Evening star., 1912-08-31
WILEY SAYS ROOSEVELT
OPPOSED PURE FOOD ACT
Former Chief of Bureau o1
Chemistry to Stump for
Wilson in the Fall.

DIR. Harvey w. Wiley, former chief Of
the bureau of chemistry. and known to
millions Of Americans as generalissimo OF
the pure food army, intends To take an
active part in the coming presidential
campaign, and will deliver a number OF
speeches in various parts of the United
States. Dr. Wiley is going on the stump
for Wilson and Marshall. and incidentally
proposes TO tell what he calls a few plain
truths about the bull moose" candidate.
.Mr. Roosevelt said DIR. Wiley AT
his office in the Woodward building-he
refused to give the bull moose" leader
his military title of colonel-"has repeat
edly claimed credit for the enactment
and enforcement of the food and drugs
act of June 30. 19O6-the pure food law,
so called. i have in my possession a
printed letter of his. under date of Au-
gust $. 1872 in which he makes the claim
that il was due to his activity that the
bill became a law. In the letter MI.
Roosevelt says that DIR. Wiley and few
other impractical Missionaries had Deen
irving for years to secure the passage of
a pure food law, but had simply played
into the hands of the foes of such
measure. He states that with the assist
ance of Mr. Garfield, then Secretary or
the Interior and others. the law was
forced through Congress. Mr.. Roose-
Welt further says, i forced the law
through Congress: I enforced it WELL
Now, the fact is. nobody ever heard
of Mr.. Garf1eld's connection with lhe
massage of the food and drugs act. Fur
ther. that act became law june So
1906. Mr.. Garfield became Secretary OF
the Interior March f. 1907, according TO
the records and to his biography as pub
lished in Who's Who in America
Awaited Public Sentiment. He Says.
still further Mr.. Roosevelt did not
support the bill until he became aware
that "A tremendous public sentiment ex-
listed in its favor. Then he took 1t up,
as a popular move, and as soon as 1T be-
came operative. and it was seen 10 NAM
per the operations of food adulterators:.
he proceeded to cut the strength out OF
the law by appointing the Remsen board
THE Remsen board. as every one
knows. who is acquainted with the facts.
completely emasculated the pure food and
drugs law, just as 1t was INTENDED II
should The Remsen board IS an extra
legal body. wholly unauthorized by the
law and with no legal standing Whatever,
as is shown by the report OF the MOSS IN
yesticating committee and BY decision OIL
the United States Supreme Court. IL was
appointed by MIR. Roosevelt for the sole
PURPOSE of rendering ineffective the pure
food and drugs law and it did it's work
nooly.
Il was brought up A republican: my
father was an original abohtionist and
a conductor on the underground railway
! was always taught that Satan's realm
was populated chiefly with democrats.
but have changed my mind. and l shall
do all i'm my power to aid in the defeat of
tho bull moose ticket and the regular
republican nominee.
Dr Wiley will leave for the west Oc-
tober I and will be the principal speaker
at the National Conservation Congress, to
be held in Indianapolis the week of Oc-
tober ]. His other engagements in the
Iioosier state are at Terre Haute, La
fayette and Madison. He is also to speak
during the campaign i'm Boston. New
York. Philadelphia. Baltimore and sew
eral other eastern cities.