The Washington times., 1911-11-24
DR.. WILEY INSISTS
ON FOOD REFORMS
Insists Makers Should Be Required Name Every In
gredent In Prepared Articles - Receives
Tribute In Philadelphia.

Advocating a law that will require
the naming of every ingredient used In
a food product, DR.. Harvey w. Wiley,
in an address at Philadelphia last
night, said:
Let us pass law which will say
that no matter what man sells he
shall tell the truth about IT, and which
will forbid him from putting into FOOD
anything that is harmful TO health;
waged against food adulterators, Dr.
Wiley declared the old law, OF trade,
Let the buyer look out" mas been
changed to Let the seller look out"
who presided. introduced Dr.. Wiley as
a living example of the fact that when
popular Indignation comes to the fore,
the popular will cannot help but pre-
vail" DR.. Wiley's address was made
before the American Society Of Po-
liticai and Social Science. Other prom
inent speakers were DR.. Fritz Reich
man, superintendent Of weights and
P. Cassidy, special agent for the Penn
sylvania State dairy and food depart
ment.
Tribute to DR.. Wiley.
IF DR.. Wiley had lived in Europe"
declared Mayor-Elect Blankenburg, In
describing the fighter for the nations
health, "he would have been covered
with decorations. He enjoys a greater
distinction, however, In that he is deco
rated In the good will of all the people
of the country who believe in the pres
ervation of health, and the warfare he
has conducted will everlastingly re-
'.The primary cause of the pure food
law was the cupidity of commerce"
said DR.. Wiley. "The keen competitl on
of trade led men to debase the wares
the genuine article. II they did not de-
base the genuine article they made an
imitation which they offered under the
name of the genuine article.
1T Is not to be, supposed that any of
the makers Of these goods have any
prejudice against humanity, or any en-
nifty to man as an animal. The injury
to his health and the robbery to which
he has been subjected were incidents
which filled their own pocketbooks with
unholy gain. The conscience Of the
people was scared as with a hot iron,
and those practices were boldly con-
Quoted by men who would have sprned
any imputation Of dishonesty or crooked
dealing, and yet every one of them was
getting money under false pretenses.
and was as much thief as If he had
gone upon the highway In the good old
fashioned Robin Hood manner: ,.
The fight for pure food was fight
against the communism Of greed. All
the interests stood together. They felt
that II one were sacrificed all might go,
hence every movement which was made
to correct this condition of affairs by
legislation was met with the united
and thoroughly controlled lobby repre-
senting the interests of every descrip-
ton which were thriving on the sale OF
adulterated and misbranded foods and
drugs.
"These interests did not fight in the
open, except on rare occasions. They
tried to conceal their identity and their
purpose, and usually apepared al
friends of pure food and drug lesisla-
ton, and thus urged certain amend.
would have let out the offenders one
and all. II they could not succeed In
this they brought substitute bills with
show Of honesty, and yet full OF
They never for a 4moment. ceased thei
active opposition, and to the legtsla-