Tenth annual convention of the Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments, held at Hartford, Connecticut, July 17-20, 1906.

  • Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments 1906 : Hartford, Connecticut)
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1907
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Credit: Tenth annual convention of the Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments, held at Hartford, Connecticut, July 17-20, 1906. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    proceed to the program. According to the Treasurer’s report of this morning, there are SI 15.00 in the treasury, which were con- tributed by the various States. There will be certain expenses— for instance, these pretty badges which we have, the minutes of the meeting, etc.—and I would suggest that each of us buy four of these badges at 25 cents each, and then we shall have just so much more money in our treasury. [Applause.] Secretary Allen : I move that Treasurer Bruner be appointed a committee of one to receive these funds. Treasurer Bruner: I shall have to beg to be excused from this service, as I leave for Washington to-day. But I would nominate Secretary Allen to take my place as such a committee. Motion seconded and carried. President Noble: I have just received a letter from the Jamestown Exposition Company, inviting this Association to hold its next annual meeting at Norfolk, Virginia. It has been the custom of the Association to hold its meetings where the exposi- tions are held, in order to secure better rates of transportation, and next year the Jamestown Tercentennial will be held at Hampton Roads, Virginia. However, I will leave this matter for con- sideration later on. The first on our program for this afternoon is “The Rights of the Consumer,” by Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, Chairman Pure Food Committee, General Federation of Women’s Clubs. I take great pleasure in introducing Mrs. Miller. REMARKS OF MRS. MILLER. Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen: It is never well to begin a talk with excuses, but I feel it is only due the dignity of this body to say that the notes which I had prepared with some care for this meeting have gone astray with the gown I hoped to wear. Perhaps it is the discipline of natural consequences for attempting to address a men’s meeting that sent me a trunk belonging to some man, while my outward adornment and inward thoughts are on the way to California; so I must accept the situation with the best grace possible. It is a great pleasure to bring to you a greeting from eight hundred thousand women, and to express for them the sense of