The Washington bee., 1912-02-03

the fields; and that the pulp from
which the product is made is largely
from apple or from similar fruit and
not tomato. Adulteration was there
fore alleged for the reason that said
product consisted in part of a filthy
vegetable substance, as disclosed by
the aforesaid examination.
"On June I, 1911. the defendant
pleaded guilty and a fine of $2oG was
imposed"
In a notice of judgment published
on October IS, 1911, the examination
showed that "Old Reliable Tomato
Brand Pulp" contained, besides other
things, "a considerable amount of
sand which had been substituted in
part for the tomato pulp
The foregoing decision and refer
cuce speak for themselves. They are
drawn from among more than eleven
hundred notices of judgment which
have been issued by the Department
of Agriculture. These judgments
cover every conceivable food product
known TO the market place; they
cover also a constantly widening sur
vey OF the entire field OF drugs, chem
icals, and their combinations. They
tell of prosecutions for adulteration
of turpentine, Great Bear Spring
water and black pepper; for mis-
branding Of Nine. Yale's Blush OF
Youth" (and other Nine Yale"
products), corn and beans. Make
Man Tablets" blackberries, and vast
array OF other food and drug concoc-
tions
These decisions, the warning and
beneGcent effect of which can hardly
be overestimated, are brought about
and published under the authority Of
the sO-called Pure Food and Drugs
Act passed by Congress, and approx
ed June so, 1000 Sections 3 and 4
of that Act give the Secretaries OF
the Treasury, Agriculture and Com
merce and Labor power 10 make uni
form rules and regulations for giving
effect to the Act, authorize the Bu-
rcau Of Chemistry. Of the Agricultu-
raj Department, to make eXamina-
tons of food and drug products, re
porting the results of such examine
tio1s. and directs the Secretary of Ag-
riCulture to certify all violations of
the Act TO the proper |. 5. Attorney
for the district where in the violation
took place The District Attorney
having prosecuted the violations to
judgment in the courts, the Secretary
of Agriculture then issues notices OF
judgments as quoted above. The
Pure Food and Drugs Act, though
sneered at and denounced bitterly
has come to stay. And well may this
be so. for probably more safe and
sane exercise Of the police power Of
nation has never been seen since
the world began.
This article was intended to be
short monograph on the Pure Food
Law. 1t was not designed to set forth
the praises of that man Wiley, A~yet
how can any article on the Pure Food
Law be closed without saying a lit
tie something about the distinguished
Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry:
Can one present Hamlet" and leave
out the melancholy Dane?
One viii search the Pure Food Law
in vain for any mention Of Dr. Harvey
w, Wiley, but as have indicated al
ready, he will find mention of the
Bureau Of Chemistry Dr. Wiley IS at
the head of that bureau He has been
in the Department Of Agriculture
twenty-nine years. He is a distin-
guished chemist, and when, in 1901,
the Bureau Of Chemistry was erect
ed. out Of the old Division of Chem
istry with Chief Chemist in charge.
DR.. Wiley was chosen to fill that post
I am reminded of that day long ago
when the President OF the Senate, re
plying TO an inquiry a to the orders
of the day, observed that the Kansas
Nebraska bill was in order, and
Charles Sumner struck terror to the
heather SouthrOn by his reminder.
yes, and I have the floor" When
the Pure Food Law was passed. CON
ferring on the Bureau of Chemistry
the important duty which it performs.
the knowing ones must have muttered
under their breath, "Yes, and Wiley's
on the lid"
When it is noted that such indus
trial organizations as the American
Druggists Syndicate with its newly
proposed capitalization of $4,000. 900:
Hiram Walker & Sons, Gtd.), the
makers Of the famous Canadian Club
Whiskey: the Aetna Mill and FIeva-I