Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-08-07 | Page 7 | Geo. M'cabe Examined

'CEO. ME ' EXUMNEk C' 'IJo Ci f "j - 'p " -Tin p 3 iim "I '-J iVj j s-tVc otii ;eibseiy Questioned f to His Part in -Anti Wiley Agitation Washington, Aug. 7. The activity of George P. McCabe, solicitor of the agricultural department, in trying to uphold tho famous anti-Wiley iben-zoate iben-zoate of soda decision by the Remsen hoard and Secretary Wilson, was probed today before the house committee com-mittee on agricultural expenditures. Mr. McCabo went through another grueiilng cross-examination as to. his exercise, of power in the department. Mr. McCabo admitted that before the national convention of state food a-nd dftiry inspectors -at Denver in 11109 he had, on an official trip through soveral states, "Interview every ev-ery man I could get at, and told him to come to Denver and uphold the department's de-partment's ruling.' This campaign tQ'Sccuro an indorsement indorse-ment of the a'nti-Wlley ruling from the liational gathering, Sir McCabe said, was fully justified, because tho manufacturers who (id not use ben-zoalo ben-zoalo of soda in their foods were making mak-ing an advertising campaign and wero " .' '"to " to"'" "-ij iij uijjuaiii Secretary Wilson and the Remsen board. A letter written by Mr McCabe to Dr. Wiley, In September, 1910, challenging chal-lenging tho hitter's statements that there were 25,000 "cure alls" and patent pat-ent medicines on the market, was introduced. in-troduced. Solicitor McCabe admitted that he had censured Dr. Hlllyer, a chemist of the bureau of chemistry, for looking up a legal definition In the congressional library during office of-fice hours. "You forbade a chemist looking up a word so that he could answer a correspondent?" cor-respondent?" demanded (Representative (Representa-tive of Arkansas. "I didn't think he was competent to understand and act upon a legal definition " ' LMr McCabe 6aid he wrote that section sec-tion of the agricultural act of 1911 that authorized putting all food and drug cases In the hands of the solicitor solici-tor for his discrotlonary action and the famous "General Or'der No. 140," of July 1, 1910, carrying out that law. on