, 1879-01-17

fore make such m adjustment Of tho Laws Is
would tend to drive all cotfco Augafx ont Of tho
market, filling THAR place with The purer, nucta
richer, aud, OF course, more profitable pianta-
ton suEars
Ths hard SUGARS: which are refined with the
aretn'c Of lend {BuRar os Iead}, ars supposed
by many to be rnre beea1so The Lead Is general
II ncutraIzed, 50 that It cannot he detected by
analysis But the third party we'll know that
this is not doac Will, sufficient thorou7lness t.,
render The euRars safe to the consumers, esre-
c1a1ly tnyaiids and infants Therefore. thty
would also llscoun.enanco tnts class OF 1oo1s,
unless The rehncrs tan. by more thorough ,,.e
Of sutph1rous aclsl.Has than in rast years, 1.ru-
tra',zc tho lca'1 moro etfectually than they
suNar of lead being the most aetlvs poison
OF my used by rc1ners Is OF: edged toni that
scqutrcs more careful handling than las
.ose 4 tse, 70 cod e Es e
chemist. But this !s not sufficient, and unless
they can ncntraize 1t 81 as to produce less evil
rcsults than In past ycnrs: 4 law s,nuld s'e
,lso ia sugar refining. Fraucc llas done 80. Why
Btlo;1fd not COn0rctsf
Canvcreing With Dr: De Wolf, President Of
the Boarl Of Health Of Chicago, few dass
s!nee, he illustrated this point bV reference 10
swtll-tn[1k. lie said that MT one, by analysis OF
microscopic examination. could IL anrwl*c t1i*-
cover that it was different from. or inferior IL.
knew that It was poisonous, and destructive OF
human life.
In proof Of the charge that the rchners, still
fai! IL ncutrailxe Ill the lead theJ usc in fciin
days. A gentleman. who Il. subject IT. bleed
Ing piles saw barrel OF hard sugar, Just out Ut
tho refinery. and branded pure. lie Thought It
fine opportunity to make an experiment. Ac;
raid the penalty by tho daily loss of hlool for
d week. Now, therc was probably To glucose or
tin In it,-the late excitement In relation 10
ther .s usc ss for The tie pre.ent,@bn: fe ie%a az was
there, though probably neutthliZcd to suvit nu
extent thut II could not be detected by thu
/ chemist.
There ought to be a Law compelling every man
WHO prepares alimentary substances for tho
public to report to Board Of Health the chem
tca)s he uacs, and how he uses them. We nu1Et
to learn whether our articles of fooi poison-
Gus or not Anafvsfs Is at insufficient test. II
TINT Is our only reliance, then swtllullk Is Just
as goud NJ any other.
come to appeal 10 CONGRESS for The enactment
of laws oil this subject the proprtety Of which
cannot be demonstrated BY chemistry. II not,
we must turn to the medical faculty aud osk
| them 10 watch tho enecte OF our sugars ou
ths!r invalid patients: II they will slo 30, they
will, by and by, be able to give tcstlisonY
which Wontd Justify Congress In passing sum
mary laws Il, relation to ths sueara now In uae,
| though analysis should fail to detect many OF
tito chemicals used by the rc1loers. While thu
present excitement 1asts they probably will not
smrh an nTfcnt that the ,,rn;t.t nnnot jctrrt
| ih"In.
Ht,t ,,ow /. thc batt1c nov .rag,no hetwcen
Tim arst two nnrtrs hcfnrc tho 1,nncrcasinnai
| f:or,nittoa ~ "ri1 Wi,rf, "a ~ sn,rn - ri,.
fnrsnna ID n yrrv imrs,r, AMI nu.stfnn IA 4iltsx1
| nm al inrn,fncrs. Tim frst inv,. rnoI1ry ri,
| ths,r .f1c ar,i area+ tnH.,nnrn n "a cnav fnr
tis,n tn INV m tnch men as 1lnvi1 i. Wel,s 10
n,lvocosr tlcfr rnrsc. Tbey nIsn have oryot in.
Tucnr, t,vcr fbc whn,csnie ;,rs.cera rJn arc .,,
| Intimately connected With them fn business. fc
s,tiro ntnut tnktnr sities anainst ~ ,s,wrrfui a
ri,,,. ami nu rrhnts, ifcv sre senendent fnr ono