The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-03
Too Long Party II a S
Worshiped at Shrine
of Dollar.
ONLY DEFEAT CAN
CUT OUT CANKER
DR.. Wiley Makes Debut as Cam
paign Speaker. Exeoriating
Taft, Roosevelt and Others
Who Place Money Before
Public Welfare-Supports
Wilson and Marshall.

Terre Haute. Ind. October 2.-Dr
Harvey W. Wiley, former chief OF the
Federal Bureau of Chemistry. ana
government pure food expert. made
his debut as a Democratic campaign
speaker here tonight Has speech
was devoted largely TO an attack upon
colonel Roosevelt, who, he saio' was
falsely claiming credit for the pas
sage Of the pure food and drug az
He announced he wooid sepS'''
son and Marshall.
..Pead the high-sounding moraiities
n, IN. Progressive platform" said the
doctor, and compare them Win me
actual performances OK lis maste'
builder, They don't seem to consist.
cannot conceive Of any more wicAeo
and iaw-breakinK performance.
beneficient law-passed IN gooo
by Consress-was Herciiessiy
a.ed and the disemboweieo Corpse
turned over to the Secretary OF Assi-
culture for dissection. The secretary
- Agriculture, inspired by his trustees
q, crime Solicitor Mccabs and Associ-
~. Duniay. attacked the carcass WIN
~. avidtty OF fasting buzzards. anu
80, only the whitening bones OK the
pure Food Law remained as 'hu'e
witnesses Of its existence.
wer.hjpee " the Dollar.
Ia
,oyaI 10 the Republican parry "
.s.ny wear. in spite of his conSictioh
go, :, was yearly becoming wor
- ., the shrine OF the dollar anu
,,,tndru: OF honesty in business anu
~. nubiic health and weia.e'
70, aid. Il now believe that inc
,,n,;cap marty, as at present CON
..,,u,.a. IL SO completely suojue 80
nv IN. dollar. 50 perFneaieu -
cauker of big business AZ rs ever
that only disastrous
~, mv own case the chiei
s.n.E,nr away from my IKE ions
.,.,ii,ic.l affiliations IL direcy
s.,i,ude Of two Repu5ncan ~
.,;ons viz those OF ReoSe
- raft. TO the food ana o1ue Eat
.Arrayed against this sA'ul' .o,st
,,,e has been formed the 80 ~
s,,nen,. Of commerciatsm nc.
any other country cooio sos. and
..ektnp to poison the I'oo'
~. well and debase the ofee9
~,ven US when i'll, tor
,-..eded In blocking ie9's'a
C..,a,rx together were those VI
- foods 10 preserve tnem
80 and coioring them WIN
,a,ake them seem fresh IN
.rsr. cneap substitutes WITH i"ous
md drugs to keep up their ~
voIun,e and deceive and th' -
nurchaser; those who. WIN
cohol. simulated the Ola aha -. dis-
snSnc,s Of the vineyard ana 1ts
.,,,ag ~bo made beer OF cheap susAe
20 ~,ne of coal tar dyes, tannin anu
.,.r,n and those who preSeo VI
~. imaSiuati ,ns Of the Iayincn an
81. ,hem worthless and harfniui rem
.dg.s Fulibellied ard steektacso
S.,... s,led the hotels OF Washihsso"
r..d The columns of our Eewspa
n.,x. eminent professors IN our ~
iere. and universities were ofousnt y.
washinRtor to tell the committees ~.
C,nsress that all these ois1epu
practices were harmless anu
By the exigencies OF tne u
We Favssable WORDS.
.r,-snv all this time no Pfes'oeut
- -. Knitted States and no Ceolne'
of,eer ever said . favoYtns WORD ior
the enactment Of this Law, except on
one or two occas ions In most pe' .
Sunc. ,rv way. Mr.. Roosevelt in one OF
h, messages alluded to the matter In
. short paragraph without accentus
ton. The Secretary OF Agriculture, ""
n few occasions In his Teco.u'he"u~
ions to the President called a'tehuc"
to the agitstion going on but Tue
Rureau OF Animal Industry OF the De-
nartmeut OF Agriculture and the Health
Department of the city of Washington
we're active in their opposition 70 the
measure. fearing some INFRINGEMENT OF
their own activities
In .pjse Of this indifference. how
ever. strong support. as well as oppo-
sition. developed IN the Congress Of the
United States. In the last years OF
the battle. Hepburn. Mann ana Rich-
srdson. in the H,use. and Mccumpes
and Hepburn. In the Senate. touSht
eenariousIy and aexrcssiveIy and won
In the autumn Of 1905 Senator heySurn
Believing that q winning chance was
NJ hand. asked President Roosevelt TO
recommend the passage Of the act in
his message. TIE President replied
that IL was Of so little consequence
that IL wasn't worth mentioning"
Speaking Of fhc passage OF the act
and the determination II those who
had opposed 10 20 prevent It's enforce
uent. Or. Wiley continued:
~Isfvine sncce~d~d 50 long In block
ing The legislation. they were serene
On the faith that ssaI'stcd as they were
with the dominant party. they could
sreven, the enforcement Of the act.
Evidently their faith was not founded
on phsn.oms. AZ . banquet in New
York IN New Years Eye. 1905, .
wealthy msnufaesures rose 10 speak q
Ii:ss p. y. Looking ~ the CLOCK, he
oasd: In I'VE minutes the food end
1rues act wuI be born: in i've minutes
after 10 70 VIII be dead. This was .
prophecy. slas. which came near prov
ing true, bot NOT quite - specify %
Was predicted"
Wpeys Ws0rssspa
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