, 1874-08-16
Tow That Article Is Manufactured in
Chicago.
The Excessive Profit of the
Retailers.
And Their Unholy Habit Of Adul-
teration
The Pickle Industry Of Chicago.

The pleasures Of gastronomy are without I
doubt the most universal OF all this worlds lie
f! lights. Their full enjoyment calls for Meth hc1
the possession of native intellect nor careful
| study. On the contrary, fondness for what is
vulgarly termed good living, is possessed by
| almost everybody, and in not few il amounts to
passion. Although tho bon viyants Of to-
day will not begin to compare with the Hello
gabali yitelh Of Rome. Still there arc every
where class OF people whose chief aim in life
s the consumption of just as much food as their
appetite impels then, to, and the oftener the i'm
pulse the happier the owner thereof. Il is
doubtless true that the american people are sin
gularly freq from gIuttoning in all 1ts phases,
their business habits aid general elevation Of
character above pursuits utterly unirtellectual
in their nature not favoring the growtl, Of Vitel-
liam tendency. Still the good hvers have their
representatives hore as elsewhere, and their
peculiar demaads md ready supplles.
THERE II ONE SAD FACT
in connection with the career OF q gastronome
which is the decline in later years Of the appe-
tite. The tenderloln, which, even in the middle
age. could call forth an appetite fails to create
the desired longing, AZ the epicuro's days draw
to their Close and rhe necessity <,f IN appe-
tizing stimulant IL required The fail,h OF many
base gastronomes il firmly rooted on the bitter
uosietter or the rnblcund cocktail as 4, means Of
creating appetite, but. in temperate ndcrusad-
ing country like this, less heady etlmuIants ara
in favor and benca ar;ses the ,,onu,ar;,vof
sAucEs Ann pIcKrEs.
especially OF tue lattof- Abroad America is
XII owu Hi llberty-loyaug country, Ut homo st4e
"a vim Eas nr honeY to have INV tame aa a
hon.euifc n1ts hv .t the nrnner "a, soma hn
store of pickles and hetcbuns to act q, snta-ofY
to the monototy Of tie coining VIM ar The
creat de,ideratnm of such vh,,n thev
tccln opcrat;ons ia GOOD yinepa,.. Th1s
fluid IA tho backbone of aJi an
petixinr condiments- The ninnsncu NJ the
spices used in sauces. the flavor Ind cri spnass Of
tie vegetables used as p,ckles. would b. a. moth
in,, wero il not for tha vinea.r
Tie housewife ia we'll awara of The ne, .essitT ~
MT oulv rett;ng vinrrar hut aiuo ~ oati;n1
.ooo vinegar. and conseuueu,lv at II, nrone1
s,.az ON .l,e nakeY hor nnrchnho of tl,;s rrt;cia
x;,i, DIM cars nd c,rcnmsnection md ~ course
tecitIes that far The a1suTunco ~ RI od ort1cfe
she must procure one whch w,s m, IA soma
rno6|y disIance .wav from home V,rcosr ;s
Ike n proDuct. it has no honor in its own lsnd-
With a. view of testing wherhor Or mt Chicsro
vns in +ha hah,t If aninr good viroo,r o.
whcther that n,ada e1.ewhero caat t1a honaa nro.
fnct nttarly in The sIal1e Tprpns,. ranorter
WAS detailed ynste,d tn Wait
VINEGAR r.cropv
find out the facts Of The case. and t.ke . penera1
lnol iuto tho ,ror vi,ooor wno rn,5 n rh;o.no
and What fame the hona,nrodnct h.a .s;ncd y,
tba loc;u aud FOREIGN wholesa,o md Tata;I
markets. The reporter accordnyir maje cs1l
at tia vnccaT factory md waa ahown
round the nre1nises hv one of tba n-,n-;ntors
He found the factory to ha n vast collection
Of hure tnhs. running in haiphr from 7 to o
feet. and Of a circumference # ahont IL feaf
Tile nronrietor e.nlainer, bow t,,csa tnhs wara
employed in tho manufacture Of yinetar The
nrnccsu n. v;cved Nv rhe Tenorter vo., ran.rE1
aljv simnlc The f;rst fh;nc 5o,,o IN ia 1nsnn-
factnre Of the white ,iue yineenr wss thc mann.
ration Of N m,rture or "mesl, +" m + ia tach-
nicaliv trrnod comnnAed ~ f,rtr.fra raiions ~
water. four outl onc.half oa1]on. ~ hIchwinea
,n1 two u,11ons ~ cow toar tha ia.nr 80
,ured from such OF the lacer,t.e- a.1oona es |
had met with tho naisforture Of having their |
stock sour on them. This ma.h WAS poured. IN q
1uautity of twelve aud oae-half oallons. into the
tuis. known in Tho faetorv - renaratora which
va filled proyiously with
BEECH OF MAPLE sHAv1yGs
Which it was allowed to filter tlro11ph. Eear
ho base Of tue generators were cut snail holes.
WHICH, admitted iho ar st the rata Of ;; nm cuhc
'cet minute, The action OF tLis air decom-
,oy,d rhe alcohol and acidifpd TIN d;fnrant |
,arts Of tbs mash.
After passing through one renerator the |
yash was found to be cnar,r arid IN flavor after
which it yas passed throncG a second and third
.enct ator. when it way pronounced TO be- eoou
FnltA wine vinegar OF H4o-gTalu strength. The
otal operation took between two and tsIree houra |
rom The time tile mash was poured INTO the
list generator. The process Of manufactnra Of
ho iower-gra4le article, which 10 known as
CIDER VINEGAR.
e not different from that OF the wbite~wiuo vim
gar, though the compoueu.s OF the preliminary
nash vary considerably. To produce this
'roportlon OF four gallons OF water to one Of
aolasses to which one and one-balf gallons OF
ghwines are added. Tho vinegar whica thus
nash IL converted into IL not as good aa tho
kind, beng only what ls known az
olts-5raln vinegar.
III reply to a:questlon, the manufacturer stated
hat the wholesale dealers did not invariably buy
ho vinegar just as It came from the final gen.
lator Different houses favored vinegars of
itfercnt strengths. many OF them. the bulk Of
hem. i'll fact buying nothing but vinegar OF
hl:ty grams
r1cK11So VINEGAR
Reporter-l'hat sort OF vinegar il required
, insure good pickles:
neutrality-suspicious. Will not Keep unless
'rty-ssraln vinegar Is employed;
Aepoffer-Do the wholesale dealers ever sell
le thlrtE-gra1u article 10 plcsnnE vinegar!
Manutacturer-a!most without execution they |
,, and tho result Is that their pickles do not '
Tho dPcn4TnG h1NAeNfa |