The Washington herald., 1911-08-18


equal number of chemical experts, who
would look after and pass upon the
chemical aspect Of cases, and of legal
experts, who should pass upon the legal
phases. The whole board would act a.
unit in the final decision. DR.. Wiley
said that such was the theoretical idea
of the present board. and that II the
antagonism that prevailed in the working
Of the present board were to be trans
tive French proposes. the suggested ar
rangemert would not work any better.
It was clearly shown that DR.. Wiley
had not been in any wayA delegate to
Denver. as had been charged before the
:; committee, but that he had gone there
to attend to the meetings Of another
society Of which he is permanent sec
,retary and also to look over the labora-
tory that the department has there, and
which he had never before seen. While
there he had read q paper before the
other society, but he dill not vote or
take any active part in the proceedings.
His attendance was limited to a short
time, and his expenses were paid for the
specific work to which he attended.
Demonstrated Pioson Effects.
Speaking Of the latter subject, DR..
Wiley said that he had testified in the
Indiana case on the poisonous effects of
benzoate OF soda as he had demon
strated 1t in the poison squad" exper-
iments; that he had given the testi.
mony Of an expert, and answered many
hundred questions. But 1t was in line
with what had been made public prop
erty by publication in of1cial docu-
ments, and included deductions from
facts already published. The inference
that q had nna Ifdad
pert in his evidence. had stated facts
which were already oficially published
and were from his own work, there
was no violation OF confidence in his
testifying. The testimony was given,
he said. in the city
The publication Of the facts regard
ing benzoate Of soda was In an oficial
bulletin, which DR.. Wiley told the COM
mittee is now out OF print, and a copy
cannot be procured for love or money.
On being told that Congress could or
der 1t reprinted. and that copies could
be procured for money. with the added
suggestion by one Of the committee
that money can do almost anything"
the doctor said:
My experience teaches me that love
can do far more than money can"
Are you an expert in matters Of
love, also. doctorf'
cent benedict.
A question as to whether DR., Wiley
was seeking vindication by appearing
before the committee brought from
him an emphatic denial.
I am not seeking vindication. know
of nothing of which should seek vindi-
cation. did not ask to be allowed to
appear before this committee"
Formed Pure Food Bill.
line Of questions brought out the con!
spicuous part that DR.. Wiley played In
the framing Of the pure food and drug
act, and the confidence that was reposed
in him and his judgment by the commit
tee OF Congress that had the original bill
under advisement. It was shown that
DR.. Wiley was present at the meetings
of this committee in an advisory capa-
city, and that he was called into execu-
tive session with that committee when
the bill was finally passed by the COM
mittee.
1t was also shown that when the bill
was passed, the board formed, and the
made for the enforcement
of the law. 1t was found that there was
no appropriation available for the con-
duct and operation Of the board. In its
early stages there was no adequate ma
chinery for its operation, and consequent
ly, DR.. Wiley declared, any comparison
of the work In the early days with
what has been done later is invidious
and unfair to those who put the law into
force.
DR.. Wiley was on the stand when the
hour Of adjournment came, and will con-
tinue his evidence at the meeting Of the
committee at 10 o'clock to-day. The at
tendance of interested auditors was large.
Many ladies were present, and the &C
were much better than
have previously been provided.