Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-30
PURE FOOD LAW NULLiFIEO.

! methods Wnltn 'otaih'd III
ulauts, and the deception practice"
! in labelling by TIL great packing
houses e tn" country. Il SoCall'd l'''
fnod bill was passed by Congress
! and became law. rms ofrhIr'"
about three. wears ago. and the prorl"
4, that time believed that IA last
the government had determined 10 Sc"
i, to il that no citizen purchased from
ni,, butcher or grocer any arilrl" 10
re- served upon his tabl" which con
, tanned adui;erants.
The intent OF the pur" food law
as il was framed aud passed appeared
Ito be perfectly honest. The enact
mrnt OF this statute was the rcSu!
of the tremendous pc. .ular indignation
which followed III" publication of
l'pti0n SinclairS iwo-thirdS historical
and ne; hird romantic volume emitted
"Thr jungle. 1t was und"rNooh
that Mr.. Sinclair cot his facts al Gfs:
hand while worKing as a labor"r I'M
one Of The big Chicago meat packin2
plants for that very purpose.
So impressed was President Roos"-
Welt by the awful coalitions SGT fcrthi
in The Jungle" he Immediately
ordered an official investigator hEi
Two governmental agents. TIL" re-
port returned ny these Two experts
alter a thorough examination of the
packing plants which distributed
meat supplies all over the country.
contained details as to the conduct OF
this business that were so rev king
as to render Part Of The dOcNmS nj
unprintable.
Shortly thereafter followed. over
the opposition of many powerful
guardians of the interests" in Cen
gress. the adoption CT the pure food
bill
For year or so this measure seems
to have been fairly well enforced.
But the beef trust magnates learned
that cattle and hog mesh was difficult
to preserve over long periods. either
In or cut side OF tin cans without being
treated with chemicals. Benzoate
Ct soda was the remedy. Dir Wiley.
chief chemist Of the department of
agriculture at Washington after rX.
haustive experiments. declared den
zoate of soda injurious 10 the human
system and ruled against its employ
ment as food rreSeTvativc.
The manufacturers and packers sue.
cessfully appealed to Secretary Of AZ
riculturc Wils0n-who for years was
the persistent protector ond defender
of Chief StatiStician Hydr. the latter
now an exile On account OF charges
pending against him for selling in ad
! vance to spectators statistics secret
ly collected by tn" Agricultural de-
rartment and supposed 10 be given
out to tho whole country at certain
hour upon a certain date
! Illuminating and overriding his emf
, nCnt subordinate whose services to
the government and 10 the people
have consisted not only in the app!i-
! cation OF theories which he had &C.
CUmula;rd h study. huj 81 wisd m
acquired from actual experiments up
on the anatOmieS of various groups
q human beings Secretary Wilson
called in select aggregation e col
lege professors chosen Nv himself ap
parcCt!y with the dcsir" - reverse
tn" & vcrnmen,'s Chi'' chemist. n
high Official in his own dc. :r:El"nt.
The result was that tn" men at
theory did precisely what n" rackrrs
desired that rH"l should do :
ben zoatc 81 soda hereafter ma, ~. 4
component part of tn" carly al n
i, cf these who eat meat whether n
furious. according Ia Chief Chem =
Wiley ct harmless. according TO 500
| rotary wilson's eDFri,i y. ava ~ col
Iege professors
{ 4 New YORK Herald CoTrc.r udrn'
I. is authority for the sa'"mrnJ 'ha'
the relaxation in IN" cHrorcrmrn' q
, III" pure focd laN app!i"s 10 tea al
8 well a. 20 mea, and o;hcr thing ".