Arizona republican., 1911-08-22
Subject of Testimony of
 Secretary Wilson AT RoosEpELTs ORDER
He Intimates that Glucose Products Were Permitted to be so Labeled. Testi- mony Closed in the Case of Dr. Wiley.

Washington. D. C.. Aug. 21.-Con- gressiOnal inquiry into the attempt to oust Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, chief Of the bureau of chemistry, closed today with the testimony of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. The committee will hold an executive session to- morrow to consider it's report.
 Many time today the testimony of Wilson condemned Wiley's demeanor charging that he was over-sensitive because his findings as to pure foods and drugs were not accepted as final, but occasionally he referred to the referee of the board of which Dr. Ira Remsen was chairman he was leaving the stand Wilson de- clared that he would rather resign his job than go through another bu- reau rOr-"
 The witness was not cross ex- amined by counsel for Wiley Secre- tary Wilson said that he became sus- picious of the. employment of Dr. H. H. Rusby of New York, the storm center of the investigation. when shown a letter said to have been written by Dr. Kebler, of the bureau of chemistry. telling Rusby that it was all the same whether he worked one day or many Wilson said he is now Investigating the report that Rusby accepted fees from drug inn porters for opinions regarding sam ples referred to him, and then had passed on the drugs later as a repre- sentative of the government
 The secretary said an inspector re- ported that he had discovered one such instance. The witness then de- clared that Wiley seemingly wants to put me in a hole about the corn syrup case"
 It is in this case that Wiley testi- fled that three cabinet officers over ruled the decision of the pure food board as to whether a substance could rightfully be labelled glucose or "cOrn syrup" after the decision had gone into print
 pr Wiley has forgotten con- ference at the White House on this very same matter" said the secre- tary. which. he. myself and Presi- dent Roosevelt attended. It was very interesting. yes. very"
 Then he told how the three cab inet officers came to decide it could be called corn syrup" Representa- tive Floyd suggested that this was done out of regard for the views of the president. 'Well.'' said Wilson, it might be we'll for those under a man to listen to him or leave the service"
 Wilson then denounced as rad icaT' the recommendation of Wiley that food containing alum be pro hibited until the referee board had passed on the matter. The secretary to President Tafts decision that manufacturers of bleached flour be permitted to continue until the courts had passed on the matter
 If we took the action recommend ed by Wiley" he said. where there is no question of the deleterious ef- feet upon health we would ruin per sens engaged in business before the referee board could find time to pass upon their cases'
 John Ball Osborne. chief of the bureau of trade relations, was called to substantiate the statement of Will son that Wiley attended a conference at the state department with the French ambassador in which. it was agreed. not to enforce the federal law regarding sulphur dioxide in inn ported fruit juices until the Remsen board passed on the subject. Wilson