Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-10-04

tho Democratic Iicket-He Appeals
to Those Who, Like Himself. Have
Been Republicans.
BY HARVEY w. WILEY.
tFormer Chief Chemist of tho U. s.
Department of Asricuiture.)
My appeal is chiefly to those who.
like myself. have been lifelong Repub-
licans. believe that no kind of an
administration is going to ruin the
country. | have high personal Ie
gard for each one of the candidates for
president and vice president 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 platform. 1t
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 toward 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 he 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 resumes his
| former seat on March 4. 1913. Mr..
Roosevelt by reason Of his attitude to-
| nj ok no,
| doned the consumers Of the country
to the rapacity Of a few mercenary
manufacturers. Under authority Of
| congress l had carried on extensive
experiments with my so called poison
squad and found that certain sub
| stances-viz. benzoic compounds, sui
| phurous compounds and sulphate Of
copper ,bluestone,-were injurious to
health.
| The law conferred upon me as chief
| of the bureau of chemistry the duty of
| acting as grand jury and determin
| Ing whether foods and drugs were adul
terated or misbranded. Instead of ap-
pealing from my decisions to the courts,
as the law requires. the users OF these
| poisous appealed to President ROose
| welt. He not only listened to them. but
he abrogated the plain provisions OF
the law. appointed board not con
| templated by the law and directed that
these predatory interests might con
| tinue their attacks on the health of the
| people until this beard 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 exceed
| ingly bad condition Of affairs from bis
predecessor and has not only continued
this illegal board under whose patron
age adulterators are still poisoning the
neopIe. but he did worse. In the mat
ter of the adultcration OF distilled bev
| erages In which Roosevelt upheld the
legally constituted authorities Mr.. Taft
reversed that policy and threw the
mighty weight Of the executive ONCE
to the support Of the worst lot OF adul.
terators that ever disgraced country.
Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Marshall by
their strenuous efforts in behalf OF the
food laws of their respective states
have given Il positive promise to end
such threatening state OF affairs
they will support tn the utmost tht
officials under the law who are trying
to protect the public health and viii
make short shrift Of those who have
brought about these present unbear
able 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 yea
in behalf of public welfare
support the Democratic nominees IN
full knowledge that many of the prom
inent Democrats In congress have
been in full sympathy with the paral
ysis OF the food law In behalf OF the
unhoiy dollar But when the Demo
cratic president and vice president
lend the aid Of their powerful sympa
thy In behalf Of the public health
those of their own party not In sym
pathy with them Will be robbed OF
their mower for evil II Roosevelt or
Taft he chosen the soldiers Of fraud
and adulteration will be imprrgnahls
intrenched for another four years nnl
benZoates, sulphnteS and ndulterhtrh
alcoholic beverages will have new
lease of life.
believe also that President Wilson
will renovate the department OF agri
| culture. reeking. as It has been for
the past twelve years. with scandals
and favoritism. He will see to 1t that
the bureau Of animal industry will
protect the public health instead OF
the efforts OF the packers to sell dis
eased meats under the decrptiv"
!, phrase III. s. Inspected and Passed
, Under President Wilson no more Pin
chots will lie kicked ont of the service
no more unspeakabIe McCnbes will ex
ercise dictatorial powers. There vii
: be no more cotton leaks and jungle
atrocities. no more Everglade swim
dies Ruccancering. boasting and bun
combe Will give place to sane efforts
} for the promotion OF real agriculture
and the public health
Under Wilson the department Of
/, agriculture will he restored to speak
!; ing terms with the state agricultural
colleges and experiment stations. and
the state officials will no longer be
, regarded as inferior beings. living only
, on the largess of Washington cabal.
| ask all who want honesty and faith,
FIJI service in the department of agri-
culture. the promotion Of public
health and executives who have
grown to manhood and lived IN an en-
!. vironment favorable to that which
makes for the public welfare to vote
, for Wilson and Marshall.
President Taft congratulates the Re
: publicans Of Maine on what Chairman
4 Hilles describes rs IAN old fashioned
victory" Another such and Vernon
' and Rhode Island would go Democratic
In November.