New-York tribune., 1878-11-30
THE SUGAR QUESTION.
PROFESSOR MORTON ONCE MORE.
o fhe Editor OF The Trlbune.

To The Editor OF The Trtbune.
SIR: Professor Sherer in your issue of to-dav
adds as see, to his false statements Of he 25h few
more Thus he asserts that appear as the apolost Of
fraudulent practices This is precisely the reyer.s
OF the fact. | am no apOlOgist for fraud, but
on the contrary am striving to expose the
frauds that Mr. Sherer and others like him
are attempting to practise the public BIZ
false statements ana ignorant misrepresentation
Wherever fraud ia shown / shall be the first TO
denOunce IL, as I have been among the first to de-
nOunce this fraudulent attempt 10 mslead the public
Nothing will give greater satisfaction than the pub.
cation OF tue entire proceedings in the recent SUIT
Baltimore to which Mr.. Sh-rer aludes. And
l am IN fact making arrangements 10 secure
such publication OF IL. | have eaid nothing there
OF which Aave any cause to be ashamed. But If Mr.
sherer was In position to appreciate what all chemists
VINO are gentlemen, tllnk OF MS uuprOgcssOna con-
duct In what he has already said on subject. in
which, as am informed he appeared, a scientific
wthess but simply as the mall2ner at secondhand II
the personal character Of another gentleman, would
nay great reason To be ashamed
Mr. Snrrcr DaS yet 10 ern" many THINGS but in ref
ercnce TO ne charge tuat murauc acd las been used
IN SUGAR refining, he will only have 10 turn to OF
hOsr al llceS III IlE TRIBUNE which he has read with
intele.t" where he Will nnd the following: " Murate
OF tn Is. Of course, rank pOIson but glucose
believed 10 be very injurious IN causing diseases OF
the kdneys As for muliatc acid, coating OF that
the stomach would he Likely to tate ones appe-
tlte iOr roast Denl' C5ee TRIBUNE November l6D The
above Is, OF course, trash but it IA exactly the trash
about which many people have yet to learn
somethlng Murat" 0t I'm, as have already said. II
swallowed in sufficient quantities, irriJant poison.
Glucose, however, lar from beng injurious,
Is tne form into which all sugar
passes as the first step in digestion, and
cane, ordinary can only pass into the system
by digestion after this conversion. All well-edueated
people know il Mr. Sherer does NOT that sugar and
sequcntlv ucO Is most important element OF nutri-
ton, and that for the reason above stated there
can be no sensible difference IN their nutritlye
value. When, moreover. Mr. sberer attempts TO escape
fTom his false that the nutruye value OF gu-
Ouly Onchd that OF sugar by saying that bis
original remark was swectening power, he commits
another OF those gross fashcatOns which characterize
hlm for what he IS
His original remark was directed ~ a statement OF
about nutrlh1e udte ana either expression was
therefore directly, or by implication, equally false.
But what expect OF one WHO when
convicted OF deliberate and gross tssehOod IN
substituting the name OF one substance for
another fails to perceive the dlnerenCeP
HydrOchloric acid, have already pointed out. Is
element the natural gastric JUICE, and therefore
dining OF Il in stomach in the only In which
such an EXPRESSION he judicOusly used essen
di requisite tor the digestion 0 roast Oee not iOr an
appetite for IL.
I an myself one OF the committee engaged in framing
acts etc, with a view to restraining adulterat0n IN
food and drugs, hut, because / hone and be.
l.eve tnat something useful may be ACCOMPLISHED
by honest and intelligent action, am dis
gustad by tb. ignorance and folly OF those who are
making the whole subject ridiculous aud dscredltabe
hy their stupidity and falsehOOd As small iiustra.
ton OF this see the insertion OF the word coppers
IN the sketch OF proposed petition, given
ton OF SUGGESTING COPPER 10 those VINO DO not
know that cOpperas does not mean salt OF copper bt
one OF iron Also in the same petition the state
ment that glucose contains 30 TO 40 per cen.
intention to expose frau0 and cneck real adnteraon on
the part Mr. Sherer and his friends, sn0ud De the
IA Ss,e ~ YdLrk' Nov. ~, is7s HENRY MORTON