The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-07-21
THE CASE OF DR.. WILEY
AND THE PURE FOOD LAW.

President Taft IS again placed in a very
unfortunate dilemma by members Of his
cabinet No President has ever been
more unfortunate than President Taft
by the conduct OF his cabinet The first
year of his term was greatly disCredited
by the conduct OF Secretary Ballinger,
and vet the President hung on to him
for months, but finally had to let him 90.
But worse than all subsequent
events and disclosures have proven all
Of the charges against Secretary Bal
lenger, and it is now well known and
conceded that the appointment of Bal
linger was a great mistake on the part of
the President.
1t now turns out that the President is
face to face with another very embar-
RAISING situation brought about BY two
other members of his cabinet 1t looks
very much as if the President was very
unfortunate, TO say the least, in the selec-
ton of his cabinet
Mr. Knox, the Secretary of State. has
not been shining success, but on the
contrary, he has been much and severely
criticised for many things done by his
department
He has made himself and the nation
very unpopular with the people OF Cen
trail and South America, and also with
Mexico and we have been forced to re-
treat and explain more than once.
The recent trouble for which the mem
hers Of the cabinet are responsible, grew
out of the back stair politics in the De
partment of Agriculture, of which Secre
tary James Wilson is the head
DR.. Wiley, distinguished chemist, of
New York, has been for m ny years the
head Of the Chemical Department He
is man of great ability and has rem
dered great and valuable services to the
people Of the United States, and both
the man and his work are most highly
and universally appreciated by the PEG
pie. He procured the passage of the
Pure Food Law and has been largely
instrumental in forcing the enforcement
of that law. He is the man that has
done wonders in forcing the dealers and
manufacturers to obey the law
To that end he has discovered and
prohibited the manufacture and sale of
impure and adultertera.ed food and
drugs and also drinks. Perhaps no one
man in the country has done more valu-
able service to the people generally in
the last ten years. than DR. Wiley.
He has detected, condemned. and pro-
hibited the sale of dangerous and poi
sonouS drugs, both of domestic origin
and also of foreign importation, and
thus protected the lives and the health
OF the American people. He has de-
tected impure and poisonous food stuffs.
and has prevented their sale and con-
sumption by the public. He has in this
way made many bitter and relentless
enemies of the manufacturers and dealers
in impure and poisonous food, drugs
and drinks.
He has made enemies of the manu-
facturers Of drugged whiskey and beer,
and OF all revenues Of impure and dele.
FERROUS drugs, both domestic and foreign,
and they have all combined to ruin aud
destroy DIR. Wiley. The wild desire on
the part of these people to make money
is so great, and the lesson taught by the
Republican party for forty years that II
is the right and proper thing to do to
despoil the people, that these enemies
OF Dr. Wiley would actually poison the
people in food and drugs in order to
make more money.
OF course great and vast sums Of
money were made by selling these inn
pure and aduterated stuffs, and the
blow struck by the Pure Food Law,
was very severe one on the interests.
So much SO that Vice-President Sher-
man, then member OF Congress, went
to Mr.. Roosevelt and made fight for
these interests, on the. ground that they
were not getting a square deal. As he
always did, Mr.. Roosevelt took the part
Of the interests against the people, and
appointed a commission to investigate
the subject. This having failed, these
interests assailed DIR. Wiley in his abb
sence, and had an assistant chemist under
him, and the solicitors of the Chemical
Department bring charges against DIR.
Wiley. Secretary Wilson sent the charges
to Mr.. Wickersham, the Attorney Cen.
eral for his opinion. The Attorney