The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-12-24

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+ Z. Now. these powders mentioned in
your communication in the Scientific
American = "DooIey's," STANDARD, !"
10 Fatspsco," Charm, baking Pow
der manufactured by G. Z. Andrews, Of
milwaukee,, you stated you found burnt
Q alum u you will please name the respec-
tive powder that you have examined
vas IT potash or ammonia alum, you
|. Iiound3
a A. In the "Patap &C" "ChArm, " and
and 10 ne Asdrews, il was ammonia
alum.
D .. What ia the gas usually furnished
: By Baking PowdersG
A. The object of Baking Powders is 10
furnish carbOnic scid gas.
: z. Will you state TO me again what
} other gas beside earbonic acid Cos, is pro-
yer to be evolved from baking pow
A. A limited amount Of ammonia gas.
{ Y. l notice in yosr article that you say
starch Is proper ingredient to put in 9
baking powder?
, A. Starch is a proper ingredient to
prevent the decomposition of baking
powders.
Q Recurring to the question that has
0etn asked you upon this suit-the result
1850 N@eAAAAAabA 'lo Which, you 0AN0
made-ls % your opinion that alum in
these various compounds, in Baking
Powders, such as you have examined, is
injurious2
A. 1t Is my opinion, based upon actual
Experiments on living animsls
CHARLES F. CHANDLER, called ON be-
halt Of the plaintiff, being duly sworn,
testified As follows:
g. Dr.. Chandler, you reside in the
city of New York?
A. l do.
2. Your business is that Of q chemisl2
a. 1t Is.
Q. You are and have been Professor Of
Chemi,try 10 several colleges?
A have.
2. Please state how long that employ
meut o. yourself has been. and with what
colleges you are DOW cOnnected3
A. am at present Professor OF Chem
iistry in the Academic Department Of
COlum bia College; the School of Mines,
Columbia COlleg.; the New York Col
legs Of Physicians ana Surgeons, and the
New York College Of Pharmacy.
Y. You are President, also, Of the
Board Of Health, are you not2
A. am.
| ~ gOAA Wi AAitN tLllQ mems. 0AWe
you had frequent occasion IL examine the
question OF the VII iie.O ON ness of food
and the beneficial Or injurious effects OF
its ingredients?
A. have.
q. will ssk you IL regard to the use
OF alum with soda, in baking powder,
whether or not II Ia neutralized-is there
any injurious constituent Of slum lefiP
A. There is an Injurious constituent
left after the mixture Of alum and bicar-
Donate Of soda.
Y. Without using any nicely ofehemi-
cal terms, what is your opinion about the
use Of alum in a baking powder, in COM
oinatiOn with bicsrbonate soda and other
ingredients, for raising bread-whether
Injurious or not?
A. think ii is dangerous to the digfs-
tive organs, and liable to produce serious
disturbances OF the liver Of the individual
making use of such powders.
Henry MORTON, President of "Stevens
Institute," called in behalf Of the
plaintiff, being duly sworn, testified
as follows:
@. You are President of Stevens In
A. lam.
Q. And have for many years been a
chemist?
A. have.
Q. nave you had occasion to examine
the substances which are used in the com
position Of Baking Powders?
A. have.
q. Did you, some time ago, examine
q ga mple Of Dooley's Baking Powder?
A. l did.
Q Is that it. sir2 (handing CAM.
A. Yes, sir; that is it.
2. Well, what kind of alum did it
a. It contained potash alum.
Y. Did you make any extract Of that
alum, TO show the kind?
A. did; l extracted large quantity
OF 1t as p tab alum, aAd il Is in that
bottle which l have now here (showinR
0ottle); that Is po;asch a'um which came
out OF the alum Baking PoWde- that was
in that can.
Plaintiffs Counsel offers said can Of
Dooiey's Baking Powder in evidence.
Q. Now, sir, have you made any aY.
pertinent in the bread made from Bskino
Powder, to see whether there was Rn9
soluble alumina in the bread itself?
=. hsvei l took a portion Of this
powder and mixed it with -four in the
directed proportions, and baked a small
loaf with IT. then l soaked this loaf-the
interior part Of tin cold water. and
made an extract, in which I readily de-
teeted, by the usual Tets, alum-tbat ia
alumni in soluble condition.
Y Does ahy Baking Powder 10 which
any alumina salts enter, contain alupnina.
in your opinion. which Can be absorbed
in the process of digestion-Are not such
Questionable
A. Very decidedly Objectionable. in
my opinion.
=. Why do you Ssy-from what sys-
tenn OF reasoning do you maze it out
:S-, because alum IS Injurious, alumina
| il iniuri0us2
A. Because the injurious effects Of
alumins, when 1t gets into the stomach
and reacts on the organs, are the same;
this hydrate of slumina meets in the
stomach the gastric juices, and reacts
with them the same rs alum would; it
forms, in fact, q kind of alum in the
stomach with those acids, and whatever
alum would do, it would do.
DR. SAMUEL W. JOHNSON. Professor Of
Chemistry, IN the Scientific School,
ale Go, lege, being duly sworn, testi-
fed rs fOllows:
Q. You have had much TO do in the
exam nation Of substances that enter into
TODD, and the adulteratiOn Of food2
A. More or less; yes, sir.
= q Alter the use Of alum with soda, in
a Baking Powder, in our opinion, is there
any Injurious substance left
A IN my opinion, there is al Injurious
sub-tance LEFT.
Q. What, sir, two years ago, was the
prevailing opinion among scientific men,
US 10 the effect OF the use Of alum in Bak-
ing Powders2
A. As far IS my acquaintance with
scientific men is concerned, my personal
IopinlOn Is derived from my Investigation
and from reading; l should think the
} lOpinion was that alum, or any compound
OF slumina, Wou BE- decidedly Injurious,
Q. DO understand you to say that
any Baking Powder in which there are
= luminous saits, or auy resultant from
alum which could be absorbed in diges-
ton, is Objectionable and iDjurious2
A. Extremely so.
PROF. JosEPH II. RAYMOND called
sworn AID testified as follows:
1 Q. Would you be good enough to state
your professiOn2
A. l am physician, sir, and Profes-
sor Of Physiology.
| Y. You also were, and have been for
sor time, Sanitary Superb tendent in
BrOoklyn-is not that so?