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Show IHJ il CONDEMN Hi DEFEND WILEY i ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23. Dr Harvey j W. Wiley, chief of the United States , bureau ojC chemistry, and the,Amerl-i the,Amerl-i can former, were condemned and do- i ( fended at the opening session of tho i-National i-National Grain Dealers' association . j hero today. While some speakers M I maintained Dr. Wiley could do no wrong, other expressed opposite opln- r) ions and while some delegates de- clared tho "sulphuring" of oats and f, tho Bhipment of bad grain was , chargeable to the failuro of farmers ', to produce better grain, others were ' equally emphatic In, assorting tho ' farmer does his best. . : The mooting of tho. .grain dealers I .was called to discuss three propo- , '. sltlons-tho shipment of hot corn i: which in the process of decomposl- , f uon has become unfit for food; tho ! shipment of Interiorly graded grain H and tho shipment of purified of "sul- phurated" oats. Dr. Wlloy holds that '. I In any of the three cases the ship- : ment may be confiscated bv tho gov- i '. ornment. " : The scale of .wages of book and Job printers In Washington, D. C, has peon advanced to $19.20 a week, tho former scale being $18 00. |