The Portland daily press., 1879-01-22
A RenlY.

judging from the article which appeared in
the AdUertiSer Saturday evening our aoise fellow
citizen Cummings, lately appointed milk n-
spector IAN Office which we hope is not as un-
necessary as. the fifth wheel of coach) is evil
IDENTIFY ambitious for some one to create an
Office to which he can aspire, for instance
"Cream O. Tartar" aud Cred Pepper" faster.
The particular, and in fact the only article
directly assailed. was, as sigmatized by him,
"the pretentious" Royal Baking Powder which
from the general tone and style of his article,
would lead people to infer was impure-as he
says in the same paragraph, Il am rather
more afraid of terra alba in cream tartar than
am of red lead in cayenne pepper
Now If Cummings had but taken the trouble
to analyza can of the Royal Baking Powder
before publishing his Communication he would
have had no occasion to cast any reflection
upon this deservedly popular powder, but
would have found it as did the following noted
chemists, among them Prof Bartlett, State
Asssytr, all of whom perhaps know quite as
much as this milk inspector. Following is
what they say:
PORTLAND, Jan. 20tb, 1879.
OFFICE OF f. l. BARTLETT, \
Assayer aud Chemist
for the State of Maine.
MesSrs W. L. Wilson Co,
G-ntlemeu-I have examined the sample
of "Royal Baking Powder" submitted by you
this day, with the following results: [ do
not tiDd any injurious substance contained in
it, neither do L find any adultsration. The
materials comprising the "Powder" are pure
and the proportions are quite accurate.
respectfully Il. L BARTLETT.
State Assayer.
BOSTON, August, q 1873.
l have analysed a package of RDval Baking
Powder, obtained in the open market here, with
the following result. 1t does not contain either
alum, Phosphstes-Lime, or injurious SUBJ
stance of any kind. The materials of which it
is composed are pure and wholesome.
Respectfully, s. DANA HAYS,
State Assayer, Mass.
PHILADELPHIA, August 6, 1873.
have made Careful examination of the
"Roysl Baking Powder" and have found it to
be perfectly pure article prepared in such ex-
act proportions as TO make 1t impossible to
produce sour bread wi h tit is therefore bet
ter adapted for family use than an sat ran
dom" use of cream of tartar and soda.
Il is altogether wholesome and free from
adulteration, and injurious substitutes such as
Alum, Terra Alba, Phosph ates. etc, etc.
Il A GENTH,
Professor of Chemistry, University Of Pennsyl-
vania.
NEW YORK, July %, 1873.
Gentlemen:-After very careful and elab-
orste examination of the principal Baking
Powders Of commerce it affords me pleasure to
state not only as my opinion but as a scientific
fact, that the Baking Powder known az the
"Roysl liking Powder is as is claimed dbso-
lately pure. being entirely free (as demonstrated
by chemical analyss) from all those inferior
substitutes such as alum, terra alba, etc., which
are SO extensively used, and which are all more
or less injurious. Respectfully,
tn
Member of the American Chemical Society
member of the Berlin Chemical Society
member of the New York Academy of SOL
ence-Fellow of the Geographical Society,
ETC., ETC., etc.
The following is signed by the leading whole
sale grocers of New York.
NEW YORK, June Z, 1873.
We take pleasure in testfgiug to the fact
that the ROYAL" BAKING POWDER is one of
the Oldest and most fsvorably known, aud to at
our sales on this article are greater than all
other Baking Powders combined. We consider
it the standard brand of America.
j. j. B.