The Washington herald., 1907-10-01
TEST CASE PLANNED
Arrest Under Whisky Regu-
latiOn Expected To-day.
FOOD LAW BECOMES EFFECTIVE
DIR. Wiley Determined To Enforce Its
Provisions for Benefit of the Pub
hc-Most Manufacturers Have Com
piled with It's Terms, but "A Few
Obdurate Ones May Invite Force.

mat an arrest Will be made in Wash
ington to-day because Of violation OF
the pure-food law regulations governing
the labelling Of whisky is not improbable,
according to DR.. Harvey W Wiley. chief
OF the Bureau Of Chemistry, who has
worked hours overtime 70 see that an ef-
feetive food and drug act shall protect
an overconhding public.
The arrest Will be made because bot
ties containing blended whisky are not
properly labeled.
For weeks the Department Of Justice
has been in correspondence with War
wick NJ. Hough president Of the recti-
fiers' organization. IN an effort to get a
case arranged by agreement so that IL
would not become necessary to make an
arrest 10 get a test case through the
courts. as such procedure would mean
much greater expense and entail delays
that would not materially assist the De
partments Of Justice and Agriculture in
having the law properly construed and
enforced
Time Limit Ends To-day.
Hough was given until October !. as
we're all other food and drug dealers, 10
arrange for the proper labelling Of their
wares, telling just what entered into their
composition and how and when they were
put together.
so far as could be learned Hough had
not replied yesterday. and as that was
the limit set. an arrest probably viii be
made under the provisions Of the law.
within the limits OF the District Of Co
iumbia. There are two reasons for this.
one is that II will expedite the trying
Of the case and get II through the courts
less extensively, and the other Is that
the whole affair viii be under the I'm
mediate supervision Of the Department OF
Justice.
Or. Wiley. whose inspector Will make
any arrest that is determined upon, said
last night that he had not been notified
by Attorney General Bonaparte. or any
Of his assistants. that a letter agreeing
10 the terms Of a test case had been
received from Hough.
1T looks as II things would begin 10
move. so far as our department is con-
cerned." said DR.. Wiley last night, after
stating that he had not received any
word directly or indirectly, from the
whisky rectifers
Food Law Now Effective.
To-day all regulations governing food
and drugs 60 into effect Practically all
concerns have already branded their
products as required by law. and in the
few instances in which there has been
hesitancy II has been caused by doubt
as 10 the construction Of the law. These
cases Will doubtless all be adjusted by
the department without any friction. ex-
cept that concerning whisky. So far.
the government has permitted the use
Of a rubber stamp in putting the legend
blend on labels but the law demands
that the contents Of the bottle be put
into such type and language shat he
who drinks may read. as per the famous
decision of the Attorney General last
spring, when he decided when whisky
was and was not whisky.
Manufacturers Are TractabIe.
"As a general thing" said DIT. Wiley.
the manufacturers have complied with
the law in a willing spirit They know
it IS 20 their advantage to do so. and
We have had very little antagonism.
But the public must be protected. and
il is the purpose Of this bureau. with
the aid OF the Department OF Justice
and the courts. 10 see that the public Is
protected"