Gunnison news-champion., 1912-10-04

Department Of AertosItsssB
Nv sa,,sal 10 chiefly to those Who.
ike m1sah. have seen lifelong keps8-
leans. I believe thai no kind OF az
Administrations Is going TO ruin the
gouatry ! have a high personal re
gard Tor each one OF Tho candidates Tor
president and vice -presideeHt on all
me tickets All tie political platforms
are mainly sound aHd all promise ef-
Tort Insss haH of the whole people My
lhoiee Is not based on platform "
Sas determined by nav impressions OF
he real attitude OF the candidates re.
specting the pubic welfare. We are
ireatures Of hersdity and environ
ment. In our attitude towards great
public questions We are almost alto
gether creatures Of environment
What two men are b. environment
least likely 10 be swsyed by special
interests and most likely 10 be guided
BY devotion to public welfare Two
sf the candidates have already been
tried In the presidential chair and we
hnow by experience what may be ex
pected n either Of them resume his
former seat on March 4, 1918 MIR
Roosevelt by reason Of his attitude to-
wards the food and drug act absn-
aoned the consumers of the country
TO the rapacity Of few mercenary
manufacturers Under authority of
congress- ! had carried on extensive
experiments with my so-called poison
squad and found that certain sub
stances. viz. benzoic compounds. sui
phurous compounds and sulphate Of
copper Cblue stone). were Injurious 10
health
The law conferred upon me, as chief
Of the bureau OF chemistry. the duty
of acting as a grand jury and deter
mining whether foods and drugs we're
adulteratsd or misbranded Instead
OF appealing from my decisions to the
courts az the law requires. the users
of these poisons appealed to President
Roosevelt He not only listened to
them, but he abrogated the plain pro-
visions Of the law. appointed a board
not contemplated by the law. and di-
rected that these predatory Interests
MIGHT continue their attacks on the
health of the people until this board,
unknown to the law. should decide
otherwise.
Can We safely trust the campaign
for public health TO Mr. Roosevelt? I
cannot believe that to be the proper
course. Mr. Taft inherited this ex-
ceedingly bad condition of affairs
from his predecessor and has not
only continued this Illegal board UNI
der whose patronage adulterators are
still poisoning the people, but he did
worse. In the matter of the adultera-
tion of distilled beverages In which
Roosevelt upheld the legally consti-
tuted authorities, Mr.. Taft reversed
that policy and threw the mighty
weight Of the executive Office to the
support of the worst lot of adultera-
tors that ever disgraced a country.
Mr. Wilson and Mr.. Marshall by
their strenuous efforts in behalf of the
food laws of their respective states
have given a positive promise to end
such a threatening state of affairs
HtN Will SuppoiN W the ulhicCi iHF
officials under the law who are trying
to protect the public health and viii
make short shrift of those who have
brought about these present unbeara
bic conditions
Wilson and Marshall by their educa.
ton and environment are free from
bias in favor of predatory interests
and are inspired by true patriotic zeal
In behalf of public welfare
support the Democratic nominees
in full knowledge that many of the
prominent Democrats in congress have
been in full sympathy with the paraly-
sis of the food law in behalf of the
rnholy dollar. But when the Demo
cratic president and vice president
end the aid of their powerful sympa
thy in behalf of the public health
hose of their own party not In sym
1athy with them viii be robbed of
heir power for evil. II Roosevelt or
Taft be chosen the soldiers of fraud
and adulteration will be impregnably
antrenched for another four years and
benzoates, sulphites and adulterated
alcoholic beveridges win have a new
ease Of life
believe also that President Wilson
Gill renovate the department of agri-
culture. reeking, as ii has been for
the past twelve years, with scandals
and favoritism. He viii see to il that
The bureau of animal industry viii
protect the public health instead OF
eased meats under the deceptive
phrase ''U. S. Inspected and Passed"
Under President Wilson no more Pin
chots will be kicked out of the service.
no more unspeakable McCabes will ex-
ercise dictatorial powers. There viii
be no more cotton leaks and jungle
atrocities. no more Everglade swim
dies Buccaneering boasting and