Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-19
PURE FOOD WILEY
BARES TRICKERY
Chemistry Bureaus Efficiency Killed
BY Beard OF Food ana Drug In
spection He Testifies.

speetion He Testfies.
Washington. Aug IA The creation
and operation OF the board OF food and
drug Inspection practically oblterated
the efficiency of the bureau of chem
istry"
This was the startling statement |
made by Or Harvey w Wiley when
called as a witness before the house
committee on expenditures In the ag
rlcultural department In support OF
the statement Dr. Wiley said that be
and the bureau OF chemistry had been
oyerruled by Solicitor George p. Me |
Cabe and DR. T. l.. Dunlop 10 two
/ thirds of the cases which the bureau |
had recommended for prosecution un
der the pure food act. McCabe, Dun
lap and Wiley constitute the member |
ship of the board.
DR.. Wiley declared that twice he
| appealed from decisions of this board
| 10 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson.
| but received no answer. He made no
more appeals, he said. because II wss
I useless
/ DR. Wiley told Of a meeting OF the
| board Of which he was not notified.
but at which McCabe and Dunlap took
| important action. He declared the
charges regarding his making a con
tract with DR.. III H. Rusby. drug OK
| pert, were based on letter from
| Rusby never actually sent to him and
| an important part of which has never
| been made public by the personnel
board. He said he did not know what
charges had been made against him
| when he was called before the per
| sonnet board. of whose report his first
| intimation was the Invitation to re-
] sign"
Did you enter into any contract
with DIR. Rusby whereby he was to-
work certain number OF daysf" ask
sd Representative Floyd II did not"
said DIR. Wiley ~ltA
/ Never Got Rusby Letter.
| The Rusby letter that never reached
| MIN, said DR. Wiley. explained the ar
rangement DR. Rusby had made with
DR.. Bigelow to work for $1,000 a year
| under an irregular time arrangement.
| DR.. Rusby wrote the letter. but learn
| ed that DIR. Wiley was out OF Wash
ington and did not send H. A copy Of
I, 1t got into the batch Of correspondence
which went before the personnel
board, and 1t was cited by the board
to show that DR. Wiley had been ia.
formed of the facts.
| DIR. Wiley declared he knew nothing
| of the details of the arrangement with
Dr. Rusby and denied specifically that
he had made any contract with DR..
| Rusby. When summoned before the
| personnel board. he said. he did not
know what they we're asking about.
| because they did not show him the
letter, and he himself had never re-
| ceived IT., seen IL or heard about II.
| The rext day Or. Wiley wrote AS
sistant So O. airy Hayes, member OF
the 70 rae board, asking what the
| charges " % that had been made
agans, him. and was informed that
the Rusby affair had not been pre-
| scented in tie nature Of a charge"
you say You did not find out from
the question ng of the personnel board
| what you were charged with?" asked
| Representative Floyd No but | got
a good idea. before they finished. that
| was charged with something"
did you ever receive any commu-
| nicatlon from the personnel board. CIV
ing their findings" oh. yes; got
their final report. giving me the privi-
| lege of resigning." said DR. Wiley with
/ asperity. II was greatly obliged tn
| them for that little courtesy"
did you get the report after IL had
| been sent to the PRESIDENT" Yes. and
after it had gone to the attorney gen.
eral won't express any opinion az
to the attorney general"
When the Rusby letter, which the
|, personnel board declared had never
been controverted." was produced, DIR. |
Wiley said. THE letter was never !
sent to me-
'-How do you explain the statement |
OF the personnel boafdy' That state |
ment 10 false"
DIR. Wiley showed an Official letter |
from DR. Rusby to Secretary Wilson, |
showing that the letter on which the |
personnel board based its charge had |
actually never been sent to Or Wiley |
Further than that" said Dr. Wiley, |
1T is clear that the most important !
part of the unsent letter which states |
that the entire Rusby agreement was
subject to the approval of the secre- |!
, tary of agriculture, was not made pub |
lic."
DR. Wiley said he had appealed to
Secretary Wilson twice where he had |
thought public health was seriously /
endangered. /
"One case" he said. was the ques- |
ton Of the branding Of gluten nour. |