The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-13
OF PATAPSCO BA-
KING-POWDER.

Our attention has been called to the card OF
Gresham & Brown, Of the ooh ul,imo, IN WHICH ihey
y ublicly complain OF our agent. Mr. D. /. Myers.
As this Is the first complaint OF any KIND whlch mas
beer made against Mr.. Myers, who has been III cur
employ constantly for SIN wears. and has fullyeX-
naincd his course 20 Us In Richmond, We accept his
statements as correct and we assume all the respon-
sibllity OF his course. The complaint against our
agent was only nrelext 10 commence an luscious
attack on our PatgDSco Bakng-Powder. through
DR. TAYLOR, State Chemist. IL Professor Taylor VIII
correctly anayZe the PatapscO Baking-Powder' ana
give the percentage OF each ingre0ient ana inc re-
sidua salts they form and which Is eaten III me
bread, and then take two teaspOonfuls or pure
cream-tartar and n teaspoOnful of baklng-soda
and give Of these the kind and quantity OF
residual salts In the bread, he viii confer a
lasting benefit on the state OF which lie Is an
officer. We invife-we challenge-him TO me
fullest Investigation INTO the heathfulness or the
Palapsco Baking Powder. Our Baking, Po"der Is
protcc ed by letterspatcnt from the United states
and Engli Go,ernmenis. ogr aeli , Is me
tally from ordinary alan as charcoal differs from
wood, or Goals from diamonds: In lolnt OF health
fnlness, when combined with baking-sOda u IL un-
auestiOnaby pref, rable 10 cream-tartar Tbs
point IS now beyond controversy In the past three
wears ~. 100000 pounds Of baking powder made
i'm accordance with our patent have been sold I'm this
country Professor uOrsford, Of Harvard College.
twenty years ago rtcognized the necessity OF SUI
stitute for 81 eam.artar upon the ground or heGHh-
fuIneSS alone, and he prepared aud patented the
Acid Phosphate OF Lime: aud Notwithstanding that
Professor Horsford's preparation Is our greatest
competitor In Baltimore and Richmond we always
recommend his preparation as vastly superior To
any cream-tartar baking powder. We instruct our
agents 10 advise the public against the use OF cream
tartar in baking, and ali Preparations for baking
that contain 1t. We claim that our acid POSSESSES
advantages over all other substances used win soda
for baking. That these claims are vel founded,
read the follow ny conclusive testimony on the SUBJ
jeet:
NEW HAVEN, March 10, 1879.
MeSSrS Smith, HdntCdy d Co., Baltimore, Nd:
Gentlemen,-I have prepared baking-powder
from the materials specified IN your letters.patent
and find the bread baked lherelr0m in my own
kitchen free from alum.
The ingredients in your Patapsco Powder stand
in such relation to each other 10 do their work In
the most efficient manner. and by their chemical
constitution no action occurs until high degree OF
heat is reached In the oven. The hOusek eper Will
therefore fnd your powders more convenient Than
those which require haste In getting the b ,tch I'm
cakes made with your powders may be mixed Il long
time before use without loss of lghtness. The mode
of liberaing The acid used by you l. Ingenious, ana
believe original as applied TO baking powders. As
IL aets OH the b carbonate OF soda. setting free the
gas to raise the bre -, and chiefly at a high tempe
nature it Is peculiarly well adapted 10 do rs work.
Your Patapsco Powders are In frequent snd salts
factory use in my own family. | regard them as
quite as free from objection the Of health
as any Other baking powder now In use. and as
superior In convenience and efficiency.
The objections expressed against your powders
are, think. without sufficient reason | shared 10
a certain degree in these objections until ] eK-
amined The subject In the laboratory and by the
practical experience of the hi chen aud the table
Yours respectfully,
State Chemist for Connecticut
BALTIMORE. November 80. 1878