The New York herald., 1874-07-29
liquors to the public taste Previously to the pass

liquors to tue public taste Previously to the pass
ing OF the Adulteration act
MILK
was habttually adulterated with water, ninety per
cent being fair proportion. Simpson" as water
II called, suffered many prosecutions under the
act. whenever a conviction has been obtained
the sellers name Was advertised, and the result
is the quality OF London MIX has wonderfully
improved.
is principally adulterated with grounds" or cof-
fee dregs and also with chiccory. The poorer
classes, who must purchase their wants in small
quantities, ready Tor use scarcely ever used to
drink cofee without large admixture OF chic
cory. The law now compels the seller to label the
package, and TO mark it "ohiccoryr whatsoever it
has been ADDED. But there Is little doubt that
grounds" are a. present more extensively added.
An eminent analyst testified that al admixture OF
ten per cent, II properly mixed in, could not be
discovered by analysis
is usually adultcrated with alum. rice, potato and
bean nour. The use OF alum In large quantities
has been stopped by the act and in very small
quantities 1t is not considered damaging TO health.
Analysts seem agreed that, although not OF very
high quality, London bread Is toerably whole
some. An enormous adulteration is carried on in
EUTrER.
Water ts especially used, often as much as forty
ana forty.four per cent. Patents have actually
been taken out for the manufacture OF 'butteriner
as 1t Is termed. The article, when brought into
the retail store. OF course drops the zine" There
are large factories in and about London OF "Aus-
tralisn" and 'Dutcbn butter. The first consists
largely OF bone lat extracted by steaming Of
animal bones 1t is sold at about fifteen cents per
pound, and most disagreeab,e in taste and smell.
Dutch butter Is made from American lard, mixed
with real butter, and said to be palatable. But
there Is French butter, totally artificial in oom
position. 1t il made of drippings and kitchen
stun, colored with annette.
The subject on which, however, the greatest ex
posure took place was In regard to
CORN FLOUR.
The article has lately come to great favor ir
England. Much OF It Is sold as especially nutri
tious and invaluable food for children and lnvalds
An analyst OF high authority declared that differ
ent varieties Of manufacture which he had ex
amiaed were OF very slight value, indeed, contain
ing at most about thirty-three grains OF nutri
tious matter out Of 1000 grains, or pound
whereas there should be from 800 to 900 grains
An article sold by one OF the members OF the com
mitee, Mr.. j. J. Colman, NJ p for Norwich, wa
the special object OF examination. 1t was "silver'
medalled, and the analyst described 1t WORTHLESS
as an article OF food, as being indigestbe and a
likely to lead to most serious results If depended
on as food for infants or invalids. In fact he de
clared the article to be nothing more than starcl
OF the laundry without the blue. A dog who had
been fed upon 1t had died OF starvation. II uset
as food without milk 1t would prove positively in.
furious.
The committee will, after their deltber erations
report 1avorab!y upon the act, and probably
recommend stu more stringent measures II they
suggest any changes at all.