Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-01

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constipate the bowels and interfere with diges
ton, and anything that tends to render the albu-
men ofthe bread insoluble, and therefore taxes
| away from its nutritive value, is Injurious.
| DIR. Willard Parker said that If alum was
| substituted for cream of tartar In baking
powder, in his opinion such powder would
| be Injurious to health.
| DR., Alonzo Clark considers that alum
has its uses, but should not be lgnorantly
| taken into the stomach in food. A sub
stance which can derange the stomach, and
in certain cases produce vomiting, should
not be tolerated in baking powder.
DR.. LIE Grand n. Denslow of 225 West
TWenty-third street, gave the following as
his opinion on this subject:
Bread containing the salts of alum, which are
freely soluble in the gastric juice, is undoubtedly
preudicial to heath, the salts acting as rrtants
| to the stomach,
Other great authorities, such as Csrpen-
ter, Thompson, Gibbon, and Normandy,
all agree that the continued use of bread
containing alum will bring about dyspepsia
and other troubles.
| DR.. Sayre, former President of the Board
of Health, said to one of the representatives
of the New York press:
After the ex periments in this line By Liebig
and other distinguished chemists, and vivisec-
| tors with alum on CATS dogs, and other animalF,
| with the published results, we may well ask
| what IS the use of such experiments ii we do not
bDDs and The soaTd o aea
:
DR.. Waller, chemist for the New York
| Board of Health, when asked by Sun
reporter as to the Injurious effects of alum,
| replied:
You know what the effect Of um is when you
take some of it il your mouth; well, that is just
the effect it b upon the coats of the stomach.
The analysis of the various baking pow
ders as officially reported by the Brooklyn
Board, reveals only two brands containing
alum being sold in that city-Dooley's and
Patapsco.
As to the cream of tartar powders. the
same report mentions the Royal Baking
Powder as free from alum or any other sub
stance injurious to life and health.
There are probably more than five hun
dred kinds of baking powder manufactured
in this country, and, while some of them
are sold from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
the majority have only local sale near
their respective places of manufacture
Through, DR., Henry A. Mott, ir., the well
known chemist, one of the most competent
trustworthy, and careful experts of this
country, the following analyses were OBJ
tanned, showing the pr -ence of alum in
large quantities in many of the baking
powders having a wide sale. DR.. Mott
kindly furnished not only the results of
his own analyses, but also those of several
chemists of high professional standing, in
clu ding Prof Henry Morton, President
Stevens Institute of Technology, Prof R.
w. Shedler; DR.. Stillwell of Waiz s. Still
well, analytical chemists; and Prof Pat
rick of Missouri.
Dr.. Mott report is as follows:
DEAR SIR: In accordance with your REQUEST,
herewith eEb body the results of the analyses OF
baking powders from samples procured during
the past three months, in all Of which alum was
fou nd as an Ingredient:
d" Inyincible Contains Alum
(onyder Brothers i Co.. Clrcnnati)
D00i' BGciey Brother; New YorF A,0m
tsRms6, Hanway c., Bati@o1e AM Mdj
chaIP Ro6rsr. Christian c., St. IoaiI Alum
AnO''T e; e. Andrews ( CO.. MilEsuteeJ Ii
GBsnnett Sloan. New Haven, GonS un
ioaA tchufcn Co, New York oity.J A-D
90 Ori- Mt Alum
Grouse, .Walwortn Il Co.. Syracuse. n. y
SO Ami zDr, Alum
tErskine x ErskIne, Louisville, Ky)
-a &c .: PsITiIe, Chicago. II]
Nv" Tn 2tsbs e. micaI Works. Oh lis Al"n
~ bic Lii, .... .....c 9nta ms Alum
(Jewett 4 sherman Co.. milwaukee, Wis.,
(R cker Crombie Z Co., Milwaukee, Wis.,
Z" One Spoon" .--....... ontalns Alum
CTayior Manufacturing Co.. ST. Louis, NJ?
lH Sprasua: Warner GIisWoid. cnicasc.
H0n tso6oc6 Wschsiof. St Paul. Mian A
(Speacsr Bros. 900, Chicago, I'D
hA'siSlO L.. <. Taylor. Chicago liz
" Chartres, Alum
thompson 4 Taylor. chicago? -,
INV " ii. c. Grant, Phlladeiphia. " :,
ntains Alum
wv. F. Mclaughlin. Cnica go)
(Star Chemical Works. ChicIgoJ
Yours, very truly,
HENRY A. Mort, Jr.i Pm. ID. e. M.
Jan 5. 1879.
Having obtained the foregoing, the re-
porter called at the office of thelRoyal BAKE
ng Powder Company, III Duane street,
he manufacturers of the Royal Baking
Powder, brand which the report of the
Brooklyn Health Board revealed to be
,ure Mr.. J. q. Hoagland, President of
he Company, gave the following replies
Reporter-What is the cause of the present
excitement abOnt baking powders? Il
Mr. Hoagiand.It is due to the substitution OF
Reporter-Have you ever used any alum in the
Royal Baking Powder?
Mr.. Aoagland-Na, Sir ,
Reporler-But find that it is used by others.
hat is il used for?
Mr. HOagland.I presume because It is cheap
r than cream of tartar, which it replaces.
keporter-You would therefore obtain a larger
roft by using alum than by using cream of tar
Mr.. Hoagland-Yes, fer time such substitu-
ion would more than double our profits. {
Reporter-Why, then. do you not use 1t 4
Mr.. Hoagland-FOr two reasons; first, the eu
1orties ON this point are so positive and conclu-
We that the continued use of alum in this way
dangerous to health that we could not consci-
ntiously use il if others choose to take risks
1e public health we shall not follow them. pre-.
rring to continue the use of pure grape cream
tart II, which is demonstrated to be wholesome: |
econd, our experience during twenty years has L
i sfed US that that which is best for the public
best for us, We can not afford to peril he .
,putation of the Royal Baking Powder: |
Other interviews were had, all to the
anne general effect, namely, that alum is
sed by many manufacturers to cheaper r
leir powder, and enable them to undersell n
leir com petitors. Many of them are
robably ignorant of the evil effects of alum :,
a the system, while others are Indifferent -
long as they make money, and no one
IN be said to have dropped dead from
king their powder. Il
By this exposure of the injurious effects
alum in baking powder, the public must q
1t be frightened from using baking pow .
3rs when properly made. h
In the report of Prof. E,wyn Waller, Assistant
ealth Inspector of New York Board OF Health, u
baking powder in 1872, the public are recon-
Q 1ded to purchase ons of the well known
ands CT baking powder. In preference to Pur
asing the cream of tartar separately. as this ne
bstance was found in all cases to be adulterated q
It'll sulphate of lime, commonly called terra II
bs, and to such an extent that In most cases
g cream of tartar was really terra alba, to 1c
hich q small quantity OF cream OF tartar had -
hen the mixture is m ide on larger 8 ,ale in
Glory. and the baking powder is put up in nc
ckages ready for use, the manufacturer expe- q
ences 10 difficulty, in the first place. OF secur- Oh
2 good materials free from sdulteration. and
sondly, in mixing these materials in the proper ze
oportions. -