The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-30
Pure Food and Drug AdE0-
cate Hopes President Taft
VIII BE Reelected.

recent interview with Dr.. Harvey
Wiley is as follows:
yes. 4 said II why shouldn't
have said It? Would 4 not be an In.
CRATE from my oess up to my head
from my head to my toes-nI did mo-
say it?s
Thus did I'D, Wiley, pure food
champion, until recently chief ehe1nis
OF the department Of agriculture, Il
iterate today his hope shat Presiden-
Tart would ne reelected he relter
nted when shown a copy OF state
ment, which ne had been represented
as making In Cincinnati a few days
ago. That statement raa as follows:
president Taft is the one man who
stood between me and destruction a,
Washington. When efforts were being
made to assassinate me. TAFT proved
my only protector. He stood by mi
and I am grateful to him. i hope he
VIII be f%e-elected."
DR.. Wiley was at his desk In a cor.
ner office of one Of washington,s new
skyscrapers as heatook OF his specta.
cles and declared anew his friend
ship for President Taft,
II couple my statement" said he
with the expectation that the Presi.
dent Will clean those Augean stables
in the department. of agriculture. II,
said In his letter generating me tina
there, were other conditions In the de-
partment which mpstb DE remedied. /,
is not too late yet for him to do that.
viii you tell about the origin o.
the RemseR Roard?" was asked.
Why. ! guess sojS' came the an.
swer promptly. IL wore a muzzle be.
comingly dor a long time. Perhap!
the truth ought to be told about thai
board right now.
1T was appointed by MI. Roosevelt
as president Of the United states
either on the suggestion to him OF the
secretary of agriculture or by his-owr
suggestion to the secretary The ac.
tual announcement was made by the
secretary of agriculture. i was told
that Mr.. Roosevelt selected DR.. Rem.
sen antIthat DR.. Remsen selected his
associates.
"one morning / was asked by the
secretary Of agriculture TO GO with
him and solicitor MJccabe and Mr.,
Dunlap To- Presldent R~ooseYelts Of
flee at the White House. When we ar
rived there we met several gentlemen,
one from Rochester. N. Y, who used
benzoafe Of soda in his goods, a rep
resentative Iof a Detroit concern that
used benzoate in its goods, and a New
York; anernber of Congress CsInce
electetrto another6ederalrofice).
After we had been seated Presi-
dent. Roosevelt announced that the
gentlemen I fave referred to tfrom
New York and Michtgan), had pro-
tested DR.. wtley;s bindings on benzo-
ate of soda and against other saIb-
stances added to food products, nota-
bly, sulphur dioxide and saecharjn
and he gave a summary Of the repre-
sensations they had made to him.
After he had made this SUMMARY he
appealed to the gentlemen 4rom.
New York and Michigan) to know II
he had stated their case fairly. 70
which they replied In the Affirmative.
HE then turned to the secretary
of agriculture and asked him n he
Secretary WILSON, thought the use Of
benzoate OF soda in food products was
harmful. The secretary promptly am
Swered in the affirmative. He then
asked me II I thought the use of BEN
zoate of soda in food products was
harmful TIC. this I replied that ] did
not think so, chat I knew so because
I had carried on experiments for two
years with healthy young men and
found in every instance that sooner or
later injurious effects had been pro-
duced.
President Roosevelt then asked the
same question to Mr.. Mccabe and Mr..
Dunlap. to which they replied In the
Affirmative. Turning then to the pro-
tagonists of ibenzoate and striking the
table with his fist, President Roose-
welt said:
Gentlemen, II this substance is
Injurious to health, you shall not use
it in your foods,
'"%rhereupon the then Republican
representative from New York dis
trict introduced the saecharIne ques-
ion, and stated that his frm-mean-
Ing, I suppose, the firm OF his broth
saved $4,000 the previous
year by using saccharine instead Of
sugar.
Il Interjected the remark; yes,
Mr.. President, and every person who
ate the goods was deceived, thinking
he was using sugar when, In fact, he
~as using a sweetish coal tar produc.
which was not only deceptive but In
furious to health
"Thls remark of mine seemed to
arouse president Roosevelt, who made
a passionate defense Of saccharine
saying that DR.. Rixey gave It to him
every day."