The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-10-11

dominant party, they conld prevent
the enforcement of the act. Evidently,
their faith was not founded on phau.
toms. At a banquet in New York on
New Years Eve, 1906, a wealthy man
ufactIrer rose to speak at 1885 D. M
Looking at the clock, he said: SIN Ave
minutes the food and drug act will be
born. In FIVE minutes after II il will
be dead. This was Il prophecy, alas,
which came near proving true, but not
quite so speedily as was predicted.
DR.. Wiley spoke of the difficulties he
had encountered in enforcing the law,
of the appointment of Associate Chem
ist Dunlap and "the growth of Solici-
tor MoCabe's power. +" Finally he said
to keep out of the courts, the oppo.
nents of the law appealed to Secretary
Wilson and President Roosevelt.
shortly thereafter. he continued,
-, | was asked by the secretary of agri-
culture to go with him to the presi-
dents Office. Solicitor MaCabe and
Associate Chemist Dunlap were also
of the party. There we met Mr.. Curtice
of Rochester, N. Y. Mr.. Grosvenor,
representing Williams Brothers ofDe'
troit, and Jas. S. Sherman, at that
time member of the house of repre-
senatives, appearing in the interest of
Sherman Brothers of Oneida, N. Y.
They had spent the previous evening
with the president, showing him how
Wiley was running republican business
This particular republican business
consisted of putting benzoate of soda
and saccharin into human foods. The
president stated the object of the meet
ing and summarized the conversation
these business men had held with him
the night before He then turned to the
secretary of agriculture and said,
MIR. Wilson, do you think the addi-
tion of benzoate OF soda in foods is in.
jurious?' Then turning to me, he said,
'Dr. Wiley, do you think the use OF
benzoate of soda IN food is injurious?
| answered, Il do not think, | know,
have tried it on healthy young men
and it made them ILL., The same Ies-
tion was asked OF Solicitor McCabe
and Associate Dunlap. They both
answered in the affirmative.
Then turning to the republican rep
resentatives of business, and striking
the table a ringing blow with his fist,
the president said. Gentlemen, if this
drug is injurious you shall not put it
in foods. Had matters stopped there,
there would have been no Ramsen
board. bat at this iuncture Mr.. Sher-
man nterposed. But Mr., President,
how about the saccharin? My firm
saved four thousand dollars last year
by using saccharin Instead of sugar.
| unfortunately 'butted in at this
juncture and said, Yes, Mr.. president
and everyone who eats these products
Is deceived, believing he Is eating
sugar, and moreover the health IL
threatened by this drug Turning up.
| on Ele IN sudden anger and fierce Wis
age the president said, 'Anybod who
says saccharin is injurious is an idiot
| DR.. Rixey gives il to me every day
Having thus had my mental classified
| ton officially defined, | Withdrew y
H. thnnn, ftHr he ~ !. 9
board was gazetted. 1t was received
| with shout of acc i'm from the throat
of every aduIter ator and mlsbrandei
| of foods in the land Instead OF hay
| ing to the courts to defend their ne'
farious practices, they were no" thf
wards of the great father at Washing
| ton, and from that time to this have
continued their activities in poisoning
and defrauding the people under hi:
protecting wing a prosecutions
| against the users of benzoic acid ane
and its salts, sulfurous acid and 1T:
salts, alum, saccharin, and sulphatt
of copper were suspended and the mer
cenary interests, comprising not K
exceed five hundred people were auth
orized to poison and cheat the othel
ninety-five million of our population
This is protecting the peoples right
against the predatory interests with
vengeance.
Charging that he had been directed
by the secretary Of agriculture tt
make no reference in his public ad
dresses to the possible injurious ef
fects of the drugs mentioned, and tina
upon the appointment of the Remsei
board he was directed to stop his ex
periments upon young men, DR.. W lie.
declared;
"Who committed this unpardonabi'
sin agaiost the conscience and healtf
of the public? The great tribune 0
the people, Theodore Roosevelt, AM
his cabinet officers. | am NATURAL.
not greatly enthused with the prospec
of the continuation of this GRIM
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