The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-02
DR.. H. v. WILEY
FAMOUS
Long the Storm Center In
the Pure Food
Fight.

"a new controversy will arise In
the city by the Potomac. Tha
time the center of the fight is DR.. Hae'
vey w. Wiley, better known as the
chief of the poison squad" Wiley il
a big man, physically, mentally and
otherwise. He also makes a good fight
and tells a good story. DR.. Wiley was
married not long ago and should be
able to put up better fight than ever
DIR. Wiley was born in Indiana in
1874. He was graduated from Han.
over college and now holds degrees OF
A. NJ, NJ. D., Phi. D., LII. D. and vari.
Gus others that would use up most Of
the letters in the cap case.
Resignation Often Announced.
During the past three years especial
ly numerous reports have announced
the resignation of DR.. Wiley as chief
of the bureau of chemistry either of
his own free will or at the request of
his superiors-or have informed the
public that he was to be fired bodily
from the department of agriculture for
the commission Of many alleged sins.
But the man whose poison squads"
and frequently published rules for
health and death made the people of
the country take such an interest in
their food and drink as never before
always remained in his position. When
the time came for him to go DR.. Wiley
used to say it wouldn't be hard to
find another job when he should step
out from the tangles of the bureau
where he saved the government $12,-
100000 in ten years-at least accord
ing to the food experts own statement.
To those who charge DR.. Wiley
with arranging and countenancing the
of the legal maximum Of $11 he might
reply in the words he used a year ago
last February when money matters in
his bureau brought him before the
house committee on expenditures in
the department Of agriculture-"Every
has saved Uncle Sam 500. The work
of the chemistry bureau has thus saved
the government a vast deal of money!"
Not only has DIR. Wiley always look
ed after the interests of this bureau
Of chemistry for tWenty-eight years
he first became connected with the de-
partment's chemistry work in 1888,
when it was limited to analyses of fer
tilizers and sugar-but he has had at
heart the interests of the digestive or
gans of the people of the United States.
Only few days ago DIR. Wiley was
heard from in view of the relation of
the heat wave and mans stomach.
Almost every summer DIR. Wiley has
announced new summer diets for the
people, high and low: Eat no meat;
consume plenty Of fruits, but have
them cooked; drink nothing below 60
degrees in temperature; Danish all
alcoholic vegetables; seek cheerful
friends; don't worry" From these
rules it will be seen how DR.. Wiley
added to his enemies by suggestions
that, if carried out by the advised,
would jnjure the business of butcher,
iceman, saloon keeper and pessimist.
But it seems that the preacher did
not always practice what he preached
Only a few days after issuing a bul.
letin similar to the above three years
ago his enemies said that the dietarian
sat down to a meal of "two imperial
crabs, one large steak and trimmings,
a special salad and several mugs of
musty ale" All this furnished materi-
al for the opponents of pure food and
reasonable living.
DR.. Wiley had and perhaps still has
other ideas. A man should eat 81 per
cent of his weight in dry foods, and
SO it requires 100 days for him to eat
his own head off," If man eats less
he loses weight, and Dr. Wiley was
only relying on crabs, steak and salad
to keep him robust. Every man
ought to choose his own rations," was
a former Wileyan opinion that gave
an excuse for the crabs, etc.
Marries a Good Cook.
Inc DGSI COOh III
younger set, Miss Anna Kelton-also
a suffragist-earlier in the year be-
came the wife of the food expert in
his sixtieth year. DIR. Wiley himself
is master at the stove or chafng
dish. 1t used to be one OF his proud
boasts that he cooked his own mush
while attending Hanover college, in
Indiana. The mush, acting on his in
tellect by way Of the stomach, enabled
the young Hoosier to take his A. B.
degree in 1867. -Four years later at
the Indiana Medical college he re-
ceived the degree of doctor of medi-
cine, but its connection with mush has
never been established At least he
did not cook his own meals, for while
he was not long laying the founda-
ton for the knowledge that was to
provide his ideas on ''eating to live"
he taught Latin and Greek In Butler
college. Further training, principally
in chemistry, was secured at the Law.
renee Scientific school Of Harvard uni
versity, where the degree of B. S. in
dicated a part of his mental equip
ment