228 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
STATEMENT OF DR. H. W. WILEY, CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF 
CHEMISTRY. 
The Cuarrman. Now, Doctor, in looking over your item I find you 
have made some little changes in the wording of it, so it will give you 
a little more authority, particularly in regard to the imports. I see 
there is no change in the salaries recommended in the statutory roll; 
but on page 16 there is a change in the expenses of the Bureau of 
Chemistry. The first change is, ‘‘To investigate the adulteration of 
foods, condiments, beverages, and drugs, when deemed by the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture advisable, and for all necessary expenses of every 
kind connected therewith.” What do you want to cover under that? 
Why do you put in ‘‘and for all necessary expenses of every kind 
connected therewith?” Did you find anything you could not do under 
the present language of the bill? 
r. Witry. No, sir. 
The Cuarrman. You have inserted there ‘‘and for all necessary 
expenses of every kind connected therewith;” that is new. 
Mr. Apams. And ‘“‘condiments, beverages” is new, is it not? 
Mr. Witey. Yes. 
The Cuarrman. I supposed the language of the bill of last year gave 
you all the necessary authority. 
Mr. Wiey. Ido not think there is any item I could specify regard- 
ing which we have not authority already. 
"The Cuairman. Who drew up this item? 
Mr. Wuey. I suppose I did; but I do not remember inserting that. 
Limagine it was inserted at my suggestion, because in some cases it has 
been specified in the bills just what kind of expenses money is wanted 
for in certain investigations, and there was nothing of that kind said 
about this. So I think, perhaps, it was put in to cover the whole 
thing; a clause like this was inserted without specifying that it was for 
freight and express and telegraph expenses, and soon. I do not think 
there was any additional authority needed. 
The Cuarrman. And there is no use in piling up the bill, then? 
Mr. Wizey. No; I would have no objection to that going out. 
The Cnarrman. A little further on the committee will introduce an 
amendment. The words ‘‘or incompletely,” which you will see there 
in italics, I think the committee will understand, so that it will read, 
with this amendment, ‘‘or which shall be falsely or incompletely 
labeled in any respect in regard to the place of manufacture, or the 
contents of the package.” Passing further along, here is something 
new, in italics: ‘*To introduce testimony before the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, either in person or by attorney or by writing, in all cases 
where the examination conducted by the Secretary of Agriculture dis- 
closes any reason for believing that the product in question should be 
excluded.” — : 
Mr. Wrtey. I will tell you the reason for inserting that. Because 
a number of the importers understood from the wording of the old 
law that their testimony was to be introduced before the ecretary of 
the Treasury, and there was uncertainty as to where the testimony 
should come and when it should come. ‘The question with the import- 
ers was, shall we introduce testimony at the time the inspection is made, 
before the analysis has been made at all? If so it might be useless, 
