Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-30

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Mr.. Hesry A. llott. IT,. Aas lass- |
" dawn up . lengthy ssPsss o. his
s.alysis a The Many baAisg Powdsss
1T ase BOZ % largely in - in Tie
country and on shipboasd. Mr..
Mott occupies TIE high position Of
Chemist for the Indian Department.
and consequently. his opinions -
based upon practical results, are
worthy Of all conkdencs. The
learned Official was led 70 make the
examinations be did on account Of
the large number Of baking powders
offered the Department By interested
contractors at exceedingly and sus-
piciously low prices. A thorough
analysis, showed that, At least, fifty
per cent OF the specimens offered
were A" grossly adultssated-" OF the
forty-two different powders exam
ined, tventy-nine of them had been
offered to the Iudian Department.
while the remaining thirteen were
gathered up from various groceries
in the city of New York. The em-
inent experimenter asserts that the
baking powders Of commerce instead
Of being composed of those substances
which are known to DO harmless
when taken into the human stom-
ach, the contrary is true and the
public have been basely imposed
upon Tor years; most of the articles
in extensive use, being actually CON-
posed of the most harmful and often
deadly principles. And, as if to
make the thing even more criminal,
these powders, as a general rule Of
the trade. are put up in neatly gotten
up cans and labeled, chemically
pure. So might we say that many
articles are chemically pure, while
they were yet rank poisons. For
the benefit of the ininitiated, we
will state that the safest baking pow
ders that can be made are composed
of carbonate ofs ammonia, tartaric
acid, common cream of tartar, and
bicarbonate of soda, mixed together
with starch, the better to keep the
powder from prematurely decompos-
ing. On the contrary, the deleteri-
GUS powders are largely, if not al
most wholly, composed of such ar
ticles as prepared alum, white earth,
and insoluble phosphate of lime,
mixed in various proportions. The
injurious effects OF alum when taken
into the system has been we'll de.
scribed by eminent physicians Of
all schools. We have only t.
cite such authorities as Carpenter,
Thompson, Dundus and Gibbon to
substantive all that has been as
sumed. The world reno vned Baron
Liebig gave it as his confirmed opin.
ion that the presence Of alum in the
stomach was exceedingly harmful.
DR.. Parker affirms that as much Of
forty grains of alum has been found
in eingle loaf of bread. One of the
effects of alum on bread is to render
it beautifully white, a circumstance
of course, much in its favor both
among INSCRIPTIONS manufacturer
and dealers as we'll as with ignorant
and unsuspecting housewives. Dr.
Mott earnestly calls upon the govern
ment for law that shall severely
punish the manufacturers of all dan.
gerous articles made for baking pur
poses, and thus drive out of existence
every specimen save those which an
honestly compounded.
Baking powder, rightly made. is o.
great advantage to the housewife
since it is more economical than thu
ordinary cream of tartar and soda
it leaves no black spots in The
bread, or other unpleasant evidences
of its presence. The specimens EN-.
anating from five popular establish.
msnts have been carefully analysed,
and their constituents published in
various journals for the informations
of the people. The following il q
list of the above mentioned powders:
Dooley's Standard Baking Powder.
Patspsco Baking Powder. Charm
Baking Powder. and Baking Pow
der zaeEzfactured by C. E. Andrews