The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-08-05
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(wilf Robinson In Register. Tribune)
i Il not a new proposition that when
p public Official does his duty. In the
eohFse 81 which he finds II necessary
20 bear down more or less heavily ON
certain gentlemen who are given IA
a~kullduRgery. that the corrected parties
should combine and DO their best to get
the goat NJ the officer.
This il exactly what is happening In
the ease of Dr. Wiley, the head ~ the
government pure food brigade. He e..
tablished an intelligent enforcement OF
the pure food aud drugs act. and IN
the course NJ II has used a stuffed club
with mighty good effect On almost mum
berless manufacturers who had thrived
upon adul,erntion aud general misrepre
sentation.
Now they have gone In together, put
up a hip slush fund. and ARE trying
their hest TO get President TAFT to Gre
him. In this effort they are not hest.
Eating at little things like falsehood
,nbordination or puriurN aud such like.
Under the plea that Dr. Wiley j. In.
iuring innocent trading. they are max.
ing some ingenious argument, aud the
nation will breathe easier when presi.
lent Taft shows that he has the back.
hone IN turn them all dawn aud stay
With wiley. The United states was
almost the last ~ the great nations to
establish q sensible pure food law. and
its operation ha- heen q blessing IN
nearly every wav. e" nov allow The
dopesiers To put the intelligent enforce
ment of il out NJ commission would be-
little less ihan calamity.
Not cverv citizen realizes the ~
tent To which Or. wiley aud the Pure
Food Act has changed 'br provision
may II has practically abolished the
use ~ injurious prrServatiyrs aud M
wholesome sdultrrants aud roloring mat
ter. has compelled the oleomargafinr
makers to be- honest. and when v"u hay
ihuh INV N'N INV " lfN''h''F ''''"'"
" that YOU are huying what you call
for. ~
A system Ut inspection that takes in
the smallest and most isolated dealers
In the country ha. made evasion NJ the
Law n dangerous thing. whether the
commodity he fooi or the drugs that
humanity .rem. to think necessary.
strangely enmugh. the operation ~
the Law has horne most heavily upon
the manufacturers who sell food pr"
duet. in hulk.
The makers IT package products %
q rule use better raw material aud take
more care in ~ preparation @nd 81.
sediment. The people very general,
know this. aud ~ u result the Amer
can people are the greatest huvers al
package goods in the world. an the NJ,
FROM rice to fruits and mp aud down
They know that il paws. II near that
= few cents mere an the pound the,
will get select stun and clean. some
thing that il more or less impossible
With bulk goods.
To counteraet this fact the seller, oi
bulk stu6 have or claim to have been
compelled "a resort 10 the use ~ chemi
Gals TO preserve their goods. all 81
whom are more ar less injurious ~ III,
human stomach. These are the gentr,
that are leading in the fight againsr
DR.. Wiley. They have millions ~ stak,
aud fhe inspection system sdopied h,
him j. costing them that much ever,
wear.
Hence the Eight against him ~ per
frctly natural.
Heuce also the good people If the
country should he for him. all the WI,
through this Eight,