The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-07
By R. H. Watkins


 out or your way to make statements ," continues MT. Stauber, "uncalled for ny your official position, and unwar- ranteo by the facts, which were calcu- lated to injure the business of the rectifier and the blender. and to pro- mote the business in bottled in- bond "hiskies, we have no desire to do you an injustice" He therefore asks Dr. Wiley if 1t is not true that he was a member of the subcommittee on reso- lutions at the Pure Food Congress to which the resolution was presented; if the bottled-in- bond interests did not present another resolution which pr. .. Wiley and the others reported unanl- mously to the general committee. Mir. Stauber also asks if pr. Wiley did not state to members of the General Resolutions Committee that Mir. Hough's resolution ought not to be adopted, and did you not favor before that committee the resolution which was finally reported from the commit tee and subsequently, adopted by the Congress?"
 How then could you have the hardi- hood to brand the statement in our circular as an outrageous falsehood.' |" Inquired MT. Stauber, and to assert in your circular that you were not pres ent when this resolution was discussed and took no part in 1t. either directly, indirectly or by suggestion" MT Stauber further rubbed it in on the dis tinguished savant by stating: "In view of all the foregoing, which, in- dependent of the personal testimony of persons present who know of the part you took in the matter of retec- tion and adoption of the resolutions, the statement in your circular that you took no part in the matter Is irrefutab- ly branded by the very terms which you yourself have used" Not content with thus hurling back on Dr. Wiley the charge of an Outrageous false hood" MT. Stauber sarcastically adds: What could have been your purpose in making such manifest mis-state- ments, is, of course. beyond my power to solve, but they appear to us to be in perfect harmony with all the things which you have hitherto done through the press to unnecessarily injure a legitimate business"
 Replying to this letter pr. Wiley ad- mitted that he was a member of the committe referred to, but was in a hurry to leave St. Louis. T stated to the committee my personal views in regard to the resolutions pending" he says, underlining personal" He con tinues that he opposed the adoption of the "very drastic resolution" the one originally proposed by the bottled in- bond people, and that T thought it was far better to reaffirm the origin al St. Paul resolution than to adopt the very radical one which 1t was pro- posed to put in its place" which was 2lso a bottled -in- bond resolution. q considered I was doing MT. Hough and his interests a favor" continues the good doctor. who had previously said he had taken mo part whatever in it, either directly, indirectly, or by sug- gestion"
 Replying to this MT. Stauber points out that the part played by Dr. Wiley has not only been confirmed by the statements of members with whom you served and other persons present who knew of the part you took: but Is also corroborated by the statements in your last letter to us of the 21st instant" He then states that the action of the subcommittee was in accordance with suggestions made 1t by you" and reminds pr. Wiley of his admission that he had told MT. Hough of his &C., tion and that the latter had seemed pleased" MT. Stauber also wants to know, in view of these facts, how you can continue to contend, as you did In your flamboyant denial of February 7th, that you took no part whatever in 1t either directly, indirectly or by suggestion. and that you were not present at the meeting when this sub ject was discussed?"
 Not content with these caustic com ments. the Secretary of the Association concluded with the following bitter comment upon the attitude of the present chief of the Bureau of Chemis- try: Your actions at the Pure Food Convention, both in 1903 and 1904, and your actions since the last convention, would indicate that you had allied yourself with an unworthy cause whose advocates have been usinR the resources of your office to deceive the public" At this point pr. Wiley rest ed the correspondence.