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C. Houston Goudiss sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the August issue of The Forecast containing an article by Harry P. Cassidy about his fight for pure food. He also sends letters from Harvey Washington Wiley and Lyman F. Kebler.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-10
This memorandum from the Department of Agriculture chronicles the actions of a Mr. Perkins of Perkins, McLain and Duffy law firm during the citation of his client Duffy Malt Whiskey. A handwritten postscript states that Perkins violated the law by accepting compensation for work performed for the Department of Agriculture.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908
Attorney General George W. Wickersham and a committee on personnel of the Department of Agriculture have recommended to President William H. Taft that Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley “be permitted to resign” from his post as pure food expert and chief of the Bureau of Chemistry. An investigation found that Wiley hired Dr. Henry Hurd Rusby at an improper rate. Wiley and Dr. W. D. Bigelow, assistant chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, should resign, and Rusby should be dismissed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-14