The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-20
He Says Taft and 7. R. Are Sol.
diers Of Fraud.
ENEMIES OF PURE FOOD LAW
Fasees Chemist Believes the Health
~ the hKtlon Demands Election
of the DemoeFntie
Ticket
By HARVEY W. WILEY.
(Furnex Chist Chemist Of the U. .,
Departms1t Of Agriculture

Ny ADpeal h ehbsAy 70 thoss whe.
ids@ myself. have been lifelong Rspue-
ueAna I believe that 10 ktnd OF a
adntnIstrHttoe 10 going TO ruin the
eoantry. | hare high persDnA -
gard for each ons Of the candidates foT
prsssdsnt and Vic%preGsdeent on al
the tickets. All the political platforms
are mainly sound and Al promise e
tDrt in bakaf d he whole people NJ
choice is not based on a platform II
vas determined by ny Impressions OF
the real attitude OF the candidates re-
specting the public welfare. We are
creatures OF heredity and environ
nsnt IL our attitude towards great
public questions We are almost alto
gether creatures OF environment
What two men are By environment
lszzt likely 10 be svayed BY special
interests and most likely TO be guided
BY devotion TO public welfare7 Two
Of the candidates have already been
tried in the presidential chair and we
know By experience what may be ex
psetsd II either Of them resume his
former seat on March 4, 1914 Mr..
Roosevelt BY reason Of his attitnde to
wards the food and drug act AbAn-
doned the consumers Of the country
TO the rapacity OF q few msreenary
manufacturers Under Authority Of
congress l had carried on extensive
experiments with my soeaIIsd poison
squad and found that certain sub
stances, via. bensoic compounds, sui
phurous compounds and sulphate OF
copper (bIue stone). were injurious to
health.
The law conferred upon me, an chief
OF the bureau OF chemistry, the duty
OF acting as a grand jury and deter
mining whether foods and drugs were
adulterated or misbranded Instead
Of appealing from my decisions TO the
courts as 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 d.
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 |
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 I'M
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 ONCE 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 positive promise to end
such a threatening state Of affairs.
They Will support to the utmost the
officials under the law who are trying
to protect the public health and will
make short rhrift OF those who have
brought about these present unbeara-
BILE 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 |