Show t DRUGGED FOODS SHORTEN LIFE 1 Government Chief of Bureau of Chemistry Makes Some Startling Start-ling Statements Declares That Much of Disease Prevalent Preva-lent Among Americans Is Due to the Introduction In the System of Preservative Substances Sub-stances Washington Dr H W Wiley chief of tho bureau of chemistry of the department de-partment 6f agriculture reported on Friday to tho house committee on agriculture the results experiments conducted by the bureau to determine tho poisonous effect on tho human system sys-tem of such drugs as borax benzoic acid benzoate of soda sulphate of copper sulphur dioxide formaldehyde and salicylic acid when contained in foodstuffs Dr Wiley said that the expulsion of those and kindred drugs from the body is performed nlmtfst entirely by the kidneys and that ho Is satisfied tho term of American life would be lengthened length-ened if the use of such drugs in foods wero wholly discontinued He said ho was convinced that kidney disease so prevalent among Americans is partly the result of constant introduction in tho system of such preservative substances sub-stances as benzoate of soda carried in foods Discussing sulphur dioxide and its injurious effects Dr Wiley told tho committee of a discovery just made by him that salt solution is a perfect substitute sub-stitute foV sulphur In tho whitening and drying qj fault He exhIbited samples of apples dried experimentally experiment-ally by the bureau The sulphured fruit was not so white or tender as tho salt cured |