The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-25
SECRETARY WILSON ACCUSED
OF BLOCKING PROPOSED
RE ElNvESTlGATiON.
FIERY LITTLE DEBATE
Between Head OF Department of Az
ricuIture and President Emery
Association State Food
Commissions.

Denver Aug. 2i-That the adu'ter-
alton of food will soon cease alto
sether in this country and that the
Bemsen referee board, appointed at
the insta Of President Roosevelt
to investigate til use of benzoate Ct
soda as a preservati9e. would be sus-
tanned by his department, were the
assertions Of Sccrctay of Agricul
turc Wilson at the opening of the
convention Of the Association of
state and National Food and Dairy
Departments today.
Wilson's remarks were followed
later by an attack by ] @. Emery of
Madison, Wis president Of the asso-
citation
Porting his finger at the secretary
.aery disputed the report Of the
atcrco BOARD that ncnzoatc bad been
found to be not harmful and then
7ccuscd the secretary of having urged
Roosevelt to block the re-intestiga
ton Of the subject
Want the Biggest Men.
Let me say" declared Wiisar,
humping to his feet 'that If we had
money enough down there IN Wash
ington TO employ Or. Ira Remscn
and the other -four chemists on his
board, VIC would try 10 got them into
the department of agriculture. have
told the president that we want tire
biggest men IN the country in the de-
partment, cr the department Will
cease to grow, and when It ceases to
grow | do not wagt anything more 10
do with g.
= am glad 70 see that you have
invited Dr Rcmch and other mem
Tors Of the board to appear before
you. | trust you viii give them fair
bearing
why shouldn't we give them
fair hearlng?' shouted Emery. This
insinuation comes with poor grace
from tho secretary. when we recall
that it was he who blocked our re-
quest to have berzoate soda rein
vostieated"
Il do not quite know what YOU
mean," said Wilson
Refused Request
Well, Mr. Secretary have your
letter in my pocket" rctorted In II
YOU recommend that our request he
not granted"
'Nill you allow me one word2" in
tcrposcd the secretary. "lf you will
rccollect you gertlement, Just prior
to that time at your convention at
Mackinac. condemned all of us down
IN Washington. and | did rot think
you were the right material to make
a supreme court out Of"
Secretary Wilson. VINO described
himself as an Interested spectator"
and not delegate. was invited to
speak by A. II Jones, food commits
siorer OF Illinois
Illinois Has Faith.
We. in illinois, believe there Is no
more faithful and useful servant of
the people than Wilson" declared
Jones. His efforts 30 drive poisoned
food out OF the country have bee2 a
he plto every state commissioner in
the union %"
I'm his address wilson saidt From
President Emery's report you might
infer that we have done nothing down
| Ia Washington
we are endeavoriug to operate
law With as little friction as possible,
showing lenisrcy where punest aIs-
takes are made We have instituted
many criminal prosecutions and
seized a great quantity OF impure
food suns We have investigated
the milk supply in Chicago, Kansas
/ CITY st. Louis ard Cincinnati. have
denied the entry MO this country
of imported foods found to BE- impure.
and all the time are dcyising means
Of making the law more perfect.
we hope 20 have our department
cooperate with the varors state de-
partments. ard am convinced that