The Washington times., 1911-07-17
Famous Chemist EmergeS
Unscathed From Twenty
nine Years War.
POISONERS THREATEN
TO GET HIS SCALP
But the Bureau Chief Goes Calmly
on in His Crusade Against
AdulterantS.

food."
1t is this policy. adopted when he be-
came chief Of the Bureau OF Chemistry
tWenty-nine years ago, and followed un-
relentingly ever since, that mas brought
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley the titles of
"despot." "czar," "tyrant," and "bu-
reaucrat" from manufacturers who
favor healthy pocketb books at the cost
Of unhealthy digestive apparatus.
1t is this same policy that has resulted
In numberless attempts being made by
powers in the business world to brins
about his official decapitation, among
the most recent being that of a threat
that unless he was removed before the
first day Of next year manufacturers
would demand of Presidential nominees
pledges that they would remove him.
The circular stated that manufacturers
representing $400.00O,OO0 invested capital
were back of the move Still more
has come, the recommendation 81 tha
Attorney General that DIR. Wilev be
permitted to resign"
But the storms and viciesitudes Of bIs
long political life have been weathered
In Republican and Democratic admin
asITauons alike-without SO much as
Furhng his amiability. II ne feels the
attacks of his enemies, he never shows
II. and when he refers to them at all IL
is in joculaT way.
Going to His Farm.
When retire or when l am retired -
says the doctor, and his eyes light I'm
with appreciation Of the significance of
the latter part of his remark, II am CO.
Ing onto my farm in Virginia to snend
my last days.
AND while DIR. Wiley talks with Won
In his Democratic way, you are i'm
pressed that he means business-busi-
ness with about four buzzing Us. Known
as q wit. sought as a banquet guest.
JoNal and good-natured, DR.. Wiley is
none the less a business man. No one
In the Bureau Of Chemistry smokes or
chews gum during working hours. AL
though neither tobacco nor chewing
gum measures UP 10 DR.. W'iley's pure
food" standard. they are not tabooed
Tor that reason A person cannot work
well while smoking or chewing, accord
ing to the chemist
When see a ball player walk onto
the diamond chewing gum, l know he
is not worth anything" says DR. Wiley.
1 have gone into Government offices
where the employees have been sitting
with their feet cooked up on the desk
and cigars between their teeth, but you
Will not see that in this bureau.
Yet DR.. Wiley never worries over the
control Of his 500 employees What is
there to worry about" he asks If a
man has done nothing dishonorable, he
has nothing TO worry over. 1t is no
more trouble to run this bureau with
800 persons than it was when 1 started
twenty-nine years ago with five"
Keeping Cool.
And that lets out Dr. Wiley's phiIos.
ophy on keeping cool Don't worry.
work as much as usual, and don't think
about the heat" is his receipt for those
who would personify the proverbial Gu
cumber. The Fourth of July" said
the doctor, II dare say l was as cool
as anyone in the country. ! was plow-
ing corn with a walking plow on my
farm in Virginia. My mind was on my
work; I was getting the good fresh air.
and did not mind the heat" The tenn
perature was above 100 degrees on that
day, and Dr. Wiley is not exactly slight
Of stature.
With DR.. Wiley It is once-a-farmer-
always-a-farmer. Born on a farm near
Kent, a village Of fifty people in south
eastern Indiana, he has always loved
the soil. In Virginia he owns a large
number of acres of farm land; in
Maryland he has a small farm, and
the old homestead in Indiana of 125
acres is still held in his fathers name.
Though of international fame as
Americas chemist, the holder Of many
International honors. countless degrees
and marks of distinction, there is no
reputation DR.. Wiley prizes more high
ly than the one he gained when a bare
foot farmer boy of twelve years-that
Of being the champion corn planter in
his township.
any boy in the township" began the
doctor Furthermore. l could drop
corn SO II would line both ways. I
worked out a scheme to accomplish
that I found that by dropping the
kernel for a point four inches nearer
to me than the hill, It would drop d.
rectly in it. 1t is the diagonal drop in
walking that makes the sower miscal-
culate.
How He Got Job.
well, 1t was my reputation as a
corn planter that got me my first
place." said the doctor. "Old Uncle
Zephenia Lloyd heard about my
ability and he sent for me TO come
and help him. That was before the war
along in 1858 or 1853. 1 got up at
daylight, walked two miles to his farm
and was at work at sunup. After
planting corn for twelve or fourteen
hours. I started home, carrying
quarter. That was the biggest quarter
any one ever had. 1 would give $50
for It now
But the corn planting incident was
only one of the many hard struggles |
ne had. Because there were no rural |
schools near at hand, "Harv." as he
was called at home, received his first
tutoring from his farmer father. The
irst institution Of learning he attended |
vas that of Hanover College, four miles
rom home.
During the four years was in school
here 1 never had an overcoat or a
.ollar except the one I borrowed for
,ubIic appearances" said the nations
hemist II paid 20 cents a week for
nv room, and kept bachelors quarters.
cooked my own food"
do you suppose your cooking would
ave measured up to your present pure
ood requirements" interrupted the in
"oh, yes" said the doctor. MY meals