The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-04
Views of the Committee.

This same committee had under
consideration tho three months rule
adopted by. the board Of food AMI
drug inspection, which Dr. Wiley
stated provided for the dropping OF
cases without regard to their merits.
The report of the committee (H. Il.
report No. 1850: SlXtv-frst congress,
third session., shows that the rulc
was never applied in cases which in
or drugs which take long time for
ANALYSIS. Tho committee approved
the rule, stating that:
Tic fairness Of this procedure
arises from the fact that In many
OF these cases reforms have been in
stitutcd. and the parties against
whom action would be taken have
como i'm conformity with tho law in
The meantime. and il is felt that an
administration which involves prose-
cutlou Of such pcopl" would be more
drastic than tho simple conserving
of the ends of justice warrant. More
over. in tho administration and exc
cution of a new law il is quite nee
cssary that only those prosecutions
be undertaken which promise cunvic-
tion. and the various United States
attorneys complained before the
adoption Of this rule that they were
sadly hampcrcd ln their work when
the evidence submitted to them was.
4,
prime object Of the food and drugs
act is the securing of wholesome
food and properly labeled drugs for
tho people at large Prosecutions In
volved arc merely an incident toward
this end, and should be directed prn-
cipally against those offenders who
persist in their viola lions OF the law
after being fully Informed as TO its
provisions and requirements
The records of tho hearings held
during the summer show no real
grounds for criticism either OF the
referee board or of the board of food
and drug inspection, unless il be n
fault TO entertain Il difference OF
opinion from that expressed by DR..
Wiley.
one who reads the hearings care
fully cannot fail 10 he impressed with
the frank and straightforward testi-
mony which was given by Secretary
Wilson, Solicitor McCabe and DR.,
Dunlap while the testimony OF Dr.
Wiley is not marked with candor
For example. DR., Wiley stated to the
COMMITTEES that after the members
OF tho board OF food and drug inspcc-
ton had rendered decision that
glucose IS not corn syrup, yisor-
Gus protest was made BY the Corn
Products Refining company. and the
decision was reversed hy the three
secretaries. He left IL for Secretary
Wilson 10 explain that after Dr. Wi
Refining company of the decision OF
tic board OF food and drug inspoc-
lion, before II had been approved by
the three secretaries, that a hear
ing was held AT the White house at
which he and DIR. Wiley were pres
ent
Or, Wiley also left IL for the sec
rotary TO inform the committee that
President Roosevelt had his opinion
of the people who objected To The
name syrup" because II was made
from corn. and that after the meet
Ing the three secretaries agreed that
as the standards committee of which
Dr Wiley WAS II member. bad named
the product as corn syrup, and it
WAS Il syrup made from corn. corn
syrup was Its natural name.
The secrctary's statement was not
made until after The pro Wiley press
had denounced The action of the
three secretaries as "a concession 10
"lhc interests. So far as VIC know
no question has ever bccn raised re-
Sardlng the wholesomencs of corn
syrup, and we think there arc few
people acquainted with the product
who will not agree. on considering
the matter. that the president. The
three secretaries and Dr. Wiley
when hc was n member or the stand
ards committee, were right in dcclln-
Ing Ia deny llc use of the name to
q syrup made from corn.