THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1011,
OR. H. W. WILE!
FAMOUS
Long the Storm Center In
the Pure Food
Fight.
THEY nre at it again in Washing
ton. Never can tell when o
now controversy will nriso 1b
the city by the Potomac. This
time tho center of the fight is Dr. Har
vey W. Wiley, better know as the
chief of the "poison squad." Wiley li
a big man, physically, mentally and
otherwise. Ho also makes a good fighl
and tells a good story. Dr. Wiley waa
married not long ago and should tx
able to put up a better fight than ever
Dr. Wiley was born in Indiana in
1844. He was graduated from Han
over college and now holds degrees ol
A. SI., M. D., Th. D., Liu D. and vari
ous others that would use up most oi
the letters in the cap case.
Resignation Often Announced.
During the past three years especial
ly numerous reports have announced
the resignation of Dr. Wiley as chief
of the bureau of chemistry either of
his own free will or at the request of
his superiors or have informed the
public that he was to be fired bodily
from the department of agriculture foi
the commission of many alleged sins.
But the man whose "poison squads"
and frequently published rules for
health and death made the people of
the country take such an interest in
their food and drink as never before
always remained In his rosltion. When
the time came for him to go Dr. Wiley
used to say it wouldn't be hard to
find another job when he should Btep
out from the tangles of the bureau
where he saved tho government $12,
000,000 in ten years ot least accord
ing to the food expert's own statement.
To those who charge Dr. Wiley
with arranging and countenancing tho
spending of 20 or $50 a day In place
of the legal maximum of $11 he might
reply in the words ho used a year ago
last February when money matters in
his bureau brought him before the
house committee on expenditures In
the department of agriculture "Every
dollar we have spent in our laboratory
has saved Uncle Sam $100. The work
of tho chemistry bureau has thus saved
the government a vast deal of money."
Not only has Dr. Wiley always look
ed after the interests of this bureau
of chemistry for twenty-eight years
he first became connected with the de
partment's chemistry work in 1883,
when it was limited to analyses of fer
tilizers and sugar but he has had at
heart the interests of the digestive or
gans of the people of tho United States.
Only a few days ago Dr. Wiley was
heard from in view of the relation of
the heat wave and man's stomach.
Almost every summer Dr. Wiley has
announced new summer diets for the
people, high and low: "Eat no moat;
consume plenty of fruits, but have
them cooked; drink nothing below GO
degrees in temperature; banish all
alcoholic vegetables; seek cheerful
friends; don't worry." From these
rules it will bo seen how Dr. Wiley
added to his cnemlos by suggestions
that, if carried out by tho advised,
would injure the business of butcher,
Iceman, saloon keeper and pessimist
But it seems that the preacher did
not always practice what he preached.
Only a few days after issuing a bul
letin similar to the above three years
ago his enemies said that the dietarian
sat down to a meal of "two imperial
crabs, one large steak and trimmings,
a special salad and several mugs of
musty ale." All this furnished materi
al for the opponents of pure food and
reasonable living.
Dr. AViley had and perhaps still has
other ideas. A man should eat "1 per
cent of his weight in dry foods, and
so it requires 100 days for him to eat
his own head off." If a man eats less
he loses weight, and Dr. Wiley was
only relying on crabs, steak and salad
to keep him robust "Every man
ought to choose his own rations," was
a former Wlleyan opinion that gave
au excuso for the crabs, etc.
Marries a Good Cook.
Tho best cook in Washington's
younger set Miss Anna Kelton also
a suffragist curlier in tho year be
came the wife of the food expert In
his sixtieth year. Dr. Wiley himself
is a master at the stove or chafing
dish. It used to be one of bis proud
boasts that ho cooked his own mush
while attending Hanover college, in
Indiana. Tho mush, acting on his in
tellect by way of tlie stomach, enabled
the young Hoosler to take his A. B.
degree in 18C7. Four years later at
tho Indiana Medical collego he re
ceived the degree of doctor of medi
cine, but its connection with mush has
never been established. At least ho
did-not cook his own meals, for while
he was not long laying tho founda
tion for tho knowledge that was to
provide his Ideas on "eating to live"
he taught Latin and Greek In Butier
college. Further training, principally
in chemistry, was secured at the Law
rence Scientific school of Harvnrd uni
versity, wlro the degree of B. S. in
dicated a part of his mental equip
ment For one year be waa professor of
ltoi rrr at Ttntlar cnUotre. which h
ANO HIS
"POISON S
QUAD
Career ot Chief Figure In
Latest Administration
Controversy,
left to take a similar teaching posltioi
at the Agricultural college of Indiana
situated at Purdue. Feeling that hi
must gain more knowledge to keep uj
with the Hoosier minds, he spent thi
year 1878-70 doing research work li
chemistry at Berlin. Indiana madi
Dr. Wiley state chemist in 1881, an
he remained in that position tw
years, until going to Washington tc
becomo tho chief of the division o;
chemistry in the department of agri
culture. His career as a servaut oi
the government his enemies say h
was more of a boss than a servant
has caused the Hooslers to point ai
him and say, "He is one of us." Kcni
county considers that Wiley bestowi
special honor upon it by being borr
within its limits.
Not Satisfied to Test Fertilizers.
When Wiley got to going in Wash
ington be displayed the power to eal
work. Those under him and manj
above him did not hold tho same opln
Ion as to exerting themselves for Un
cle Sam. Dr. Wiley thought that his
office ought not to confine itself to see
ing if fertilizers were up to snuff oi
not. It was the new chiefs aim tc
create a division of chemistry for the
study of food adulteration, and in 1883
his office was authorized to study tbfi
adulteration of foods.
While in Germany Dr. Wiley's inter
est In the chemistry of foods and in
physiological chemistry had been
greatly increanod by work in the
health laboratory of Berlin, under the
direction of Dr. Sell. After Dr. Wilej
had become state chemist of Indiana
lie set about to create a popular de
mand for pure food and legislation
relative to food inspection. Not untl'
tho division of chemistry was allowed
to take up the study of food adultera
tion did Dr. Wiley begin to see the
possibility of the realization of bis
ideas on the exposing of adulterated
foods and drugs.
A part of bulletin 13 in 1837 con
tains the first report of his researches
The interest aroused by tho publica
tion led to Senator Faulkner's Intro
duction of a comprehensive food in
spectlon bill similar in many respect!
to that passed by parliament in 1874
After leading a harassed life for sov
oral years this bill was finally killer'
by the house of representatives. Otli
er bills that Dr. Wiley was behind
failed to pass.
But Dr. Wiley was not discouraged
by these setbacks. Largely through hi!
efforts the national pure food conven
tion met In Washington in 1890. It
whose duty it was to investigate adul
teratlons resulted in the appointment
of the "Mason senate committee,'
whose duty it was to investigate ndul
terated foods. As the most proral
nent leader of the puro food movement
nnd the government's chief expert, Dr
Wiley took the leading part in tin
committee's investigations. He direct
ed tho taking of testimony, which fill
ed u volume of 800 pages when com
pletoft. Finally Wins long Fight.
The slowness of congress to act upor,
the committee's report might have d!s
couraged any one but Dr. Wiley, and
tho pure food movement entered iu
100-1 upon the final stage preceding tht
passage of tho national pure food nnc
drugs act two years later. Since ther
the work of the bureau of chemlstrj
has, greatly Increased, for its duty un
der the bill was to supply analyses oi
foods and drugs as a basis for prose
cution nnd information to legislators
needing aid in the preparation of mens
ures.
According to the policy of Secretary
Wilson, Dr. Wiley, in whom the head
of the agricultural department has
had full conlldence, was allowed a
rather free hand. The food nnd drugs
act conferred enormous power upon tht
chief of the bureau of chemistry. Dr
Wiley's many enemies have disclosed
that he used his power arbitrarily, bul
those of a lins prejudiced mind are in
clined to credit him with a fair inter
pretation of the act and the rulings
made under it. His first chief setback
was received when the Heinsen board
two years ago, contrary to Dr. Wiley's
view, reported that beuzoato of soda
as a preservative was not harmful.
Dr. Wiley threatened to resign when
the board was upheld, but ho didn't.
The reason that Dr. Wiley Is so well
known to tho public in general is due
to his popularization of advico and tech
nical information regarding harmful
foods and drugs. Ho lias kept the public
informed upon tho improvement or de
terioration of products in cold storage.
For tho benefit of tho people ho fought
hayseed jam, glucose honey and whiU
flour. In New York city several years
ago ho startled tho Sphinx club mem
bers at a dinner by telling them what
they were drinking was not whisky,
although tho label on the bottles said
it was. To the members of a house
committee on agriculture ho once
served food and drink to illustrate the
difference between tho pore and the
adulterated.
According to Dr. Wiley, shad have
more sense about steering dear of pol
luted water than human beings have.
An instance of the wav in which be
w'oufd attract popular attention to cer
tain subjects was u ixipcr that he read
in New York on arsenic in glycerine
and women's black stockings. He bates
tobacco and would claro nil bars. In
fifteen years ho says pcoplo won't dare
smoke In public. Ho has also talked
about tho day when men will bo strong
nnd active although eighty years old.
The poison squads established by Dr.
Wiley nte food containing borax nnd
other preservatives, lived on a diet ol
cheese and underwent tobacco and al
cohol tests.
Manufacturers of foods nnd drugs
affected by Dr. Wiley's analyses, rul
ings and general activity have lonu
demanded his removal. His attltudr
toward them may bo summed up hi
his own words, "I don't give a hanp
for the business world. "What I cart
for is tho health of tho people. When
there are hundreds of dollars Involved
(here nre millions of lives banging lu
the balance. It is these I consider and
not tho business done by any corpora
tion."
As to criticisms against him, Dr.
Wiley Bays:
"Btoes you, I don't mind what the
boys havo to say. They like it, and it
doesn't hurt me. If they didn't gel
mad at mo I'd think I hadn't stirred
them up enough."
FAOTOKY INSPECTION WOIIK.
Factory Inspector Delaney has
just issued his annual report for
1910. As a State report this is
rather prompt, tout this is partly ac
counted for by the fact that It con
tains less than 100 pages. It gains
in value by its decreased size, but
would be much more important if
It had appeared five months ago.
Any well-regulated newspaper could
havo printed it all on twenty-four
hours' notice and the nature of fac
tory inspection work is such that
the data could easily have been
available by tho middle of January.
We make the point not in criticism
but in commendation, for It is al
most a shock to receive an annual
report of a State officer so soon. It
may help to wako up some of the
other departments at Harrlsburg.
The report discloses that more
than a million of our people are en
gaged In occupation calling for fac
tory inspection. Almost one-half
of the men are connected with em
ployments dealing with iron or steel,
and this is about what one would
have expected. Over one-half of the
women are connected with the tex
tile trades, either in manufacturing
of cloth and yarns or in making
them up into garments. The year on
the whole Is declared to havo been
one of about tho average industrial
activity, which Is encouraging, see
ing that in some parts o the country
conditions have been far bolow the
average.
It Is encouraging to find that vio
lations of the law have not been
very numerous. It Is true that in
spectors hnve been obliged to secure
the dismissal of a large number of
those under age and of some of
proper ago without the requisite
educational equipment. It is true
that tho fire escape subject has met
some trouble and a good deal of
vigor has been necessary. But, all
things considered, the report dis
closes that, owing to previous work
by Mr. Delaney, few attempt to vio
late tho law and none succeed in do
ing so for any length of time. The
result is that there is no State where
factory conditions are so good as in
Pennsylvania.
It is ideal to havo every child go
through secondary and higher edu
cation, but until tho millennium ar
rives we shall be content with the
policy of compelling every child to
get a good common school educa
tion, of permitting minors to work
only under severe restrictions and
of securing all of the sanitary and
safety appliances possible. The last
Legislature strengthened the hands
of tho inspector. Anyone who con
templates conditions in our factories
now and twenty years ago can see
what great good has been accom
plished. Philadelphia Inquirer.
LIGHTNING'S FREAKS.
Lightning the other day sought out
and struck a man working in a Penn
sylvania coal mine 1,500 feet under
ground and unaware that a storm
was raging. The report in tho des
patch that tho bolt " followed the in
take of the air current " reveals a
danger not commonly appreciated.
Lightning is attracted to or deflected
from an object by tho slightest of in
fluences, and a draught serves as one
of its surest conductors.
Tho incident makes timely a state
ment of the conclusions reached by a
'British Investigator as to conditions
of safety in thunder-storms. The
main thing when out in the fields Is
to avoid becoming the most promin
ent object In tho landscape. Farmers
are frequently struck, and caution is
Indicated for golfers on the links and
for persons in boats or canoes on
lake or river. Thero is relative safe
ty in a clump of trees, bat danger un
der an isolated tree. Tho same con
ditions apply to isolated huts or out
houses. As secure refuge as can be
found Is a house in a row of uniform
height
These conclusions only repeat tho
old Roman poet's observation that
" the tallest pines' are first struck."
Ono precaution not always observed
.Is to avoid sitting by an open window
or fireplace or near a gas or electric
fixture during a storm. Swiss guides
on mountain-tops remove their hob
nailed shoes and discard their alpen
stocks at the approach of a thunder
storm. A more Intelligent uso of common
sense precautions of the kind would
reduce tho very slight Individual
risk of being struck and increase the
confidence of those to whom the fear
of lightning amounts to an obsession.
Potato Blight
At this eeason of tho year Profes
sor Surface, Harrlsburg, Pa., is re
recclving many inquiries from per
sons as to the proper treatment of
Potato blight. The following infor
mation recently sent to a Pottatown
Inquirer will bo found helpful to
others:
"Aa a remedy for potato blight,
you can spray with either Bordeaux
mixture or with diluto lime-sulphur
solution. Tho Bordeaux mlxturo is
made by dissolving three pounds of
bluestone, and four pounds of lime
in fifty gallons of water. If you
havo the beetles or "bugs" prosent,
add two or three pounds of arsenate
of lead to this.
Tho lime-sulphur solution will
probably do as well as tho Bordeaux
mixture. This is not fully proven, al
though I used It all right three years
ago. This Is made by using one gal
lon of the strong lime-sulphur solu
tion, either homemade or commer
cial, In twenty-five gallons of water."
In making Bordeax mixture dis
solve tho copper sulphate (bluestone)
by suspending It over night In a
burlap bag Just beneath the surface
of the water, (or put it In boiling
water, using at least one quart to
the pound), and dilute to 25 gal
lons. Slake the 'lime la sufficient
water to prevent burning. Dilute to
25 gallons, strain and add to the
copper sulphate solution, stirring tho
mixture vigorously while mixing.
Candidate for I'rotlionotnry.
A. If. HOWELL, WHITE MILLS.
Kindly Investigate my life, char
acter and qualifications, and then,
If possible, give me your vote. If
elected I will attend to the duties of
tho office myself and will try to
prove to all that no mistake was
made In nr- selection.
CANDIDATE for l'KOTHONOTOKY
LEOPOLD FUERTII.
I most respectfully solicit your
support at the primaries September
30, 1911.
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THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Agency at Honesdale, Wayne Co., Pa.
FROM THE G3d ANNUAL REPORT.
Total admitted assets J 273,813,063.55
Total Insurance In force 1,080,239,708.00
Total number policy-holders 425,481.00
New Insurance Reported and paid for in 1910 118,789,033.00
Increase In Insurance In force over 1909 67,210,613.00
Total Income for 1910 51,979,892.23
Total payment to policy-holders 32,869,699.00
Ratio of expense and taxes to Income 12.73 per cent.
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I hereoy announce mysolt as a
candidate for the office of Register
and Recorder of Wayne county, sub
ject to the primaries to bo, held
September 30, 1911.
Having held the office of Register
and Recorder myself and also serv
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Gammell, under a small salary, I
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who had business to do at this office,
and I now ask the support of the
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Yours truly,
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