Harvey W. Wiley
American
president of the National League for the Maker's Name
Biography
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, described in the text as the father of the Pure Food Bill, served as president of the "National League for the Maker's Name," an organization promoted and financed by William L. Bush to sustain agitation for a law requiring true manufacturer names on goods sold in interstate commerce, modeled on the Pure Food Law.
Highlights
- Called the "father of the Pure Food Bill"
- Served as president of the National League for the Maker's Name, formed to campaign for a law against piano stenciling fraud
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. II (1913), p. 47.
Public domain.