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of  Commerce  and  Labor,  and  of  the  Treasury,  respectively,  prepared  a  set 
of  tentative  regulations.  Great  care  was  exercised  in  the  preparation  of 
these  regulations,  not  only  that  the  provisions  of  the  law  should  be  fully 
executed,  hut  also  that  there  should  be  no  unnecessary  annoyance  or  burden 
placed  upon  the  trade.  It  was  deemed  advisable  before  the  promulgation 
of  these  regulations  to  hold  public  hearings  in  order  to  obtain  the  opinions 
of  manufacturers  and  dealers.  To  this  end,  hearings  were  held  in  New  York 
during  the  month  of  September,  1906,  and  were  continued  for  a  week.  Upon 
the  adjournment  of  these  hearings  the  committee  met  frequently  for  the 
purpose  of  formulating  the  regulations,  which  were  finally  completed,  signed, 
and  promulgated  on  October  17,  1906,  as  Circular  21  of  the  Secretary's 
Office.  As  soon  as  these  regulations  were  published  a  great  flood  of  corre- 
spondence poured  into  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry,  necessitating  a  large  increase 
in  the  clerical  force.  At  the  same  time,  also,  arrangement  was  made  for 
increasing  the  chemical  force,  to  be  ready  for  the  increased  activities  of  the 
work  incident  to  the  enforcement  of  the  law  on  the  first  of  January,  1907. 
"  Between  January  i  and  June  30,  1907,  the  personnel  of  the  Bureau  of 
Chemistry  was  more  than  doubled,  the  increase  being  divided  between  the 
clerical  force,  chemical  assistants,  and  the  corps  of  inspectors.  The  work 
incident  to  the  enforcement  of  the  law  proved  to  be  of  far  greater  magnitude 
than  had  been  anticipated,  and  up  to  July  i,  1907,  no  actual  prosecutions 
under  the  interstate  feature  of  the  law  had  been  instituted.  During  this  time, 
however,  a  much  more  rigorous  execution  of  the  law  relating  to  imported 
foods  was  established.  This  was  possible  because  under  the  previous  laws 
the  machinery  for  the  inspection  and  analysis  of  the  imported  foods  had 
been  already  well  organized.  The  only  change  which  was  made,  therefore, 
in  this  service  was  to  transfer  the  execution  of  the  law  from  the  clause  in 
the  appropriation  bill  provided  therefor  and  place  it  directly  under  the  Food 
and  Drugs  Act  of  June  30,  1906. 
"  It  will  not  be  out  of  place,  however,  to  mention  in  this  connection  that, 
although  up  to  the  ist  of  July  no  actual  cases  had  been  instituted  in  the 
courts  under  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act,  the  moral  effect  of  the  act  was 
apparent  in  every  branch  of  trade  connected  with  the  food  industry.  One 
of  the  most  gratifying  features  of  this  preliminary  activity  has  been  the 
almost  unanimous  support  accorded  by  the  trade  to  the  principles  of  the 
act.  In  the  majority  of  cases  manufacturers  of  food  products,  as  well  as 
dealers  therein,  have  expressed  their  cordial  support  of  the  act  and  offered 
their  hearty  collaboration  in  securing  its  enforcement.  The  importance  of 
this  fact  can  not  be  overestimated,  since  the  difficulties  of  enforcing  an  act, 
if  the  entire  food  trade  ivere  opposed  to  it,  zvould  be  practically  insuperable."'^ 
I  think  it  was  the  poet  Whittier  who  said :  "  Young  man,  if  you 
would  be  truly  successful  ally  yourself  with  an  unpopular  but 
righteous  cause."  This  was  what  Dr.  Wiley  did  many  years  ago 
in  the  cause  of  pure  foods  and  drugs,  and  in  the  prime  of  his  hfe 
the  dream  of  his  youth  lias  become  a  law.    But  he  was  not  to  stop 
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