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These restrictions culminated in the summer of 191 1 with false 

 charges of misconduct made against me by colleagues in the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, which, had it not been for the prompt inter- 

 ference on the part of the President of the United States, to whom 

 I am profoundly grateful, would have led to my forcible Separation 

 from the pubHc Service. After the President of the United States 

 and a committee of Congress, as a result of investigation, had com- 

 pletely exonerated me from any wrongdoing in this matter, I natu- 

 rally expected that those who had made these false charges against 

 me would no longer be continued in a position which would make 

 a repetition of such action possible. The outcome, however, has 

 not sustained my expectations in this matter. I was still left to 

 come into daily contact with the men who secretly plotted my 

 destruction. 



I am now convinced that the freedom which belongs to every 

 private American Citizen can be used by me more fruit fully in rally- 

 ing public opinion to the support of the cause of pure food and drugs 

 than I could with the limited activity left to me in the position which 

 I have just vacated. I propose to devote the remainder of my life, 

 with such ability as I may have at my command and with such 

 opportunities as may arise, to the promotion of the principles of 

 civic righteousness and industrial integrity which underlie the 

 food and drugs act, in the hope that it may be administered in the 

 interest of the people at large, instead of that of a comparatively 

 few mercenary manufacturers and dealers. 



This hope is heightened by my belief that a great majority of 

 manufacturers and dealers in foods and drugs are heartily in sym- 

 pathy with the views I have held and that these views are endorsed 

 by an overwhelming majority of the press and the Citizens of the 

 country. In severing my official relations with the Secretary of 

 Agriculture I take this opportunity of thanking him for the per- 

 sonal kindness and regard which he has shown me during his long 

 connection with the department. I can not leave the Bureau of 

 Chemistry without expressing to my assistants of all grades my 

 appreciation of their loyalty and devotion to me. [Reprinted from 

 Science, xxxv, pp. 498-499: March 29, 1912.] 



