The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-24
DR.. WILEY DISCUSSED
SMALLPOX OUTBREAK
Believes in Vaccination and Says 1t Is
One of the Projections Which
Public Should Have.

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, formerly chieI
of the U. s. bureau of chemistry, ad-
1 dressed large audience in the Mont
pelier city hall last evening, the lecture
4 the allied reading clubs of that city,
I He was introduced by Rev. S. +. Blom.
! field
"All movements" said the exponent OF
pure food, (which have for their purpose
the uplft of humanity have been COM
PEELED to travel rocky road. II seems
rather difficult to understand why people
like me and those associated with me,
working for the public benefit, should
receive SO little support from the people
we try to aid. The people of this coun-
try like TO be humbugged. Barnum was
right. Those things which are least
meritorious have great popular vogue.
Those things which are really meritori-
ous arc of slow growth, but they are
destined to live long.
MY message is of less interest per.
haps to Vermonters than any other state,
for as [ look over your vital statistics
and the splendid work of your state
board Of health, | am not surprised to
learn the death rate has fallen rapidly,
There is an unusual degree of health in
Vermont"
DR.. Wiley outlined his reasons for
choosing his especial career in the field
of medicine. II found he said, "the
great majority of diseases traceable to
disorders of indigestion. I've been told
many times that my efforts raised the
cost of living The high cost of living,
like appendicitis, has been attributed to
everything.
"Pure food docs cost more. It's worth
more There's more nutriment in it.
Adulterated food is dear if il is given
away. Opposite arguments are valueless
because not based on correct premises.
We've established thing in the food
trade which ought to be established in
every trade honesty compelling those
who didn't want to be honest to honesty
and protecting others. A few years ago
it was impossible for the honest manu-
facturer to make living.
"What possible argument can there be
against these pure food laws? Special |
nocketbooks. Men came to hearings with |
brazen effrontery and with honesty and /
insisted we would XIII the food -manu-
featuring business of the country. That |
kind of argument is used now against !
the execution of that law enacted for |
the people.
There was awakened a public con.
science which, when it settles, rarely goes
wrong, and Congress heard the voice,
First came the women. then the farm
RS the medical schools, labor organiza
lions.
"Roosevelt's order forbade employees Of
he government to communicate with
/ didn't avoid them en-
irely. but was glad that President
Taft in his wisdom saw fit to revoke the
rider, making public official little
ess a slave than before.
"The interests machinated to destroy
he law They began on me. They
,assed over my head and got an order
o suspend the law That's the way
t stands now and will until the 5th of
larch.
Among those interests was Vice
resident Sherman. whose firm puts sac
harine instead of sugar into its prod
cts. You know what happened to me A.,
after they handcuffed and foot -cuffed
nd tongue-cuffed me, for they would not #,
How me to speak or write ON public
ealth topics, the experiments ] made ,
n young men were suppressed. and they /,
rought false charges that | had cx- ,
ended SIS illegally. I was convicted /,
nd sentenced to be hung and knew ,
othing of il. but when they brought f,
he papers to President Taft. God bless =
i'm. his sense Of justice was outraged .
nd he demanded hearing. ;
"What happened? The men who ac- h
Used me we're convicted. They are still /,
Office. | asked the secretary of agri- !;
ilture how long I was to treat them as =
luals. The secretary Of agriculture !,
id he would consider. He considered a
vo weeks and ! fired myself J,
"Now, my friends. | have liberty to :,
n Won what's injurious to health. ZAP \
ause.l Life is shortened to "a years :,