New-York tribune., 1908-11-08

'T had now determined to be physician, ano
decided enter Harvard specialize IN science, sno
complete my education. took the freshman exam
nation and passed It easy. The sophomore
examination followed Then 1 became Junior
At the end OF seventeen days had qualified as a
senior. When graduated from Harvard year later
I $500 in debt had previously obtained
degree in medicine having attended lectures II
Indianapolis while teaching at Butler College, but
] destined never to practise. went TO PURDUE
University so as to earn money for my Harvard
debts From Purdue 1 came TO washington
THE CHEMISTRY OF FOODS.
How dd you get interested in the chemistry OF
foods?' I inquired
CT studied the subject at the University OF Ber-
In for g year. because II was In line Win my
work at Purdue where agriculture is Ine oonii
nent principle. Some Of my early experiments
were with sorghum molasses. the mort oeLls " .
find a new and profitable crop for the FARMERS u
the North 1 also went to Peoria, ILL., ana IN
vestigated the manufacture OF glucose Id wash
ington my work has always perta1neo 10 aeir
cultural chemistry in its broadest sense Nhi'e
have tried to help the people get pure fooo nave
.5,-a, a great mart of my time to other related
matters. Ao
..I think can say in sll modesty. thst nave
done as much for the beet sugar industry as any
man In the country. The first SEED was Ol0uei'
from Europe improved It very nia'eIlA''' So..ar
ing II upward to 8 larger production and peter
oneIi+v A map showing the regions wheFe 'iie
climate IS suitable for the growing OF sugar ooe'1
made by me a good many years ago. Is io'1'"e
to-day by farmers and manufacturers
..-rba rIsnters OF Louisiana were throwing away
O ,srva percentaSe OF their sugar because tle Ai0
chimes thew used lacked IN pressure sho"eo
them the waste by cutting cane INTO snAi .e.
and soaking it in water. employing 'He -.
process as it IS called Ny experiments ueHo-
strated that 100 pounds OF sugar to the ton o --
were lost by the then prevailing Hetnoos OF isN
fact11re Since then larger mills have oeen oul- sN D
that the production OF sugar per ton VI 80
sixty mounds larger than formerly. I III 'Ie1 ~ "
the refuse Of the cane IS now useo ioi -. - ~.
the boilers OF the engines which run the mills
.a ~ nv activities you will has been pfet-
ty wide
We're there any causes. aside from dishoneaV
which led TO the era Of sduiterauon IN Inns o0N1
try?' ,,.~
..T ,,-o,- oe ,one II WAS a plain Of rrscauty
ell *he way through The man who taxes tne
cream OF the milk be sells is THIEF. Inc nnA Ho
puts water in his milk is thief the man - """ "
mixes wheat -four with buckwheat -four is a tnle,'
.,Ts food in Europe as impure as the fooo OF lns
United States?" T.,
s.No: there is closer and better system OF III
spection in Europe than in this country foou 700
IS fresher than is here, because II Is not sApp
for long distances. The cities mostly hVe on 'llo
products Of the country near at HAND Anleiice.-s
bau1 a GOOD mart Of what they eat half way across
the continent
What remains to be done to give the puoho ae-
solutelv pure food?'
I'VE have ell the laws, national and state, 1hat
ara necessary but the interest OF the people must
be kept at the point where they viii oeInano eA
actly what they pay for and Will oecilho " ~ 'ANe
anything less. We have watcn1ul' honeS' az
intelligent daily press to help in the Work Oh
creating and stimulating public sentiment inc
,,7,re food league IS printing leaflets Tor clrcu-
lation IN the public schools, and Is ecconphsn-
ing a great deal in that way A man wrote 10 ms
this week that his little daughter, pointing 10 -
Nofla cal
shouldn't eat that because DR.. Wiley says II Is
,,o,son Then she showed her father line OF srlaI
type on the bottom Of the label which stated ta. I
the catsup contained one-tenth OF per cent oi
benzoate of soda The father had overlooked the
line entirely but his daughter had heard OF II at
.cboo, am glad to say that half dozen of the
largest food men In the country recently INFORMED
me that they had abandoned altogether the use Ok
coloring matter and preservatives- enlaIler manu-
ract,,rers, of course, will follow their example
why don't you start a pickle pfeSeiFe d jam
factory and make fortune?
/ 'I have thought of it, but 1t also occurs 10 me
that the name OF the proprietor would De iatnei
medical, don't you know, and would souhu Oel'ei
on q cough cure or q remedy for cholera thah on
can of meas Dr. Wiley's crabappie jelly, or Dr
WiIey's mock turtle soup would really be sugges-
tive of calaphor, cascara and sucn Ihliiss' lio"
eyer one fellow put my name ON MS potues u
olive oil as indorser OF the same anu lieH
Dragged about It in the magazines. got the POST
Office DEPARTMENT to Issue fraud order against
him Forthwith he changed the phraseology OF ms
labels His impudence. l thought, broke all pre-
vious records.
lately, ., said. ''you were put on commission
with other conspicuous scholars TO promote class-
cal study In colleges What does the commission
hope to accomplish
'sThe members have not organized. and our plans
have not been formed yet, but we shall try 70
stimulate classical study IN our colleges and 10
arouse an interest IN classical literature among the
people AS a commercial and industrial nation we
have run to scientific technism- We are teaching
business in all schools and neglecung IN 800
great a measure the essentials OF refinement ana
culture Simply as utilitarians, If you please, we
should teach Latin in our schools because the
vocabularies of all sciences have been drawn
from that language. But would spend little time
at first on Latin grammar. Much time is wasted IN
that way. The best method OF teaching any Ian
guage is to faniIiarize the pupils with the names
Of things-chairs, tables books and SO on-and then
let them add verbE and construct sentences
Il am curious TO know said what you eat
Anything can get my teeth into. provided it
Is pure and clean,'' DR.. Wiley answered. Il em
boss cook and steward of the Cosmos Club. We
eat plain things bread that is bread. meat that is
free OF taint, butter that is neither coored nor
salted and milk that is analyzed every morning.
Our water comes from the top Of the Cumberland
Mountains I little globue Of Potomac
water and. putting it 10 the test, found twenty
dangerous microbes. We had been drinking bottled
spring water. 1 took little globule OF it and
found four thousand dangerous microbes. Then
we fed 70 the mountains for supply Of own"
You are unmarrfed?' I ventured 10 remark,
thinking that tho recon perhaps might jar me
come
Yes and that's the worst charge any one can
bring against me-" DR.. Wiley replied, with the sort
Of q laugh which indicated that his supposedly
wretched statue 2 minus wife was en-
dura bic at lest to himself
Copyright 1908. by James H. Morrow)
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