The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
CORN SYRUP REPORT
INFLUENCED BY TEDDY
Secretary Wilson Tells Why Cabi'
net Officers Changed Finding
of Pure Food Board
ROOSEVELT'S OPINION
REFLECTED IN ACTION
Meeting at the White House Call
ed to Settle Question of "What
Is Corn Syrup" Roosevelts
Opinion Deciding One

WASHINGTON. Aug 21.-Congres.
Lon investigation into the attempt t.
Dust Or. Wiley as head of the bureau
0f chemistry closed today with TIN
SstimonN of Secretary Wilson. TIL
,onmittee will hold an executiv,
meeting tomorrow to consider it,, re
port.
Many times in his testimony toda
Wilson condemned Wilcy's demeano
charging him With over sensitiNeues
because his findings were not all
ways accepted as final but occasiion-
ally referred to the referee board. NJ
he -was leaving the stand. Wilson SAID
he would rather resign his job THAI
60 through another "burcau row.
Wilson said he was suspicious OF tina
employment Of Dr. RusbY the drug
expert. and storm center OF the in
vestigation. when he was shown II LETT
ter written by DR.. Kebler of tho chem
istrN bureau. telling tusby il would
be all the same whether he worked
one day or many.
Secretary Wilson said he had APP
did not examine the details of the
contract, leaving that to Or Wiley.
the secretary. He said he was now
Investigating the report that Rusby
had accepted a fee from n drug firm
for opinions regarding samples Of
drugs they considered importing and
had passed on the drugs later as o
representative Of the government.
McCabc Fixed the Pay
In testifying about employment OF
experts, he said in the Cocoa Cola
case Wiley agreed to give the expert
So for appearing and later the
expert wanted 500 for expense. AZ
ter that Wilson said he made an or
der that Wiley should select the eX-
perts and Solicitor McCabc would fix
the rate of compensation. In refer.
ring to the glucose or corn syrup"
case IN which Wiley testified thai
three cabinet officers changed the de
cision of the pure food and drug,
board after the decision had gone to
print Wilson said VILE" forgot the
conference he attended at the White
House on that subject at which he
was present Wilson said there wal
an "exCeedlngly interesting discus
sion" and that the president (Roose
volt had his opinion about il pcrsoL
who thought that the substance was
not syrup.
Roosevelt Influenced Report
Three secretarys decided the SUBJ
stance could be named corn syrup
whereupon Representative Floyd sug.
gested they did it out OF regard fot
the presidents views. "'Tis Well"
eplled the secretary "for those I'M
der man to listen to him or leave
the service" Secretary Wilson de-
nOunced as radical Wilcfs recon-
mendation that food containing alum
be prohibited until the referee board
had passed on the subject In sup
port OF his refusal to do this he re-
ferred to President Tart's decision
that bleached -four he permitted to
continue to be manufactured until
the courts had passed on an appeal.
| John Ball osborne. chief Of the bu-
reau of trade relations was called in
| to substantiate Wilson's statemsnt that
| Wiley had attended the conference at
the state department with the French
am ba ssador in which it was agreed
not to enforce the federal law regard
ing sulphur dioNide in imported fruit
juices until the Rcmsen board had
passed on the subject
Secretary l. Ruifled
Wilson was asked if he referred
the copper sulphate question to the
referee board without printing the
report and recommended that Wiley
and a young man named Woods" Of
the bureau Of plant industry both had
made an investigation on this sub
iect, and not come within gunshot
of agreeing" when scientists don't
agree ] must go slow" he said
He sent members of the Remsen
hoard to Denver to address the pure
food convention. because the members
Of the convention had been criticising
the administration and he wanted the
delegates to sec the difference be-
tween a small chemist ana a big one
Regarding Or. Robinson a govern
m ent employe. becoming non grata
with the department because he work
ed at Denver against the referee
boards decision in the benzoate of
soda case. Wilson said he did not pro-
pose to have two subordinates going
off on a tangent after having the
question decided by great scientists.
~ propose they shall work in line
or keep still about it," said the sec