The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-04
McCabe, WiNey's
 Foe Has Quit
 Food Board
Dr. DOOlittIe in His Place, While Dr. Dunlap is Sent on Long Vacation, With Dr.. Wiley Now in Control

Washington, Oct. 4.-Solicitor Me l Cabe of the Department of Agricul- ture has asked Secretary Wilson to relieve him from further duty with the Board of Food and Drug Inspec- tfon, and the request is granted. Sec retary Wilson announced that Dr. F. l.. Dunlap, the member of the board whose vote with MT. McCabe's placed pr. Harvey w. Wiley in permanent minority, would take a vacation until the return of President Taft to Wash ington from his Western journey. R. E. Doolittle, now Chief of the Food and Drug Inspection Chemical Laboratory in New York City, was in place of Solicitor McCabe. Dr. Doolittle received his scientific edu- cation at the Michigan Agricultural College at Lansing. He has been in charge of the New York laboratory for several years, and has acquitted distinct success and to the satisfac- tion of importers and merchants. Eighty to 90 per cent. of the food ana drug eases arising from imports or1- ginate in New York, and have thus come directly under the work of pr. Doolittle in the New York laboratory. He has the full confidence of pr. Wiley and of his associates in the Bureau of Chemistry.
 The reasons for Solicitor McCabe's resignation were not announced. Sec retary Wilson stated that MT. Nc [Cabe's duties as solicitor remain un- changed, and under the general pro- visions of the law he will continue to exercise an important control over the enforcement of the pure food law.
 o1,o Ian rfy m af of enforcing the pure food law until President Taft has had an opportun- ity to take up the matter in Wash ington," said Secretary Wilson. The appointment of Dr. DoOlittle will s1m- ply continue the boards operations as at present up to the time when President Taft returns"
 The changes in the Pure Food Board were announced by Secretary Wilson yesterday, following confer ence with Dr. Wiley. They were deemed inevitable in view of the of before a Congressional committee lass Summer and DE Wiley's exoneration by President Taft after Attorney Gen. eral Wickersham, with views aligned with those of Secretary Wilson ana Solicitor McCabe had recommended head of the Chemistry Bureau be- cause of a technical irregularity In a appointive methods, the reSponslblllty for which he denied.
 Dr. Wiley returned to his desk in the, Bureau of Chemistry, yesterday, after ten days absence in attendance on the Conservation Congress at Kan sas City and other gatherings which desired to hear him. In his absence Secretary Wilson and Solicitor Mo Cabe had returned to Washington, and for several days the report has been current that the secretary would turn over to Dr. Wiley full control of the Bureau of Chemistry and the admin istration Of the pure food law.
 Secretary Wilson would like to be rid of all responsibility for executing the pure food law, and his friends have suggested that a commission like the Inter State Commerce Com mission be created, independent from any executive department, for the pur- pose of dealing with public health and food questions. This is a solution that Congress is not likely to enter tain. Congress is not so anxious to accommodate the secretary, who at best has only few months to re- main in the Department of Agricui- ture, and the Democratic House will be averse to increasing the number of government offices and salaries.
 Dr. Wiley had no ideas to offer as
  He had a long talk with Secretary Wilson, and afterward said:
 eff any one thinks the adulteration snake is killed, he is very much mis- taken It is lying low just at pres ent. The men who are responsible for food adulteration think the feel ings of the public will soon quiet down."
 Dr. Wiley believes that eternal wig ilance is needed if the country is to get pure food and drugs, and that public officials must be required to enforce the laws strictly.
 Until 1t is settled by direction of the secretary what is to be the course of things in the department, and what part he is to be allowed in the ad- ministration of the pure food law, Dr.. Wiley will probably have no plans to announce. It is well known, however, that Secretary Wilson, lowing to the storm of public disapproval of the past methods of administering the law, is now willing to leave Dr. Wiley a freer hand. With Dr. Doolittle's sup port, Dr. Wiley will now have the controlling voice in the Pure Food Board.