The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02
SW|NDLERS SEEK
DIR W|LEY'S SCALP
Great Expert Attacked by
Food AduIterators
WILL NOT GIVE UP HIS WORK

columbia StaIn-l

Columbia State.1
Washington, d. g. Jan. 2S.-If Or.
Harvey ". Wiley. chief Of the bureau
Of chemistry of the Department OF
Agriculture. should resign, it would
be the great possible delight of al
large class of sWindlers. murder
and health wreckerS, who. under
the system of cutthToat commercial
competition prevalent in this time
been tanpering With the food
which we are compelled to eat. The
food aduIterators have been after DR.
Niley'S scalp for years. but u~1Gtunted.
fearless and secure with the poWer
EGtCh Knowledge possesses in such a
he has gone on in his quiet.
steady way and pointed out TO he
American people that they were eat
ing poison and non-nutritive foods
which We're being sold to the,n under
false nanlcs. Naturally che ones who
y been making honey" out Of
glucose, preserving ton2ato+ and to-
mato hulls a.ld cores by the use Of
Il defeteriOuS preseryative like zen
zoate of soda and al the other tribe
Of o tanBerers la fought him,
And, naturally. now that President
R~ooSevelt's special board of university
Phi. D,s, b. SIS and that sort Of thing
who have decided that Wi,ey's find
inss with espec to belzoatc Of soda
are all wrong these fellows are shout
ing. They areshouting SO loud that
they hope to make Wiley resign.
But, don't be alarmed. Wiley is not
going to resign. If he We're a weaker
nan or q less potriotic one, he would
resig.l ana go 20 work as 4 chemist on
his own account. But he isn't that
kind Of man What kind OF man is
he? Well. he is lust this sort OF one:
Two years age it was proposed by the
Secretary of Agriculture tlat Wilcy's
salary should be increased from $1,000
to $4,000. The congressional commit
tee askad Wiley abo it. well" said
he, i agree with the Secretary that
the position of chief Of his bureau
ought to be placed alongside the
others: but really ] am a bachelor and
do not need any more than / now
! get, and If YOU raise the salary I viii
take the increase and give it to some
college,"
Those who adu1terate our food in
order to make themselves rich enough
to wear thousand dollar coats and ten
thousand dollar diamonds and give
hundred thousand dollar feacts can
not comprehend a man like hat.
President Roosevelt appointed this
board of college professors to review
Wileys findings as to the de12terious-
ness of h%enzoate of soda q nj other
personalities. Wiley, who has been
in the bureau Of chemistry for tWcn-
ty-five years, has been devotinG most
Of his time to foods He is the highest
authority in the world on foods. The
French and German governments are
just beginning now to undertake. the
work he has already done in h
Investigation of food constituents and
the effects Of aduleterants on the hu-
man system. For something X eight
years Wiley has been making these
unique Investigations, feeding select
ed young men with Q bought in
the market containing the questionable
substances. He is q member of more
scientific societies which study food
than any other man in the world,
perhaps. But in order to satisfy the
food adulterators President Roosevelt
last year appointed this board Of
chemists to revise Wiley's findings.
They went to work. or say they did.
and, declaring they have tested the eff
fects Of benzoate Of soda for periods
ranging from to four months. now
come and say that Wiley IS all wrong.
During the work Of years and in the
most exhaustive n Wiley has
made his Investigations, yet The col
/ lege chemists appointed by President
Roosevelt after q few months study
declare that Wiley is wrong.
Wiley's experiments with b~cnzoate
Of oda have been continued for a
much longer period than any alleSeo
to have been made by the board OF re-
vision, or whatever else they be called.
And it is safe to say that they nave
been much more thorough IN every
detail. They We're eminent chemists
on the board. some OF them at least,
one being DR.. Ira Renlsen, president OF
Johns Hopkins University. Doubtless
as to general chemistry they are bet
ter authorities: but they are n OF
Wiley's equals or anything Tx ms
EQUALS When it comes to the chemistry
IF foods and the effects of foods on
the human sErstem. He has done the
work. and they have not.
But his i a commercial age. you
know. and we have a gutter Tor Pres
jdent.