The Washington times., 1910-08-20
WILEY HOLDS LIVES
BETTER THAN MONEY
Doesn't Give a Hang for
Business When Public
Health Is ImperiIed.

The feature Of the session today Of
the pure food investigation, resulting
from the suit Of the state Of Indiana
TO prevent The sale there Of products
Of certain canueries and packing
houses on the ground that they contain
beuzoate Of soda, claimed &c be a harm
fui substance, was an attempt Of the
examining counsel TO break down the
testimony and records Of IT. Harvey
" Wiley, the chief chen fst OF the
Department Of AEricuir1ze.
Dr. Wiley occupied the sts8r5 nearly
ali morning G-d willis Bald win couu-
sci for the packiHS houses, tried IN
every way To lead The doctor into some
statement which would uOC coincide
with the records OF cl-e bureau But
Dr. Wiley refused TO De trappaG- 'ss-iEh
a perpetual smile on rs race h. TUNED
OF each question, or admitted that he
did rot know the answer
What do psychologists IN general
think C< the significance Of the presence
Of uit-oSen and its compounds IN the
body was one OF the questions which
ar BALDWIN proposed 10 IDe chem ST.
during discussion OF the poison
squad and the result Of the tests Of
tGoSe who made UD the squad
II don't know WIT Psychologists IN
general think. responded the doctor
quickly, and don't care / know
rs Rat 7 THINK and L-lEL IS All I want
s. little later tIe crosse ,za. miner asked
why. II The presence OF a certain nitro
Eeu1Us compound was iuTorteatr that
no record appeared or it IN the tables
prepared by the Bureau Of Chemistry,
and finished with the remark
These tests were Immensely I1Iu1r-
tent 20 The business world and involved
thousands Of dollars IN property and
Leaning forward and slaprinE his
thigh with his open hand the doctor re-
Piled IN ar emDEatlr tone
world " hat I care for IS the health
Of the people
You consider that more important
than the interests Of those who have
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars tied
Up in the iOOd factories
Lives Against Dollars.
Il most certainly do Where there
are hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
involved, there are millions Of lives
hanging in the balance which these IN
veStiEaJious affect It is these that ]
consider, and not the. business which
may he done by any. corporation
The remainder OF the examination OF
the CHIEF chemist consisted OF tech
meal relation OF the effect OF belZOate
Of sda upon the body and its functions
and brought forth detailed statement
Of the conditions on which the doctor
/ based his assumption that the preSeTv-
ative is injurious 70 the human system
there were number Of the members
of the poison squad and others wait
in EtO testify in the case the further
4 examination Of DR. Wiley was postponed
Cor time until the evidence Of some
Of those iumediatelz. concerned II the
tests could be heard
Illness Charged To Drug.
d y Baker, a member Of the squad
testified under oath that durin- the
period in which the squad was fed or
meats and vegetables containing q small
percentage Of 5slzo8te OF soda he ex-
uerienced several synptommS OF indiS
! position that had been entirely lacking
{ before the tests HIS record taken al
the time showed that. during the ter
DAYS OF the benZOate Of soda test. he
suffered srOm cramps. indigestion
6rOWSinesS- nausea and loss OF a2pe-
rf-e These he further said. ceased
after the period IN which they were fs-
on the soda products
II IS PROBABLE from the amount OF
/ testimony that yet remains to be taker
that the hearing VIII continue for sons
time
attorney General bingham, Of Indi-
ana who Is conducting the investiga-
rioa Tor the state. said today that hs
hoDed 10 have il over with by the mid
{ Gle Of next week but that he would
not be surprised If II continued beyond
that tie.