The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-22
WILSON ON
 WILEY WILEY CASE CASE
SAYS BUREAU CHIEF WAS "PEEv. eov WHEN HIS DECISIONS
 WERE RESERVED.
Says He Ordered Wiley to Select Ex. perts But Told McCabe to Fix Rate of Compensation for
 Their Work.

Washington, D. C., Aug. 21.-Th'
 congressional investigation into tht
 attempt to oust Dr. H. w. Vile!
 from his position as head of the bu reau of chemistry in the departmen of agriculture was closed today with the testimony of Secretary Wilson The committee will hold an executive meeting tomorrow to consider its re port.
 Many times in his testimony Secre tary Wilson condemned Dr. Wiley's demeanor charging that he was over sensitive because his findings on the pure food and drugs were not accept ed as final, but sometimes were re- ferred to the referee board, of which Dr. Ira Remsen is chairman. He spoke a good word for Dr. Wiieys humor As he was leaving the stand Secretary Wilson declared he would prefer to resign his job to going through another bureau row.
 The witness was not cross examin- ed by counsel for Dr. Wiley because of the relative positions of the two principals.
 Secretary Wilson said he became suspicious of the employment of pr. H. H. Rushy of New York, the drug expert, and storm center of the in yestigation, when he was shown n letter purporting to have been writ ten by Dr. Kebler of the bureau of chemistry, telling pr. Rusby it wou,a be all the same whether he worke | one day or many. The employment tad been approved hy the secretary but he said he did not examine into the details of the contract. leaving that to pr. Wiley.
 The secretary said he was now in yestigating a report tkat Dr RusDy had accepted fees from drug importers for his opinions regarding samples of drugs they were considering i'm porting and then passed on the drugs later as tne representative of the government. He said an inspector had reported he had discovered, one such alleged instance.
 In testirying about the employment Of experts, he said, in the Coca Coia case. Dr. Wiley had agreed to give an expert LOGO for appearino in the matter and later the expert wanted Sl00 for expenses.
 T paid the expenditure because we mad agreed to do so, and l issued ag order that thereafter Dr. Wiley might select the experts but Solicitor Me cabe wss 70 six the rate of comper- sasicr,' said the secretaty.
 The witness said Dr. Wiley seem. ingly wants to put me in hole about the corn syrup case" It was in this case that Dr. Wiley had told tae committee about three cabinet offi- cers charged with supervisory duties over pure food and drug questions changing a decision of the pure food and drug board relative to sub- stance being "glusoce' or "corn sy' rup" after the decision had gone to print.
 "Dr Wiley has forgotten conror- ence he attended on that subject. said Secretary Wilson. he attended it and so did |. It was held at tho White House during the administra- ton of President Roosevelt. There was an exceedingly interesting dis cussion. Yes, very. The president had an opinion about person who thought the substance was not syrup.
 He told how the three secretaries decided that the substance could be named corn syrup" whereupon Rep resentative Floyd suggested that they did it out of regard to the presidents views.
 Tt Is we'll for those under man to listen to him or leave the ser vice." replied the secretary.
 The secretary denounced as 'radi- caP' the recommendation of Dr. Vii ley that food containing alum be prohibited until the referee board AsJ passed upon the subject. Tn support of his refusal to do so, Secretary Wilson referred to President Taft, settling the question that manufac- turers Of bleached flour should be per mitted to continue their manufacture