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tracts  of  the  following,  are  either  nearly  colorless  or  range  from  a 
pale  yellow  to  a  pale  yellowish-red,  or  pale  olive  green ;  and  are  not 
tnrned  to  a  dark  reddish-brown  on  the  addition  of  alkalies :  Black 
pepper,  white  pepper,  Ceylon  cinnamon,  Cassia  cinnamon,  Saigon 
cinnamon,  pimenta,  ginger,  English  walnut  shells  (endocarp),  olive 
endocarp  (olive  pits),  peanut  shells,  Brazil  nut  shells  (seed  coat), 
and  butternut  shells  (endocarp). 
HARVEY  WASHINGTON  WILEY. 
On  Thursday,  July  13th,  the  readers  of  the  daily  press  were  sur- 
prised to  learn  that  the  Committee  on  Personnel  of  the  U.  S.  De- 
partment of  Agriculture,  consisting  of  Assistant  Secretary  Willet  M. 
Hays,  Solicitor  George  P.  McCabe,  and  Chief  Clerk  C.  C.  Clark,  had 
been  "  investigating  a  charge  that  Dr.  Wiley  and  Dr.  Kebler  have 
exceeded  their  authority  under  the  law  in  employing  Dr.  Rusby, 
and  have  recommended  that  Dr.  Wiley  be  permitted  to  resign ;  that 
Dr.  Kebler  be  put  in  a  place  where  he  will  no  longer  have  power  to 
make  recommendations  as  to  employment  of  experts,  and  that  Dr. 
Rusby  be  dismissed." 
Scarcely  anything  short  of  an  attack  upon  the  country  by  a  foreign 
foe  could  have  so  stirred  the  hearts  of  the  American  people  generally. 
Dr.  Wiley  has  published  so  many  papers,  has  delivered  so  many 
public  addresses,  and  has  himself  been  the  subject  of  so  many  inter- 
views, that  he,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  has  been  in  the  limelight  " 
continually.  Furthermore,  he  is  so  genial,  he  is  such  a  good  speaker, 
he  is  so  considerate  of  the  welfare  of  the  people  that  he  may  very 
properly  be  termed  one  of  "  America's  leading  citizens."  Since  the 
passage  of  the  Federal  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  he  "  has  wielded 
more  power  than  almost  any  other  subordinate  official  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture.  He  was  the  prime  mover  in  all  the  pure  food 
legislation  that  has  been  enacted,  and  has  been  charged  with  the  exe- 
cution of  the  law  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 
Practically  single-handed,  he  has  waged  a  vigorous  fight  against  the 
adulteration  of  foods  entering  into  domestic  and  foreign  commerce 
and  has  presented  an  uncompromising  front  to  every  attempt  to 
evade  or  let  down  the  strict  letter  of  the  law." 
