The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-11-16

. From Wednesdays Daily
After an absence of three or fo,l
years DR., Harvey w Wiley. cheif .
the bureau of Chemistry, under IN,
direction of Secretary Of Agricultu,,
terday morning following the arrl
val of the Louisville and Nashvill.
train in New Orleans
While practically all Of the visit,
of this distinguished food expert I,
this state have been in connection,
with the work done by this bureau
the present visit is vested with cen
siderable more Importance than any
previous one. since II has as its ob
jcrt series Of experiments. the sue
cess or failure which will have a di-
rect bearing upon the financial
| In other words DR. Wiley will Off
cially pass upon the mooted question
of the advisability on the score cf
public health Of continuing the use
Of sulphur as u clarifying agent in
| the manufacture Of mOlasses, one cf
the states chef industries and one
that represents an annual output
having a value of hundreds Of thOus.
| ands Of dollars. Molasses in cont
pany with many other allied indus
tries has been touched upon in rami-
flying investigators into pure foods
and foOdstuffs made first by DE-.
Wiley and more lately crystalized in
to what Is known as the pure food
hill. Il piece Of national legislation
aimed at throwing every possible
safeguard around the sale and manu-
facture Of fOOdstuffs Of every descrip-
tiOn. Such are the omnibus prOvis-
ions of this bill that IT would be dir
ficult to point to even a secOndar,
industry that it has not been affected
In some way or in which changes
have not been caused The prOvis-
ions OF the bill in It's present form
are less favorable to the manufac-
ture Of Louisiana mOlasses than
wished for by the sugar and mOlas-
ses industry Of the State and the
threatened elimination Of sulphur
as clarifying agent In the manu-
facture Of mOlasses means changes
In the presnt methods Of manufac
ture likely to result in heavy finam-
State and the desire to have a man
Of Dr. Wiley's professional calibre
and liberal mind pass upon the que :
tiOn Of whether in the use of sulphu:
in the proportions now used in the
Qualification OF mOlasses. there Is any
lurking danger to the human sys-
tenn, In the resultant product.
All Refners Interested.
Every sugar refiner in the state
is interested in what DR.. Wiley con
illusions may be In the matter, as u
will mean one way nothing more or
less than loss Of SO many dollars
and cents, II he Is forced to revOlu-
tiOnize the process which has been
in vogue for SO long and which has
been apparently carried on without
any tangible evil result on the con-
sumer.
Exacting experiments conducted
under the auspices Of local sugar ex-
perts have shown on the contrary
that moIasses containing an even
greater percentage Of sulphur than
that Of ordinary manufactures, il
not only deleteriOus to health. but
is positively fattening and a issues
ana DJOOu DUIlUcT. ~ icudluc w ~
seen whether the same results will
b obtained in the series Of tsts TO
h mad Of mOlasses at Evergreen
plantation by DR. Wiley in the next
few days
These tests. according TO DR..
Wiley's statement. will not, In his
opinion. consume more than three
days. The result while conclusive
either one way or tn other. will not
be made known here but will frat
be laid before his cheif. Secretary IT
Wilson. with whom Will
rest the authority to make announce
ment Of what they were and wbeth-
or favorable or unfavOrable to the
present methods of making m0lassfs
Naturally the attitude o fthe depart
ment will depend upon the mature %
the results obtained.
Congressman BrOussard left the
city yesterday morning on four
o'clock train for New Orleans, where