, 1876-08-05
ADULTERATION.
POISONED SUGARS.

10 tho Editor af Tas Tribune.
LAKE. FOREST, Aug. 3.--1n your Supplement- Of
the s0th Of July correspondent replies to my
article Of the osd on polaorItl sugars. lie says
It cortalna "ltt1c truth" and "many errors"
but utterly falls to demonstrate his statcmcnt.
Admitting his description Of tho process Of
manufacture to bs correct, which chccrfully
do, Ills statements dtt1er from mine In relatlon
to that branch OF the subject but little.
Tho writer evidently has thorough knowl'
edge Of the process OF tho sugar manufacture,
and Can make no objection to Ills description
Of the way In which It Is loNc. We differ in our
statements simply In relation 10 tic proportion
OF starch {erapu) sugars In tho coifce-sugars. l
stated TINT had conc to the conclusion TINT
tho coifee-sugars were nladc entirely OF starch,
by the ,,so Of sulphlIric ausd. lie says that they
arc only IN part, aud that they arc Il mixture OF
cane nnd starch sugars. stand corrected, and
admit that he is right. But this parttA1 error
does not mar my argument In relation to their
poisonous character.
lie comedies that glucose, or starch sugar, Is
made by tho aid Of sulphnrlc ncia. He also con-
ccdcs that tho sulphuric Gctd will oxi1tze the tlu
OF tic vessel In which 1t Is made. 80 that there Will
bumor Ut less Of the sulphsto Ut tin In the sugar.
He further acknowledges that 1t 10 poisonous. hut
he says that "It IL never prcscn In sufficient quan'
tj.y to provo detrimental" Hero W. take ishuc.
II has been asceratned that there Is some property
in swcet milk that will act on tin to such IN extent
that after standing scvcru houta In such vcasel,
It's use will provo m irtltant to tie aifnentary
canpl of Infants and tnyn1ls. 1t ~ also we'll
established fact that ali acid fruits canned In tin
arc poisonous. II thls Is The canc. how much more
mat uulphurc ucl1, or hytlEochlorac acld ooflel
In tin oxidzc 1t III u render tho sugar poison.
ousl But e replies that all but very small qia!.
thy IL prselP!tatca e sufS q ias tassf t ING
trnry. Tho sensitive Rlmentary organ VI inyallts
would demonstrate 1t mora poslt!yuly.
,naha.a aeia Is a prce!pltatod poubiIess largo
proportion ot 1t Is. sc!rntIlc lnen are lustidcdln
saying that tho acctato u lead used n refining Gun,
In saylMg that all the AnPhuric Hcd cannot bo pre-.
ciptatcJ. Hence tho hnlnan system NlAy haxo
tMo peisons to cuntend with In thu use Ut this class
Dut, willie my respondent acknowledges tho trutl,
! Of what wo Arcady Know III relation 70 the sul'
further. and Ieycalto US what chencala, aro usSd
10 Clarity, and bring to marketable canditlon, the
na eans suga,s SfHs sy ass a
siuuds tue wholy proceAE. HlRce blood at Tho pres.
cut Jay u not 4.ed chrsn!eals n,u.: BY tubstttet
| Uy giyinE us Information on that ro!nt, Wy might
pcrhaps by nble tn form sung opinion whether tho
Injury produced Gy the usc q Socs;,sagass sr!.es
or the other chemicals of which VIC Ate " present,
ignorunt. Gso III nioFellght, for We outsiders have
Teason to believe that to chemicals used % bleach
uut Tho sugars aftet they aFs 1atxed together aso
mere destructive tllan thu sutphur[c acid oE tho
5ana 8 sos @ u 2Hs .2u " 70 eSu se
blsaeninE process thas tIe confcctlos y, sann.s
cna1 %c shsy 1t n2s ey aso s 'As
Whereas my respondent starts out with tho ~
segtion that my ustelo " full Ut sffost, takag s
only cQuYIcts mo Of huff mn Ur.Or, anl that WAS tA