Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-10-04
He Says Taft and 7. r. Are SOL
diers of Fraud.
ENEMIES OF PURE FOOD Law
Famous Chemist Believes tho. Health
Of tho Nation Demands Election
OF tho Democratic
Ticket ,
; BY HARVEY W. WILEY. y
Ooemer Chief Chemist Of tho D. q.
Department Of Agricultural

Ny appeal II chiefly to those who
IKE myself, have been lifelong Repub-
ncans. I believe that no kind Of an
administration IL going 70 ruin tho
country. have Z high personal re-
gard for each one Of tho candidates for
Rresktd9Q3 aa9 ylQeQ q AZ
ere mainly sound and ali promise ef-
fort in behalf Of the whole people. My
choice 10 not based on q platform. It
was determined by my impressions Of
the real attitude of the candidates re-
specting the public welfare. We are
creatures Of heredity and environ
ment. In our attitude towards great
public questions we are almost alto
gether creatures Of environment.
What two men are by environment
least likely to be swayed by special
interests and most likely to be guided
by devotion to public welfare? Two
of the, candidates have already been
tried in the presidential chair and we
know by experience what may be ex
pected If either OF them resume his
former seat on March 4, 1913. Mr..
Roosevelt by reason Of his attitude to
wards the food and drug act aban
doned the consumers of the country
to the rapacity Of a few mercenary
manufacturers. Under authority OF
congress I had carried on extensive
experiments with my so-called poison
squad and found that certain sub
stances, VIZ, bensoic compounds, SUI
phurous compounds and sulphate o.
copper (blue stone). were Injurious to
health.
The law conferred upon me, as chief
Of tho bureau Of chemistry, the duty
of acting a. q grand jury and deter
mining whether foods and drugs were
adulterated or m1sbranded. Instead
Of appealing from my decisions 10 tho
courts as the law requires, the users
Of these poisons appealed TO President
Roosevelt. He not only listened to
them, but hs abaogztsd the plain pro-
visions Of tho law. appointed board
not contemplated BY the law, and d.
rected that these predatory interests
might continue their attacks on the
health of the people until this board,
unknown. to tho law, should decide
otherwise.
Can we safely trust the campaign
for public health TO- Mr.: Roosevelt?
cannot believe that to be the proper
course. Mr.. Taft inherited this ex-
ceedingly bad condition of affairs
from his predecessor aud has not
only continued this illegal board I'M
der whose patronage adulterators are
still poisoning the people, but he did
worse. In the matter Of the adultera-
lion Of distilled beverages In which
Roosevelt upheld tho 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 adulterar
tors that ever disgraoed q country.
Mr.. Wilson and Mr.: Marshall by
their strenuous efforts in behaH OF the
food laws Of their respective states,
have given a positive promise to end
such q threatening state Of affairs.
they win support to the utmost the
officials under the law who are trying
to protect tho public Health and will
make short shrift Of those who have
brought about these present unbeara'
bic conditions.
Wilson and Marshall BY their educa-
\rn1rN
bias in favor Of predatory Interests
and are inspired By true patriotic seal
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.
us Of the food law tn behalf Of the
unholy loilas. PRt when TIE Demo
cratic president AAd M president
lend the aid of their powerful bJQapar
thy in behalf Of the public heath
those Of their own party not in SYM
patty with them WEI be robbed Of
their power for evil: II Roosevelt or
Taft be chosen the soldiers Of fraud
ana adulteration viii be impregnably
sntrenchsd for another four years and
benzoates, supplies and adulteratod
alcoholic beveridees, win have new
lease Of life.
believe also that President Wilson
vim rsnovats the department Of aers-
culture, reeking. ~ It has been for
the past twelve years. with scandals
and favoritism. He Will SEQ to 1t that
Tie bureau Of animal industry viii
protect the public health instead Of
the efforts of The packers to sell dis
oased meats under the deceptive
phrase III. 8. Inspected and Passed"
Under President Wilson no more Pin.
chots will be Kicked out of the service.
no more unspeakable McCabes will e1.
ercise dctatorial powers. There will
be no more cotton leaks and Jungle
atrocities, no moro ,Hverglade swim
dies. Buccaneerins, boasting and
buncombe win give place to sane Of.
forts for tho promotion Of real agri.
culture and tho public health.
Under Wilson the department Of