Ryan Smith’s Reviews > The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism > Status Update

"The momentum of the railroad regulation fight and the meat inspection amendment propelled the passage of a third important bill - the Pure Food and Drug Act - producing a historic session of congressional reform. Crusaders like Dr. Harvey Wiley, chief chemist in the Department of Agriculture, had battled unsuccessfully for over a decade to secure federal legislation requiring proper labels on food and drugs."