The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-02
POISON SQUAD MAN ATTACKED
CHEMISTS ENTERT iTS AND TAIN
B4CK TO nm. WHEY.

a the c"Cinlstry bureau Of the DEPARTMENT
Of Agriculture. who had been conducting
the eN iments with the poison squad
to determine tie effect cf ceTtain adultera-
lions in food product', was accused Of start
ms a school q yellow chemistry al
meeting Of the Chemists Club last evening
at which DIT. Wiley was present and spoke.
Few If any CT the chemists seemed 10 agree
with his views in regard TO the adulteration
of food products. and at one stage the pre-
III ing officer had 90 remind a speaker q
the courtesy cue the guest Of the evening.
Dr. Wiley had cons on from Washington
on purpose TO explain some Of his views
TO his brother chemists. They seemed 10
have familiarized themselves with them
Ia ad 5ance and we're prined for bear, Dr.,
Wiley said that he he'd taken the viewpoint
Of the consumer in the agitation tor pur
food
The idol OF 70 ID adulteration every
where Is that It is something injurious TO
health, he said, but this Is not always so.
The injury TO health Is often the least I'M
portant. A great many authorizations are
not injurious. When, however, chemicals
are introduced in quantities which render
them impossible Of detection the consumer
il deceived, and say that 1t Is a moral
crime.
IF you make proposition that the use Of
these he stated on the labels there is a howl
Of opposition. Already one concern has
seen that It is better to come out in the open,
an ID to you who are intere sted in patent
medicines | say that the sooner you take
this ground the better it will be for you
financially.
sHanyAmcrican citizen wants food prof.
uct containing any preventative he ought
10 be allowed to have II, but say that those
who don't want such a product ought not
to be dec ived and compelled to tako IT,
-Our experiments show that what was
regarded as the least harmful, namely
borax, is distinctly injurious to health
every day for fifty days will njure
a young and healthy man. Other adulter-
ants like sulphurous acid, produced worse
effects. They should lie excluded from
food products.
There is no necessity in this country TO
preserve food for more than one season.
To use thsse things to preserve foods for
five years is a moral crime when the public
isn't informed that they are used. There
is no need Of cold storage for more than
one season. Il improves certain things
for a certain time. After that cold storage
makes them deteriorate rapidly. False
labelling is the greatest evil Of all.
DR.. Wiley got little applause when he
sat down. after reading some letters at
lacking him. Then Prof W. }. Gie'. in
structor in physiological chemistry at
Columbia, got up and said that the tests
81 the @yoison SOUND Afforded nothing
from which fair deduction could lie dawn.
The ethical side was one thing, he said,
and the practical side anothe,.
Thea Dr.. Edward Gudeman, a chemist
and food expert Of Chicago, started in.
L don't believe DR. Wiley believes every
thing he has said was the way he began.
a1rL 4. =. - L. =
sistent. Some Of the circulars being issued
nowadays from the Department OF Agri-
culture KEN to have a commercial aspect.
IF we put down something as a standard
we can, turn around and say that some
thing not up to that standard shall he ac-
cepted Dr. Wiley issues an order that
distilled wines containing rs Of per cent
Of fusel oil are impure, and then has the
Pure Food Congress pass resolution that
all goods bottled 10 bond shall be regarded
as pure. We all believe In a pure food law,
but the tendency in DR. Wiley is toward
yellow journalism. We are creating a class
Of yellow chemistry
Articles are appearing which seem e
Use his name OF the name OF his assistant
DR.. Bigelow, and all Of them are highly
sensational We shall soon intr duce into
our schools a class OF sensational chemistry
II this keeps up.S DR.. Wiley il doing the
best he Gao to Brighten the public.
DR.. Gudeman was going on amid con
siderable excitement when the presiding
officer raped his Ravel and made him
stop. He said that DR.. Gudeman was
getting away from the subject
Il think such personalities as yellow
chemistry do not belong hero he. said,
looking at DR., Wiley, who hadmoved over /
10 far corner Of the room.
i think DR.. Wiley can defend himself
said DR.. Gudeman. If he wants me to
stop I'll stop"
! hope the gentleman will proceed
said DR.. Wiley I've been roasted be- |
fore. I'm perfectly willing to he here. |
Anyway he went on, this Is April Fools !
DAY.
DR.. Gudeman, referring 20 the whiskey |
regulations, said that the fact that whiskey |
had the Government stamp OF having |
been bottled in bond didn't make 1t pure, |
a. overy chemist knew.
There i o such thing as pure whisley |
and why say 80. a chemist IN an Official |
position must he consistent. He has no |
business to allow something In one case
end not IN another.
II we want 70 have no deception in foods |
we've got 20 start in with the people who !
mako the laws. Why il IL that the State OF /
Pennsylvania passes a Jaw prohibiting the |
Use as personalities OF all except those /
that DR.. Wiley favors? Thero is a niger /
in the woodpiie' somewhere. II we eI- /
amino some Of the ffty-seven varieties |
we may find him. When we only take .
one eide and try 70 fTighten the public, |
u isn't right The fact that not single |
1000 CQelllst can point 10 any udINl belllk l
done from the use Of either preservatives |
or co,ors certainly should be taken into |
consideration"
Dr. Wiley didn't reply 20 DR.. Gudeman, /
After the after had finished, Prof William |
Hof assai,ed DIR. Wiley for the pure food |
bin drawn up at the atter's instigaton, |
which. he said would outlaw 90 per cent. |
OF the whiskey made in this country.
'Dr Wiley suid Prof Hoh says Do /,
you want pure rood lave? II you do, then /
you must Accept my hill. DO you want q |
label law? n you DO, then take my label |
law We want both, lut we don't want |
Inconsistencies and errors capitalized into !
su'h inSa.
-1hs tests which he has made certainly |
should not furnish the basis for such law
Until further Investigations have been made.
! VENTURE 20 sav. and then, isn't n scintilla
of doubt about It, that you could take any
tn mon, rive thrm something once day
for ~ days. and tell them that they were
eating poison and 81 the end OF that time
they would all have lost fesh, Christian
5 ience would he the only anudote l know
Of
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