The Nevada County picayune., 1912-09-27
He Says Taft and [. R. Are S0I-
 dierS of Fraud.
EnEM!Es OF PURE FOOD LAW
Famous Chemist 6e;ie.5s the Heath of the Nation Demands Election of the Democratic
 Ticket.
By HARVEY W. WILEY. tFormer Chief Chemist of the L s Department or Agriculture.)

My appeal is chiefly to those who, like myself. have been lifelong Repub- licans l believe that no kind of an administration is going to ruin the country have high personal re- gard for each one of the candidates for president and vice-presideent on all the tickets. All the political platforms are mainly sound and all promise eff fort in behalf of the whole people. My choice is not based on a platform. IL was determined by my impressions of the real attitude of the candidates re- speeting 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 eN pected If either of them resume his former seat on March f, 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 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, benzoic compounds. sul phHrous compounds and sulphate of copper blue stoneD. were injurious to health
 of the bureau of chemistry, the duty Of acting as grand jury and deter mining whether fools and drugs were ada3teratea or branded Instead Of appealing from my decisions 10 the courts as she law requires the users of tbasa Hoi =o9s appealed to President Roosevelt lie not only listened to them. Out he abresated the plain pro visions of the law, appointed a board not contemplated by the law. and di- rooted that these predatory interests night 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 MT. Roosevelt" l cannot believe that to be the proper course MT Taft inherited this ex ceedingly bad condition Of affairs from his predecessor and has not only continued this Illegal board un der whose patronage adulterators are still poisoning the people. bst he did worse In the matter of the adultera- ton of distilled beverages in which Roosevelt upheld the legally consti- tuted authorities, Mir Taft reversed that policy and threw the mighty weight of the executive ofice to the support of the worst lot of adultera tors that ever disgraced a country.
 MT. Wilson and Mir Marshall by their strenuous efforts in behalf of the food laws of their respective states have given a positive promise 10 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 shrift of those who have brought about these present unbeara ble conditions
 Wilson and Marshall by their educa- eion 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 he paraly. sis of the food law in behalf of the unholy dollar. But when the Demo cratic president and vicepresideni lend the aid Of their powerful sympa thy in behalf a the public healti those of their own party not in sym pathy with them will be robbed O shsir power for ssil If Roosevelt O..