed by the present preserved for the most same language. law, part in are the The officers and employees tn each transferred to and are to be as signed by the council to the proper urtment new ¢ are the artment, divisions and bureaus. It is proposed that the counci) shall assign the work of the divisions to Sick children needn't be coaxed to | such bureaus, take this harmless fruit laxative.” | Millions of mothers keep it handy be- | ise they know its action on the) stomach, and sure. They also know a little given first instance, to the to-day saves a sick child to-morrow. |Governor, and t! Ask your druggist for a 50-cent|\teq by the bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which contains directions for babie: children of all ages and for grown- ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. Get the genu- | ine, made Som bY Ad Factory Equipment is the “Yardstick” of Production The council may fix the salaries of each Commissioner, and of the Sec- ver and bowels is prompt |retary and counsel, subject, in the | approval of the fter to be lim- amounts appropriated The salaries of all other officers ani be fixed by the employees counell, All oMfcers and employees in each are to California Fig Syrup | division are to be appointe! by the th |councll upon nomination of the Com 1 “angen ‘nan HAAN FUNONAUOUTTTDRAL I | } AAI It is the measure of both quality and quantity. Every piece of equipment which falls short of h: is a drag on the value and volume of output. For any product requiring Japanning, Lacquering or a sinuilar ‘baking ’’ process An Indirect Gas-Fired Oven i] | sets a standard of production which demonstrates the inefficiency of all other methods of Drying. Its “‘Radiator’’ construction heats quickly and holds an even It maintains a constant circulation of fresh air that temperature. insures uniform quality and quicker output. handling of coal or coke and prevents damage to work from pro ducts of combustion. Gas consumption and meets all safety requirements of the Board of Fire Underwriters. Indirect Gas-Fired Ovens are built in any size type of Japanning Oven ANCE SHOWROOMS Ccnsslidated Gas Company Inquiry at GEO, B. CORTELYOU, Pre ‘ = + earn eB 130 East 15th St., will give all desired details. SENTENCED TO THIRTY DAYS, man tramped thirty-four days through Alaskan wilds to nearest jai} and gave himself up. KANSAS MAN bought cow in 1896 for $15, got milk and butter all these years, killed her for beef and ld the hide for $15.67. | | FATHER ordered to pay $7 a week for boy whore appetite i# so ravenous he eats as much as three average adults LITTLE Thompson Street boy hit !t with a rock to see what it was, and doctors are still picking bird shot out of him and his three little brothers, It was @ cart ridge nome one lost. AFTER apending a week in an unused weil, Indiana dog was rescued with « net and didn’t stop running unt! he reached owner, who had advertised for him. one the tT of Markets of the City of New York, if any, and one from each judicial district, Appointed in the first instance by the Governor, their successors will be elected by the Legislature. be ten years. There are to be two divisions, one the division of agriculture, to be ad- ministered, under the rules of the council and subject to its general con- trol, by the Commisstoner of Agricul ture to be appointed by the council to serve during its pleasure, and one, BASY WAY TO GET A KISS, Harvard Lampoon suggests, Is to bet gitl $1 you can kiss her without touch- | ing her, thon kiss her and pay the $1 like @ good loser. | gE oe | FAMILY of 1,000 near Reserve, Kan., where within | | area of miles there are not a dozen families not related. | The terms of office will ENTERING WINDOW left open for ventilation, pair of pigeons has built nest in chandelier of New Albany (Ind.) Counet] Chamber. 2 Steed ee STRANGER who sald “Hoot der Kaiser!” in Wyoming town was | knocked down; hanged until unconscious; cut down and doused w'th ice | water; made to kneel and kiss the American flag, and run out of town. miasloner, The § nd coun tigate as to food supplies tn the | sel are to be app by the coun- | State, in warehouses and elsewhere cil to serve during its pleasure. and publish information — relative CO-OPERATION WITH FARM BU- | thereto REAUS AND OTHER AGENCIES. |PROVIDE FOR INFORMATION artment, through Commissioner the coun. in charge WANTED BY CONSUMERS, The department is required to ke p of either the division of agriculture |a record of production and distribu- | or the division of foods and markets, | lon, ascertain kinds and quantities is to carry into effect the provisions |for sale, and furnish information as of the existing Agricultural Law and |to producers and distributors, their | the foods gpd markets articie of the nd places of business where general bustness law, and of all other proposed that laws tive tovagriculture, farm and} and dissemi- | dairy products, and the storage, mar- © information as to mar keting and distribution of foods. | ket of food products and ouncil and Commissioners are | furnish information so as to facill- werate with and aid| tte transportation and avoid de- *, co-operative associa: |!#¥s in shipment, It is also pro- ind other agencies in bringing | Posed that the department co-oper with producers in conducting. ox periments relative to producing, yin, grading, handling and s ing farm products, and nish formation as to the most. ec and efficient methods the It Ia prope investigat islature such Judgment provide a | method of securing an ample supply of pure milk in centres of popula: tion upon an economic basis of dis tribution, ‘he department is also ye quired to ald in the farming and marketing is, and are requi t them in improving methods of accu mulating farm products for whole sale marketing. The council Is required to make in- vestigations as to terminal, dock, | marketing, distributing and abattoir facilities by co-operative societies, by municipalities and by the S for |the purpose of recommending some n to be adopted by the Legislature 80 tive thereto. be made for 1 in- | mic tment Leg in the \6 jin | Investigations the purpose of recommending further | of such purpose within tre eee | rginiation as to regulation of, and |of existing law, hai restrictions upon, combinations exist- | The department. will be jeontrolling pr 4. matters are | methods of food exchanges and make proper subjects of legis n, but | recommendations to the Legislature thelr bearing upon property and per- | in relation thereto, jsonal rights is so complex and dift-| The department will also be re- cult of determination that definite | quired to enforce the laws relative to legislative enactment should not be | food adulterations, to investigate ax attempted without careful and ex-|to deceptions tn quality, quantity ° and character of foods, and co-op-| is directed to in-|erate with local health’ departments and do} artments of markets tn pre- | he manufacture and sale of Julterated or unwhole he department will also be required to take such action as may be authorized by law to. pre- vont iilegal acts or practices in the le or distribution of food, fertil \zers, feeding stuffs and all other materials and apparatus used for the production of products, 1 when necessary the council is recommend the tment of remedial | legislation to prevent unfalr acts or some fe | practices, In the first place, the department! will be required to ‘carry into effeot the provisions of all existing laws | relative to agriculture, the sale and| distribution of farin products commission or otherwise, and the storage, sale and marketing of food products. The department. will for| this purpose take over the adminis. | on| tration of the agricultural law, the} article of the public health law ‘pr tive to cold storage, and the arti general business law relat is and markets, It is prop as they are and !mpos: y depart the power to administer all of | . The modification, amendment | or revision of these laws will be left for future consideration after careful examination by the farma and mar-| |Kets council, if tt be established, The general purpose of the powers jconferred 1s to clothe the department | a jwith comprehensive powers of in- | ms vestigation and to make It their d ims | ! duty (aa to gl detinite information which! will be of benefit to jdistributors of farm products, The| department will become a clear ng house for the disposal of ail contro- | versies arising between the producer and distributor and between both of | them and the consumer. One of the} most important functions of the ¢ partment will be the assi which must be given to co-operative associations, farm bureaus and other agencies, In increasing production of | faym products, improving farm con ditto nd eliminating w istefulness | in bringin ether the producer and Producers and | geebeeecusereses e cast eae # i He 53 +: the consumer an The new Wicks bill contatna all of ga the provisions advocated by the Housewives’ Protective Assoctation of The Evening World, which were Jrawn in co-operation with John Dillon, Commissioner of Foods Markets, w \ few minor ex tions, be discussed lao oner Dillon, Senator Ser ne Loeb, repre senting sh nary can prepare a ; to full quarter pint of the most wonder “ i ful lemon skin softener and A It eliminates the plexion beautifier, by squeezing the wi ‘ juice of two fresh lemons into § bake rs i ini aay as ¥ ning thre wes of orchart Its complete insulation gives minimum p He containing three on rebar | =" = | the juice through a fine cloth so no} DR. PEASE SCOLDS SOLDIERS. | lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion | lace, 4 phew. J will keep fresh for months. Every | Cut shows ‘‘Radiator” have followed the career of | woman knows that lemon jules is sett the INDUGT RAL APE: t He endian gee) Seno PUTER CUAL ae been e not prised to! the ideal skin softener, smoothener t know that he sent a t t and beautifier . ¥ ng i fier men of the Seventh Tust try it! Get three ounces of | and. e8 9 ew or 4 J ‘ “ lemons from the groce and make so e a A os v . Ll] sgrant lemon dd inassage erva ° t ‘ " 4 ‘ ' . ‘ at nily into the ta eck, arms and —— Se 2S > ne again ‘ hands, It should ally help. te of ite intluen xamy HON) whit soften, freshen and bring out . " . @ un! LY 1 the sand nh ta in, It eae oe ae st evaco, | Is truly marvelous to smoothen rough, | bimeelf a veteran of (he regiment / - . STATE EXPENSES NAPPROPRAIN BLL $48,246,698 Figures $7,082,383 Above Last Year—Special Measures Make , Total $73,000,000. (Spee! from @ Staff | bekielt Wompwondent of ‘The ALBANY, April 3—The general appropriation bill carrying a total of $48,246,698.86 went to-day to Gov. Whitman for signature, after having passed both houses of the Legisia- | ture. While the general bill carries the figures stated, the special appropria- tions in various other bills make the total $73,000,000. ‘The bill was dis- cussed at length by Senator Henry M. Sage, Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee, He analyzed {t tn ite various essentials for the benefit of the Sena- tors last night, | He sald it carried an increase of | 082,383.36 over the appropriation, blll of 1916, and added: “In discussing total appropriations by the Legislature the most import- ! ant point to keep the eye upon is the overhead charges as proposed for an | ensuing fis Increase here is pretty certain to become al continuing charge except where af- fected by varying market conditions as. tn the price of coal, food and sup- | piles generally for institutions and | for departments,” The chief increases are in: Personal Service + $1,888,785.56 | Printing (to clean up back lef les covering a hree years ; “Less than a Month to Moving Day” F YOU intend moving, please notify us at the earliest possible moment, in order to facilitate the installation of the telephone at your new address. Our Spring Moving Problem is a big one. Thousands of telephone changes must be made within a few days and— Institutions *risons jucation (including M{ ta Training Commits F Gonmudtion ewer ngs STEEN We can take better care of ALL if tTecoliansous Hands, us each notifies us of his move early. der the Comptroller, $150,000 of which is to pay compensation In- surance : 295,000.00 Superintendent uf Public Works (due to in- creased mileage of the new Barge Canal) Regulative Public Service Commission, First Dis- trict Agricultural oe . Interest. on | ‘Temporary Loans Loan, Health Department alysis and Ept 85,000.00 demi wan, tional Guard 100,000.00 Total These items total within of the total increase in the bi $7,028,316.65 066.71 Of the Personal Service increase = of $1,888,785.58 there is due to in- creased activities or statutory re quirements $1,601,308.17, cent, of the total payrolls. = or 18 per | City Physicians Explain Why eee oo on They Prescribe Nuxated Iron PEKING, China | been introduced in t | rection of a bronze stat er American 8: for the of John Hay, | of State remorate statue is in stand of th the port of the oj and {te action indemnity. To Make Beautiful, Healthy Women and Strong, Vigorous Men NOW BEING USED BY OVER THREE MILLION PEOPLE ANNUALLY en di in refunding the Boxer | Eix-Senator Stillwe! ALBANY, April 3.—Stephen ex-Senator from the Bronx, Quickly transforms the flabby flesh, toneless tissues, and pallid cheeks of weak, anaemic men giow of health and beauty—Often increases the strength of delicate, nervous, and women Into a perfect run-down who was folks 100 per cent. In two weeks’ time. sent to State Prison for attempting to matiever 1 * . 1 extort a bribe, was released yesterday. | It is conse ated that over | fling live ai rhould be i . (fn, acetate, He left Great’ Meadows, where he was | three million ayaa 1 ; ‘vim ed by. Mother. Nee confined, on the first train out this| try alone 4 ge , tter Inthe morning, He tod Varden Homer he wag | astontsbing pasa + alas! not that kind going back vo New York to re-establish h Juice of Lemons! wre | nde tn sree eee ae Be How to Make Skin White and Beautiful pale the flesh abby, The faxs and t become weak ent and inelan: from the b In the mont s gturches: Therefore, vim and vigo At the cost of a small jar of ordi cold cream or red yaa i