The Washington times., 1904-11-20

cheating In spite Of the rumOrs TO the
contrary, there has been little direct op-
position on the part or the manutac-
turers TO the enactment Of the pure food
laws. In the first place, 10 oppose laws
that are on the surface only fair and
just 10 the public would be a decided
black eye for the man who was trying
10 put food stuns on the market Tor
consumption by that sGme public. Nor
will these pure food laws materially af-
feet the commerce of the country eX-
| cept in direction which should com
mend itself 10 all
THE work on the pure foods has been
along TWO separate lnes-chemical eX-
] perimentation and the determination OF
what were and what We're not pure foods,
and the framing and carrying through
of the laws which should govern the
sale OF the foods A great deal OF the
/ hard work has been necessary 10 Or
ganize the work Of investigation along
/ scientific lines, and TO perfect the eXecu-
/ tive organization. But this Is usually
the case with the establishment of any
new line OF work. There have been
discouragements at times, but the work
has progressed. and i hope 20 turn il
over TO my successor on a firm basis. 20
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used 10 spend a great deal OF his time
in the laboratory, giving the eXamina-
ton OF the foods his personal attention.
But today he does comparatively little
OF the actual laboratory work, though
: he has entire supervision OF the work,
= and makes frequent visits 10 the work
/ rooms. and test tube IN hand. helps the
? chemists with their experiments The
2 corps working on the pure food expert
ments now numbers more than twenty
dve and there are five separate IabOra-
t tories IN the Bureau Of Chemistry which
! are used solely for these Investigations.
, In addition 10 these rooms are the
, kitchen and dining room. which are
used for the members OF the training
table, of which Dr. Wiley is the host
Test Table Again in Operation.
! 1--WE have just begun the table again. '
! said DR.. Wiley. "The men are eatine
a / specially prepared foods, with "A view
70 learn the effect Of food adulterants
y similar 70 borax.
+, mo. we are not feeding them upor
cold storage food exclusively. / expec
20 make experiments with cold storage
e food. but there will be no special tabl,
[ started for them. The frozen food
. will be tried on special subjects a
5 different times. BY the way. / am no
. | making war on cold storage, for / con
- slider IL a great boon 10 mankind tina
70 has been wonderfully perfected IN IN
q past few years. The experiments ar
70 only 10 see how far cold storage cal
3 be used safely. ! have some food Il
e view now which has been in cold stOr
l age for two years. This Will be trie
- at the earliest opportunity. II appear
I 20 be IN good condition.
o "The work with special tables 70
3 food experiments is only IN its secon
year. IL has proved a valuable addi
D ton 20 the experimentation with foods
! Last year when the table first starte
1 / used 10 do all the marketing mysel
= even saw 20 the weighing OF all IN
food that was used on the table Blu
now / have given this work 10 m
? / assistants. The executive work OF IN
bureau occupies nearly all OF twelv
= / or fourteen hours OF my day. And o
= / this at least half OF Il Is taken up f
! interviews. Sometimes I spend Who'll
T. days listening 10 arguments OF amatue
chemists. answering questions OF al
kinds and being interviewed by news
paper men.
a very large percentage OF the Zoo
f, frauds which have been praocuced upO
+, the unsuspecting public are those q
false origin. / mean a manufacture
: State or country as from some othe
Z State or country. A case Of this kin
a came into the office today --j1men