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YellowStone park
On the top of the yellowstone park arch is a quote from the organic act of 1872 which says "for the benefit and enjoyment of the people." It was established in 1872. -
Pure food and drug act
This was the first series of significant consumer protection laws. Its purpose was to ban forgein and interstate traffic in mislabled food and drugs. -
Meat inspection act
This act was to prevent a misbraneded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure meat and meat products are slaughted and processed uner sanitary conditions. The law was look upon after the book "the jungle" was published. -
Hepburn act
This gave us federal law interstate commerce commision power to set maximum railroad rates and extened its jurisdiction. -
"The jungle"
The jungle was a book writen by upton sinclair to portay the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the U.S. Most of ther readers were concerned with his exposure of unsanitary meat packing industires.
