The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-19
FIGHT FOR PURE FOOD
NOT WE'LL SUPPORTED BY SEC
RETARY WILSON

DR.. Wiley Hampered, and Tells OF
Opposition .to4FHis Assistant and
Solicitor McCabe.
DR.. Harvey w Wiley, chief of the
bureau of chemistry and Of the agri.
cultural department testified before
the House Investigating committee
Wednesday that he has surrendered
practically all his authority for en-:
forcing the pure food law to DR.. F
l. Dunlap, associate chemist, and
George P. lMcCabe, solicitor Of the ag;
ricultural department.
Oyerruled in over two thirds of the
cases he has brought before the food
and rugs inspection board, composed
of these two men and himself, he de-
clared that he had found it useless
to appeal to Secretary Wilson and
had not even received an answer to
one of the most important appeals
he had made to the Secretary.
DR. Wiley, summoned before the
committee to tell of his connection
with the employment of DR.. H. H
Rusby on an alleged illegal contract,
gave to the committee the most IL
Eliminating information thai has been
developed in the investigation now
being made into the agricultural de-
partment
He testified he had never received
the letter from DR. Rusby, which was
used by the personnel board to prove
that he knew about the Rusby con-
tract. He said that in using this let
ter, the personnel board had omitted
it's most essential portion, namely
the statement by DR.. Rusby that eve
have agreed upon the following ar
rangement as fair and satisfactory
If approved by the department"
DR. Wiley stated that Solicitor Nc
Cabe held the decisive vote on the
board Of food and drug inspection
When DR.. Wiley and Dr.. Dunlap dis
agreed on questions Of chemistry, II
was Solicitor McCabe who decided
whether a prosecution should BIZ
made In fully one hundred cases
said DR.. Wiley, where he and Dr.
Dunlap had voted together and So
licitor McCabe.had disagreed with
them, DR.. Dunlap changed his vote te
agree with Mr. McCabe.
Ibid you ever appeal from these
decisions he was asked.
81 found it useless to appeal" DR.
Wiley answered, "for the Secretar!
invariably upheld the decision of th'
board"
In two cases he did appeal. he ad
ded, where he thought public health
was Seriously menaced One Q
these involved the labelling of CLUTTER
flour, the food of diabetes patients
The boards decisions he believed
left physicians without sufficient in
formation as to the exact content
and strength of the flour. In thi
case the secretary upheld the board
The other case involved the label
ling of fruits and fruit product
which contained sulphur, dioxid
This subject is now before the Rem
sen pure food referee board. Th
board, composed of three cabine
mem bers, Secretaries MacVeagb, viii
son, and Nagel, decided that the man
ufaccurers could continue to use tn
suiphurlng process if the fact wa
made clear on the label.
DR.. Wiley left the agricultural de
partment one day at four o'clock t
go to Boston Between that time an
4:30, when the department closed,
special meeting of the board of foo
and learned of the action, said D1
Dunlap, acting as chairman wa
made overruling the three Secretar
les" board, and permitting the manu-
facturers to use the sulphuring pro
cess without publishing the fact o.
their labels.
AS soon as he reached washington
and lea-ne dof the action, said Dr
Wiley, he wrote to Secretary Wilson
appealing to him from the decision
and declaring that the health Of tn
public, particularly Of invalids, t.
whom fruit juices are often prescrib
ed, was seriously threatened by tn
decision and the board Of drub AM
food inspection had no right to over
rule the three secretaries.
what was Secretary Wilson's an
swer?" asked Representative Floyd
who conducted the questioning OF tn
Moss committee.
81 never received any answer re
piled Dr. Wiley.
SELLING THEIR CHILDREN.