The Washington herald., 1910-11-29
WILEY CHAMPIONS
CAUSE or LABOR
Sees Reign of Terror" if Re-
form Is Not Made.
DOCTRINE STARTLES GUESTS
Speaking Before Johns Hopkins
Alumni, DIR. Wiley Says Relief Can
Only Be Found in the Castro
nOmic Education of WOrkinGman.
Wants College Men TO Teach.

Casting aside his doctrine OF pure food
Tor a few moments. Dr. Harvey y.
Wiley unfurled the labor standard before
| the Johns Hopkins University Alumni
Association last night at the University
Club. and startled the small company OF
college graduates with a new doctrine.
He did not mince his words, nor did he
spare any feelings in setting forth the
conditions OF the laboring class. Or.
Wiley hit straight from the shoulder
ana true TO the mark
shall We have another French reyo-
luton. or shall We have a reign OF rea-
son?'' he asked 1T is up 10 you. The
great beast We call the people will have
its food. one way or the other. And they
will get it if they have TO wade through
blood ultimately, If they cannot get ii
any other way.
when a man buys food, shall we give
him a stone? Have we the right TO de-
priye the laboring man OF his food
We ought 10 teach 10 this country the
! economy Of nutrition. The economy of
nutrition does not mean the stinting of
food. 1t is up to the college men Of the
country 10 teach the nation that the COM
monest foods are the cheapest, as well
as the most healthful Cereals cost on
the average l cent a pound. and are the
best and cheapest food the labOring men
can eat and 1t is these things that we
should teach him in order 10 allow him
to save his small wages.
Living Cost the Problem.
How things began and how they are
to end. don't bother me one bit What
I bother about is the problem of to-day.
And the problem of to-day is the econ
omy Of living We want you men to be-
come teachers and 10 preach. You are
the men-it IS your duty TO prevent the
laborer from squandering his money, de-
strOying his life and home and happiness.
Socialism you call it'll don't care-I
don't bother my head about Socialism.
What I see are plain facts that any man
can see. Shall We have another French
revolution, or shall We have a reign OF
reason?"
We should make the workingman see
that he should spare his wages" urged
Mr.. Wiley. Il have gone into many sa-
looms in this city purposely to see the
class of men. ] am sorry when / see
the percentage Of wages paid by these
laborers for beer. And they are men who
have wives at home and children they
should send 10 school l see these things.
and it almost persuades me TO become a
stanch prOhibitionist
Country is Responsible.
"And yet the state-the country-is re-
sponsible alone for these conditions, and
not the laborer who is responsible. There
was no one to tell him at the very start
that it was waste OF wages
BY education. the countries of the
globe. DR. Wiley claimed, are by degrees
awakening 10 this new theory of economy
of nutrition France, instead of deterio-
rating. as has been claimed by certain
students, was. to his mind. on the eve of
a great awakening of economic problems.
DR.. David T. Day. of the Geological
Survey and president of the association,
presided as tOaStmaster. calling for ad-
dresses from various members present.
DR.. William Gerry Morgan lauded the
work Dr. Wiley has done. and declared
that no one had done more to help the
country than he
Dr. L. A. Bauer, director OF magnetic
survey at the Carnegie Institution; Dr.
J. Burr Ramage, of the Bureau OF Cor
perations, and DIR. w. T. Thoms also
gave brief addresses along the same
lines, mostly of the proper nourishment
for the body.
Guests at banquet.
Those present at the banquet We're DR..
David T. Day. chairman; DR. Harvey w.
Wiley James Lee Bost, secretary; H. G..
Boyer, F. c. Blauck, l. ]. Briggs. f. B.
Brown. ]. NJ. Cavanowiz, DIR. Cameron. J.
B. Daise, DR.. 7. II. Taliaferro, DIR. w. T.
Thoms. +. A. Fay. Or. II. H Hazen
Prof. William a. Hedricl, DR. r. Hunt.
I. +. Moore. J. B. Ramage, Prof. John
]. Rothermel. c. B. Sanderlin DIR. A.
Seidell, d. n. Shoemaker. and o. Schrie-
'ner.