In point of fact, the members of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce had very little confidence in those who appeared in opposition to the pending bill. In the report of the sub-committee, which was adopted by the whole committee, it is stated on the first page:
"In arriving at this conclusion we have had the benefit of conferences and frequent consultations and advice with the Bureau of Standards, the Department of Agriculture, and with the legislative Counsel, to all of whom we acknowledge our obligation. We are, however, under special obligation to Dr. George K. Burgess, Director, and to Dr. Frederick Bates, of the Bureau of Standards, and attach hereto as a part of our report their concise and clear statement regarding these new sugars which were first developed by their department, and call your especial attention to a definite statement made therein by eight of the leading medical authorities of the United States as to the complete wholesomeness of these sugars, which opinion is supplemented by a letter dated March 18, 1926, from Dr. H. S. Cumming, Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, which we also attach with this report. We call attention also to the numerous citations of authorities furnished us by the Bureau of Standards in support of their position."
Not a syllable is said concerning the luminous opposing data presented by the Honorable Franklin Menges, Member of the House, Mr. George DeMuth, representing the bee-keepers, Mr. W. G. Campbell of the Regulatory Service of the Department of Agriculture, and H. W. Wiley, in defense of the Food Law. The only quotation from the Department of Agriculture is the Secretary's approval of the amended bill.
