Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-14

Washington, July IA congression.
al Investigation OF the charges against
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley. chief chemist
and government pure food expert, was
agreed on today by the majority mems
bers of the house committee on ex-
penditures in the department OF aEri-
culture.
Washington. July 14.-Letters and
kilograms expressing confidence In DIR.
Harvey w. Wiley. the pure food ex-
pert OF the department OF agriculture.
and urging President Taft to consider
most carefully the charges nlado
against him by the personnel board OF
the department and endorsed By Attor.
ney General Wickersham. came pour
Ing into the White House today from
all over the country.
Many OF the messages were from
commercial organizations. others from
personal friends of the president and
OF DR.. Wiley and still others from or
ganizations interested In DR.. Wiley'S
work.
Committee eo0ins Work.
Tho charges made against DR.. Har.
vey w. Wiley. OF the bureau of chem
istry. Will be taken up today by tho
house committee on expenditures in
the department of agriculture. Repre-
sentative Moss. OF Indiana. chairman
OF tho committee. early today called
tho committee to meet this afternoon.
1t WAS declared that the COMMITTEES
wanted to know who wanted DE-.
Wiley dismissed, and why?" Tho re-
commentator that the pure food cx-
pert be dismissed and tho reason
therefor. IL is said, will be thoroughly
gone into.
1--WE are going to the bottom OF It,
said Chairman Moss I'VE want to SEQ
who is behind the effort 10 Gust DR..
Wiley. have sent a call to the MEM
bers of tho committee for n meeting
tomorrow. We will discuss every
phase of the matter and then subpoena
Witnesses
Dr. Wiley said: THE charges were
served on me about week ago. and ]
will make reply to them thru Secretary
Wilson to the president Further than
to state / am not guilty l win not dis
cuss the charges"
Whisky Trust Accused.
DR. Wiey's friends In the service,
men closely associated with him in his
work. do speak OF tho charges. Ac-
cording 10 them they have evidence to
show that the mover OF the charges is
the whisky trust. aided by manufac-
turers who have been found guilty OF
violations OF the pure food and drug
act and who have been fined for such
violations.
The fight OF the whisky trust dates
back 20 1907, when tho bureau OF
chemistry was called upon to decide
the question. What is whisky?"
In 1905 George p McCabe was aP-
pointed solicitor of the department OF
agriculture by Secretary Wilson. f. l..
Dunlap, n chemist at the University OF
Michigan. was appointed associate
chemist in the departn ent by President
Roosevelt DR.. Dunlap Immediately
upon assuming his duties began to dis
agree with DR.. Wiley MS TO interpreta-
tions OF the pure food law and as 60
chemical analyses OF products seized
for inspection and examination.
When the question OF What Is whis-
ky?" came up IN 1907. for an opinion.
DR.. Wiley submitted ono to Secretary
Wilson. Solicitor McCabc read tho
opinion and disapproved 1t. He reco,n-
mcnded to the secretary that DIR. Dun
lap give an opinion and that ne (Mc-
Cabe) give one, Secretary Wilson
agreed 10 this and two additional opin-
ions were rendered. DR.. wiley's decis-
ion was put aside. over: his protest. and
the opinion submitted by Solicitor McI
Cabe was substituted.
Last March whom DIR. Wiley was abb
sent from the city DR. Dunlap. as acting
chairman OF the board. was head OF the
bureau few days after DIR. Wiley
had been away DIR. Dunlap made the
present charge against DR. Wiley to So
llcitor McCabe. The matter was car
rlcd by tho latter to the secretary. Mr..
McCabe recommended the appointment
OF Il committc. 10 Investigate.