The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-09-24
He Says Taft and T. r. Are Sol-
dierS of Fraud.
ENEMIES or PURE FOOD LAW
%amsavs ChsH,sst Behaves tho Health
ee ths Nation Demands Election
OF the psmoerVtss
Ticket
By HARVEY W. WILEY.
lFovmer Chief Chemist OF the U. d
Department OF Agriculture.

Ny appeal is chiefly TO those who,
Ike myself have been lifelong Repub'
Leans. believe that no kind OF an
administration is going TO ruin tie
country. | have high personal re
gard for each one OF the candidates for
president and PRESIDENT on ail
the tickets All the political platforms
are mainly sound and all promise et.
fort in behalf OF the whole people. My
choice ID not based on d platform. II
was determined by my impressions or
the real attitude OF the candidates re-
spectiug the public welfare We are
creatures of heredity and environ
meat. In our attitude towards great
pshiic questions we are almost alto
@sahsr creatures OF environment.
What two men are by environment
xsast 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 en
pected II 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
10 the rapacity Of q few mercenary
manufacturers. Under authority OF
congress j had carried on extensive
experirhspts with my so-called poison
squad snh fdrtfd that certain sub
stances. Tiz.. ben2olc compounds, sui
phurous compounds and sulphate Of
copper blue stonel. were injurious TO
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 were
&dulterated or misbGnded Instead
Of appealing from my decisions 10 the
courts as the law requires, the users
OF these poisons appealed 10 President
Roosevelt He not only listened 10
them. bat he abrogated the plain pro
yisions OF the 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 10 the 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 eI-
ceedingly bad condition OF affairs
from his predecessor and has not
only continued this Illegal board III
der whose patronage adulterators are
still poisoning the people, but he did
worse. In the matter or the adultera-
ton OF distilled beverages in which
Roosevelt upheld the legally consti
luted authorities, Mt Taft reversed
hat policy and threw the mighty
weight OF the executive office to the
support Of the worst lot OF adultera-
.ors that ever disgraced a country.
Mr.. Wilson and Mr. Marshall By
heir strenuous efforts in behalf OF the
ood laws OF their respective states,
iaye given a positive promise TO end
,uch a threatening state OF anAirs.
rhey will support to the utmost the
,fhcials under the law who are trying
o protect the public health and will
make short shrift Of those who have
,rought about these present unbears
lie conditions.
Wilson and Marshall by their educa-
so9 and enyironmsnt are free from