The Washington herald., 1911-08-22

Continued from rage One.
gave his assent to the use Of sulphur
dioxid in French wines imported into the
country. 1t was brought out that this
was an agreement Of the two govern
ments on the ground of International
comfy. and in which the question of
purity or impurity, harmlessness, or dele
teriousness. did not enter
Rule Had Been Reversed.
1t was also shown that this action of
Wiley in approving the importation OF
French wines treated with sulphur dioxid
and not SO labeled occurred some time
after the Department Of Agriculture had
reversed the rule against its use in the
United States 1t was shown that Wiley's
sanction of its use on the ground Of in
ternational comfy had nothing to do
with the rulings of the Bureau Of Chem
istry or his personal views:
A distinction SO fine that members of
the committee failed to grasp It was
drawn by Secretary Wilson between the
compilation of pure food and drug laws
In the United States and those in Great
Britain. One was proposed by DR.. Wiley
as being desirable and was not allowed
to be printed. as Solicitor McCabe de-
clared 1t would be illegal and the other
Of Great Britain, was proposed by DR..
Dunlap, and is just now off the press.
Secretary Wilson's contention was that
one was a compilation and the other was
a critical study.
1t was President Roosevelt who order
ed that glucose be called corn sirup and
reversed the ruling of the three Secreta-
rieS and the board of food and drug
inspection. The Secretary told of the oc-
cation in which President Roosevelt had
held up a vial of the compound and de-
clared with indisputable logic that as
glucose was obtained from corn, why
it surely was corn sirup. And corn sirup
it was, for, said Secretary wilson:
When President Roosevelt ordered any
thing, it was advisable to follow his in
structions."
That was the reason why the ruling
of the board. of the three Secretaries,
and the decision of the courts of Michi-
gan went for naught, in the face of an
Executive ruling.
Roosevelt Organized Board.
1t was President Roosevelt who in
augurated the Remsen or referee board,
according to Secretary Wilson. 1t was
he who called on DR.. Remsen to select
the men who should compose that board
and to submit the nominations to him.
All OF these nominations went through,
the Secretary said. except one.
Much stress was laid by Chairman
Moss upon the fact that Secretary Will
son had instructed the members of the
Remsen board to go to Indianapolis to
give evidence in the benzoate of soda
case there. but placed obstacles in the
Of Dr
to answer interrogatories for the State
as to its i'll effects.
While the correspondence and the evil
dence of the Secretary made 1t very plain
that he had taken the side Of the manu-
facturerS, Chairman Moss read certified |
copies OF the correspondence in which the |
Secretary had answered the urgent re-
quest of the district attorney to have Dr. |
Wiley there with the statement that II |
the State wanted DR.. Wiley as an expert !
1t knew how to get him there by process |
of law. 1t was for this reason that DR.. |
Wiley gave his evidence here in Wash (
much embarrassed the master
in the case.
Chairman Moss asked the Secretary
whether he realized that the question at
issue in this case was to test the con-
of the pure food and drugs
act in force in Indiana He followed
that up with a question in which he
asked the Secretary whether he realized
that by Withholding the consent to let
DR.. Wiley go to Indianapolis he knew
that he was interfering with the exer
Else of power by a sovereign. To all of
which the Secretary, with some warmth,
declared that such knowledge was not
in his possession, and that he had no
such intent.
Rusby Worked for Importer.
Secretary Wilson informed the commit
tee that he had received a letter from a
New York importer of drugs in which
he department was infoEmed that DR..
Busby was telling importers in New
York whether drugs could be imported
Inder the act by inspecting samples. was
'eceiving a fee for this work from i'm
and was then getting pay from
he government for inspecting the ship
nent of drugs when IT reached New
FORK. An inspector was working on the
:ase and up to date has discovered one
,ase in which this was done No irregu-
arities have as yet been reported.
The oft-put question as to the relative
-ank of DR.. Wiley and DR.. Dunlap in
he Bureau of Chemistry was answered
)r. Wiley is-the chief and DR.. Dunlap
s the subordinate in the Bureau of
but that on the board they
re equal. DR.. Wiley is the chairman of
he board when he is in the city, and DR..
dunlap is the vice chairman, as we'll as
he secretary of the board.
There was a manifest desire on the
art of the Secretary to tell the mem
'ers of the committee all that he could
here was also distinct evidence of good
ceiling on the part of the Secretary to-
vard DR.. Wiley. ;
IF any one were to look through the 1
ransom of the room when DR.. Wiley
nd myself are swapping eXeriences on
arms, they would not ask any question |
s to the cordial relations that exist be- {
ween US. We talk farming. DIR. Wiley
as a good many farms, and am able
c advise DR.. Wiley. For while am no
hemist, DR.. Wiley is no farmer"
Family Has Been Unhappy.
Explaining the plan Of having chemists I
o decide on facts of analysis and
awyer to guide them on points of law,
he Secretarys answer to the question as
D how his plan had worked out was:
We'll, you gentlemen have gone far
nough to realize that the family has
OF been as happy as 1t might have
Gen." r
A parallel was drawn by the Secre- s