Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-09
WILSON WAS
AGAINST WILEY
Refused to Allow Him to
State Case.
IRON TIE NEws correapoaaent.J

Washington, Aug. 9:-Whether
the Association OF National and State
Dairy and Food Commissioners at its
next annual convention, which will
be held in Duluth this month, will
again take up the question Of ben
zoate Of soda, remains to be seen.
The state officials are almost entire
ly in sympathy with a genuine en-
forcement of the pure food laws in
Guiding the prohibition of benzoate
of soda, but at present, for the most
part are afraid to take action against
It because Of doubt as to whether
the courts viii sustain such action
heres to its present attitude.
In any event it is not expected
that Solicitor McCabe, Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Will undertake
to assume the same d~omineering ttti-
tude or pursue the offensive tactics
and ward political methods that char
~-acterized his attitude as the personal
representative of Secretary Wilson in
the last two conventions. 1t Is pre-
sumed he will be somewhat subdued
in view of the clamor caused by the
recent attempt Of McCabe and Secre-
tary Wilson to oust DR.. Wiley.
AS the Moss Investigating commit
tee pursues its way the facts which
have long been known to the insid-
ers are being revealed to the public.
1t has become patent that the talk
of Wiley's attempted u]surpation of
power is the veriest twaddle; his in
subordination" consisted merely of
refusing to s~tultify himself at the
behest of his superior officers. When
Secretary Wilson went over to the
benzoate-users he expected to carry
with him the Department Of Agricul-
lure forces horse, foot and dra-
gons,' but he reckoned without the
hard-headed Wiley. The latter had
decided against ~benzoate of soda and
while Secretary Wilson was able to
effectually muZzle him and TO de-
prive him of practically all the power
which congress intended to invest in
his bureau, he was not able to make
Wiley reverse himself. Wiley stood
pat, with the American Medical AS
ISOLATION, the Association of Dairy
and Food Commissioners, the Amer
lean Institute OF Homeopathy, and
other organizations behind him. He
was therefore marked for slaughter
and as a first step Solicitor McCabe
and Associate Chemist Dunlap join
ed hands and controlled the Board Of
Food and Drug Inspection.
Then came the Denver convention
and for weeks Solicitor McCabe tour
ed the country arranging for dele
gates favorable to the p~reservative.
Secretary Wilson was on hand and
the cheap political methods employ
ed by the representatives Of the De-
partment of Agriculture in behalf of
benzoate of soda were extensively
featured in the Denver newspapers
and scandalized the convention to
such an extent that some of the dele
gates refused to vote. A resolution
endorsing the Remsen Boards re-
port was finally forced through by
the votes from the Department of
| Agriculture and the District of Co
lumbia, all of which were controlled
by Secretary Wilson and Solicitor
I Ncrsm~The states .tHidsd equally
on the question. DR.. Wiley w.
present but the secretary forbade
him to speak in his own behalf; on
the other hand, the expenses Of Nc
Cabe, Secretary Wilson and all the
members of the Remsen Board who
were present at the direction Of the
! secretary to defend b~enzoate of soda,
were paid by the Department OF
Agriculture. In this connection it is
interesting to note that DR.. Remsen
informed the Moss committee that
the expenses of the members of the
Remsen Board who appeared IN the
Indiana courts to testify in behalf of
the Curtice Brothers and Williams
Brothers, who are testing the consti-
tutionality of the Indiana anthem
zoate Of soda law, were paid not by
the manufacturers interested, but by
the Department of Agriculture. Sec
rotary Wilson refused to allow DR..
Wiley to testify in this case.