The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-25
Work Now Being Accomplished
in Department of AgFicul-
lures New Laboratory.
A CHAT WITH DOCTOR WILEY.
Character of Products Imported
Has Shown a Decided Improve
mcnt Since Recent Law
Went Into Effect.
REPUBLIC sPD-rAr.

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New Ho=k. sept. 2L-That focdsturs I'M
ported in;o New York may be ken: 20 the
hlsh standard OF purity which the public
I health demands. tie Department % AEri-
cultural. through the Bureau of Chemistry.
has Just established \ branch laboratory in
! this city Within . week apparatus has
/ been installed In a section OF the Ap-
I praisers' stores. at'Christopher and Wash
I insion streets. and the testing OF foods has
already begun
Tie new branch laboratory will 10 great
/ y appreciated ~ Importers and shippers
, In the past ssrnp!es OF doubtful fools.
Z wines and oils had 10 De sent to Wash
!ns'on TO lie tested at the Bureau os Chem
/ !atE- oxen there Wa a considerable de-
/ lay. which ueceSsitatcd holding the vessel
- her pier or giving bond f0r the purity
oL tle cargo N!sA the laboratory IN tine
same building with the appraisers. Iu i'm
mediate OerlSi"u can t- had. Before the
APPRAISERS nave finished rkgir work the
tests san he made and unless serious
aClitsi-tlurS o- fraI4s are discovered
. cc1 t.iic1te u purity given. In case all -
not Ti-El the report. with samples. are
sent 10 Washington .c- final decision
II - expected that tie cstablisain: OF
tEa New. York branch laboratory Will
max. The execution Of the law more com
iiete- as BY far the iIrEcst quantity II
.eo.sJuns impo:te-! enters here \ sim
lar branch has bcsn established in san
Francisco for the examination OF sam
Pies taken on the Pacific Coast.
No AID To HEALTH BOARD.
II i not expected that the branch Ia
boratOry wiIl be OF much direct service to
the DEPARTMENT Of Health Il will make
No experiments with foodsturs taken fro-;
the open markets. as the time of the
chemists VIII be wholly taken W with the
examination II imports In case Gf
emergency. tests would be made as mat
ter OF courtesy.
III. new laboratories will be in charge
of Z l.. D0O4rtic. former State Anal.-st
u Michigan Two Of his assistants who
have gIr.Ijy been chosen are \ y. O;-
llcrt Station - New Haven. AMI Edmund
g.ark of tie New York Department OF
The whole Staff. iuc!udinr l.. VI. Toll
nan. Who came on from Washington 10
set the local J. hn-1tdry running smoothly.
wlF hard "a work With no end Of tests in
sight tle other morning. One man was
st-wlrC -lEs--E- 10 search OF ffrEerCtS
rr.z.-rgitlvsE- Another vas testing olive
oil ior atuite-lt.ors AMI = jhird y.9s get
tir-- 90 the bottom - can Of Suspicious
D5.;.r V. ii. Wiley. chief of the B,,-
rs1u OF Chemistry. WAS in the city last
week experimenting tine Installation a..
work He has become a national charac-
ter wi-uiu tHo past year through his cN-
perImeuis with Washington department
clerks to whom De f-t doctored food.
4ift ulthtl.tllff filA thHEatA N.sA- come 70
him. and promises 20 stick Few scientific
experiments have attracted more atten- |
ton from the general public than the
chemical hoa-tiilc-house. o- the poison |
sCl1t- as the young men called them |
ssivc-
BOARDEES NOT WANTED.
Don't. by 5uy mis- .hauce. give ou- the |
impression that I'm going to star; an /
irirt.rc-food botr,ii1--h1uSa her, in New /
York said Doctor Wiicy tho other morn
saE- = haven't a doubt that We could 4
hl the Appraiser Stores with sta-
LoardcrS 81 people looking for frc..
meals. oven with a. little norsiN or some /
thing -! that sort thrown in. NAV as VOL (
k'ep away from the rev laboratory Ex-
! r7rinents similar to the bprax expr-i-
.ncnis may Ia carried on IN the future
tut Washington will bc the scene
For this experiment young men working