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and  hundreds  of  successful  prosecutions  made.  These  prosecu- 
tions include  some  of  the  most  flagrant  frauds  perpetrated  on  the 
public.  For  example,  some  of  the  so-called  cancer  cures,  consump- 
tion cures,  drug  addiction  cures,  cocaine  trafific,  soothing  syrups,  etc. 
Dr.  Wiley,  through  the  drug  division,  has  co-operated  with  the 
Post  Office  Department  for  the  purpose  of  denying  the  privileges 
of  the  mails  to  numerous  medicinal  frauds,  which  is  accomplished 
by  the  issuing  of  fraud  orders  by  the  Postmaster-General,  after 
being  satisfied  that  the  parties  engaged  in  the  business  are  obtaining 
money  by  false  and  fraudulent  promises  and  representations. 
It  will  be  seen  that  absolute  unity  of  purpose  and  principle  runs 
through  Dr.  Wiley's  whole  record,  there  is  no'  wavering  or  hedging  at 
any  point.  He  has  not  only  had  the  confidence  of  the  people,  but  also 
of  his  colleagues  engaged  in  scientific  work.  He  was  elected  Presi- 
dent of  Section  C  of  the  American  Association  for  the  Advancement 
of  Science  in  1886;  was  Secretary  of  the  Council  of  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science  in  1889,  and  General 
Secretary  in  1891.  He  became  President  of  the  American  Chemical 
Society  during  1893-4,  and  was  President  of  the  Indiana  Academy 
of  Science  in  1902.  He  was  selected  as  the  delegate  from  the  United 
States  to  the  second,  third,  fourth  and  fifth  meetings  of  the  Inter- 
national Congress  of  Applied  Chemistry.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Jury  of  Awards  at  the  Universal  Exposition  at  Paris,  1900.  He 
also  has  been  Professor  in  Agricultural  Chemistry,  Graduate  School, 
Columbian  University,  since  1899.  He  received  a  medal  of  the 
first  class  of  the  Physicochemical  Academy  of  Italy  in  1908.  He  was 
made  Chevalier  Merite  Agricole  in  1900  and  Chevalier  Legion 
d'Honneur  in  1909,  He  was  the  Honorary  President  of  the  Inter- 
national Congress  for  the  Repression  of  Adulteration  in  Geneva  in 
1908.  In  May  of  last  year  he  was  elected  the  President  of  the 
U.  S.  Pharmacopoeial  Convention.  He  is  the  author  of  a  number 
of  books  and  has  published  some  60  government  bulletins  and 
225  scientific  papers. 
This  series  of  facts  relating  to  the  career  of  Dr.  Wiley  shows 
that  he  is  a  man  who  gets  results.  He  is  strong  in  physique  and 
is  a  prodigious  worker.  That  he  knows  how  to  get  things  done 
is  not  only  manifest  in  the  enactment  of  the  Federal  Pure  Food  and 
Drug  Law,  but  in  the  enforcement  thereof.  The  annual  reports  of 
the  Bureau  of  Chemistry  are  simply  staggering.  In  addition  to  the 
extensive  investigations  on  important  food  and  drug  products  car- 
