Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-22
DR.. H. v. WILEY
FAMOUS
Long the Storm Center IN
the Pure Food
Fight.

the city by the Potomac. This
time the center Of the eght is DR.. Har-
vey ". Wiley. better known as the
chief Of the poison squad" Wiley is
a big man. physically. mentally and
otherwise. He also makes Q good fight
and tells q good story. DR.. Wiley was
married not long ago and should be
able to put up a better fight than ever.
DR.. Wiley was born in Indiana In
1874. He was graduated from Han
over college and now holds degrees Of
A NJ, ID. D., Pin. D., LII D. and vari-
Gus others that would use mp most Of
the letters In the cap case
Resignation Often Announced
During the past three years especial
~ numerous reports have announced
the resignation Of DR.. Wiley as chief
of the bureau Of chemistry either Of
his own free will or at the request Of
his superiors-or- have informed the
public that he was to be fred bodily
from the department Of agriculture for
the commission Of many alleged sins.
But the man whose poison squads"
and frequently pubiishe-1 rules for
health and death made the people of
the country take such an interest in
their food and drink as never before
always remained In his position. When
the time came for him to so DR.. Wiley
used to say 1t wouldn't be hard TO
find another Job when he should step
frz H. -
where he saved the government S12,-
100000 in ten years--at least accord
ing to the food experts own statement
To those who charge DR.. Wiley
with arranging and countenancing the
spending of $50 or $50 day in place
of the legal maximum Of Sill he might
reply in the words he used a year ago
last February when money matters in
his bureau brought him before the
house committee on expenditures in
the department Of a2ricuiture-"Every
dollar W nave spent in our laboratory
has saved Guc!c Sam 800. The work
Of the chemistry bureau has thus saved
the government a vast deal Of money"
Not only has DIR. Wiley always look
ed after the interests of this bureau
OF chemistry for twenty eight years
he first became connected with the de-
parrments chemistry work in 1888,
when II was limited to analyses of fer
tiliZers and sugar-but he has had at
heart the interests Of the digestive or
gans OF the people OF the United States
Only few days ago DIR. Wiley was
heard from in view of the relation Of
the heat wave and mans stomach.
Almost every summer DR.. Wiley has
announced new summer diets for the
people. high and low: Eat no meat:
consume plenty Of fruits. but have
them cooked; drink nothing below 60
degrees in temperature; Danish all
alcoholic vegetables; seek cheerful
friends: don't worry" From these
rules 1t will be seen how DR.. Wiley
added to his enemies by suggestions
that, II carried out by the advised.
would injure the business Of butcher,
iceman. saloon keeper and pessimist-
But It seems that the preacher did
not always practice what he preached |
Only few days after issuing q bull |
letin similar TO the above three years !
ago his enemies said that the dietarian |
sat down TO a meal Of two imperial |
crabs, one large steak and trimmings, |
special salad and several mugs of |
musty ale" All this furnished materi- /
al for the opponents Of pure food and /
reasonable living.
DR. Wiley had and perhaps still has |
other ideas. A man should eat 81 per |
cent Of his weight in dry foods. and |
so # requires 100 days for him TO eat |
his own head on" II a man eats less 1
a fNSRe fgh ~ nE
only relying on crabs. steak and salad /
10 keep him robust Every man
ought 10 choose his own rations," was
former Wileyan opinion that gave
Al excuse for the crabs. etc.
Marries q Good Cook.
younger set. Miss Anna Kelton-also
n suffragist-earlier In the year be-
came the wife OF the food expert in
his sixtieth year. Or. Wiley himself
IS a master at the stove or chatting
dish. IL used to be one OF his proud
boasts that he cooked his own mush
while attending Hanover college, In
Indiana. The mush. acting on his in
tellect by way Of the stomach. enabled
the young Hoosier to take his A. B.
degree in 1867. Four years later at
the Indiana Medical college he re-
ceived the egree OF doctor Of medi-
cine. but its connection with mush has
never been established At least he
did not cook his own meals. for while
he was not long laying the founda-
ton for the knowledge that was 20
provide his ideas on ''esting TO live
he taught Latin and Greek in Butler
college Further training, principally
IN chemistry. was secured at the Law
renee Scientific school Of Harvard uni
versity. where the degree OF B. 6. In
dicated q part OF bis mental equip
ment-
For one year he WAS professor OF
chemistry at Butler college. which be