The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-23
FIGHT FOR Pure FOOD
NOT WELL SUPPORTED BY SEC
RETARY WILSON
DR.. Wiley Hampered, and Tells Of
Opposition to His Assistant and
Solicitor NcCabe.

Ut. harvey w wiley, cQlSI OIL Tue
bureau Of chemistry and Of the agri-
cultural department testified before
the House Investigating committee
Wednesday that he has surrendered
practically all his authority for en-
forcing the pure food law to DR.. F.
L Dunlap, associate chemist, and
George P. IMcCabe, solicitor Of the ag-
ricuNural department.
Overruled in over two thirds Of the
cases he has brought before the food
and rugs inspection board, composed
of these two men and himself, he de-
clared that he had found it useless
to appeal to Secretary Wilson and
had not even received an answer to
one of the most important appeals
he had made to the Secretary.
DR. Wiley, summoned before the
committee to tell of his connection
with the employment OF Dr.. H. Il.
Rusby on an alleged illegal contract,
gave to the committee the most IL
Eliminating information that has been
developed in the investigation now
being made into the agricultural de-
partment
He testified he had never received
the letter from DR. Rusby, which was
used by the personnel board to prove
that he knew about the Rusby con-
tract. He said that in using this let
ter, the personnel board had omitted
it's most essential portion, namely,
the statement by DR.. Rusby that eve
have agreed upon the following ar
rangement as fair and satisfactory,
if approved by the department"
DR. Wiley stated that Solicitor Nc
Cabe held the decisive vote on the
board of food and drug inspection.
When Dr.. Wiley and DR.. Dunlap dis
agreed on questions OF chemistry, 1t
was Solicitor McCabe who decided
whether a prosecution should be
made IN fully one hundred cases,
said Dr.. Wiley, where he and DR..
Dunlap had voted together and So
licitor McCabe had disagreed with
them, DR.. Dunlap changed his vote to
agree with Mr. MeCabe.
did you ever appeal from these
decisions - he was asked.
"I found it useless to appeal" DR.,
Wiley answered, "for the Secretary
invariably upheld the decision of the
board"
In two cases he did appeal, he ad-
ded, where he thought public health
was seriously menaced :" One of
these involved the labelling of gluten
flour, the food Of diabetes patients.
The boards decisions he believed,
left physicians without sufficient in
formation as to the exact contents
and strength of the flour. In this
case the secretary y cid the board
The other case IL lived the label
ling of fruits and fruit products
hich contained sulphur dioxide
This subject is now before the Rem
sen pure food referee board. The
board, composed of three cabinet
members, Secretaries MacVeagh, Will
son, and Nagel, decided that the man
ufacturers could continue to use the
sulphuring process If the fact was
made clear on the label.
DR.. Wiley left the agricultural de-
partment one day at four o'clock to
60 to Boston Between that time and
4:30, when the department closed, a
special meeting Of the board Of food
and learned Of the action, said DR..
Dunlap, acting as chairman was
made overruling the "three Secretar-
les" board, and permitting the manu-
facturers to use the sulphuring pro-
cess without publishing the fact on
their labels.
AS soon as he reached Washington
and learne dof the action, said DR..
Wiley, he wrote to Secretary Wilson,
appealing to him from the decision,
and declaring that the health Of the
public, particularly Of inValids, to
whom fruit juices are often prescrib-
ed, was seriously threatened by the
decision and the board Of drub and
food inspection had no right to over
rule the three secretaries.
"What was Secretary Wilson's an
swer?" asked Representative Floyd,
who conducted the questioning Of the
Moss committee.
81 never received any answer" re-
piled DR. Wiley.
NEGRO'S SLAYERS UNKNOWN