Munn Vs. Illinois Analysis

Munn vs Illinois:
The National Grange concern the Illinois legislation. Therefore, they put into law maximum rates that private companies can charge for storage of grain.
Munn had infringed on the charge for storage of grain. He argued that the legislation of Illinois had taken property without the process of law. His company, legally sold grain due to not having a licenses and the prices were way above what was permitted in the states.
The Supreme Court stepped in in 1867 declaring the National Granger as constitutional. Attorneys claimed that Munn and Scott were disposed of their private rights. The Court had discarded a claim from the 14th Amendment. They did this because technically, the state wasn’t interfering with land. The state
Before the 17th Amendment Senates would be granted senators through the “millianaires’ club” better known the state legislature.
Legislators would have an open spot for years trying to figure out who to select for senator.
As the struggle to clean up different aspects of society (health, moral standard, education, etc.) people wanted to fight against the corruption of government. One of the major parts of their fighting was for the people to elect the Senators of states. It ended political machines. But was was strange is that these big political machines favored the 17th Amendment because it ruled out some power within the state legislation.
The 17th Amendment was important for ppl at the time because it gave them some power. They felt as if they were apart of the state and choice against the legislations corrupt opinions.

Conservation of Natural Resources in the 20th Century:
There were three major concerns when it came to conserving important aspects of nature: utilitarian conservation, preservationist conservation, and wildlife habitat conservation.
Gifford Pinchot supported forest conservation. Not to mention, he also teamed up with Theodore Rosevelt to try and stop the exploitation of the nations soil and
The people who regulated this act was the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture.
Domestic products must be authorized by a federal authority. This authoritative figure must examine protection of human and animal drugs, foods, preservatives, medical devices, and vaccines.
Three political forces came together and made plans to have food and drugs examined. The first force of this was the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. This activist group put pressure on legislators to give the people what they wanted. Journalism also had a play in the advancement towards this act. For instance, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair exposed what meat packaging factors in Chicago did to their meats. The third influence behind this act wa Harvey Washington Wiley. He led the angelic of Bureau of Chemistry in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Meat inspection act was passed on the same day as the Pure Food and Drug Act. Each were different though. The Bureau of Chemistry was led by Wiley while the Bureau of Animal Industry was led by Daniel