Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-01-05

Washington 1aH --F aaan oa tae
part of congress ta r.ase aa aarFopr.s
ton to cafrs nfo aHrsf 6a. Pure Fosa3
and Drugs Aef. card uf u S. Wiley
chief of the hureas af chemistry ~ tae
Agricultural department .Nl tela1
putting into operation tar machinery
for makinE the ae elective h HiA
be q month or sx eeess Perhaps tHa
months. before ear force CaH hs eFean
lied on d working Basis }a# before
congress adjourned .or lea holidays. ~
approprlatlou af t4saHH1 was made ta
be used for tht enforcement at the
law uu 10 Iuig D. nsNt bsrs asked
the civil service commission f1r sefen
ty-hve additional employee Is aasIat lu
the work. A. soou as they ars earti
fed and appointed ue NllI eef ta work
vigorously.
The employees requested w.i BE-
chemists and inspectors They vii be-
used not only TIA Washington bat in
various parts Of the country The iisi
of eligibles will nos be ready perhaps
before the middle of January ar the
first of February Under the provisions
of the civil service Law, a temporary
force of employees might have been ap.
pointed by the secretary Of agriculture.
but it was deemed inexpedlent to put
temporary employees In places Of the
kind as they scarcely would be able
to learn their duties before the civil
service commission presented a list
for permanent appointment
1t is expected that one or more OF
the inspectors will be stationed in each
state They will be charged with the
duty of discovering violations of the
law and bringing them to the atten-
ton of the secretary of agriculture.
The chemists will be employed In va.
rious government laboratories to ex.
anime such food products as may be
submitted to them.
ut is my desire" said DR.. Wiley,
ito work, so far as may be possible. In
conjunction with the authorities of the
various states. many of which now
have pure food departments. In some
instances, perhaps, we may be able to
employ the state chemists in our work
for the work of both the state and ma
tional authorities is toward a com
mon result When these chemists dis
cover impurity in, or authorizations OF
food products they will turn their an
alysis over to us and the national gov
eminent will institute prosecutions un
der the act of congress.
while the pure food low is not in
actual force yet, it has been in force
in an important way for several
months. Manufacturers all over the
country have been adjusting their bus
mess to it and | am glad to be able
to say that a great majority of them
have shown disposition to meet the
requirements of the law with as little
objection as could have been expected
Most of the manufacturers affected by
the law are lOlCSbs MANY "a hANlOS M
food that were bad were put upon the
market under the stress of competi
ton. The manufacturers of these al
ready have changed their methods to
accord with the law, because they
know the law will be a protection to
them as we'll as the consumer. Some
men, perhaps, will try to evade the
law. Those are the fellows we are af-
ter, and we will be able, under this
law, to get them. 1t affords absolute
protection to the honest manufactures
and the innocent consumer, and
through the Agricultural department
as soon as we get our force into work
ing shape. both of these classes will be
given justice.