St. Landry democrat., 1880-11-27
Adassterated Sugar.


That all article, Of food are more ul.
less adulterated is an admitted fact.
The adulteratiou, however, IS generally
Of an innocent and harmless character
OF il it ST riolsly attetts the health, II Is
slow working poison THAT takes years
to develop, and can, With nfiicility, he
detected The efforts, t:teEeinic, on the
part Of governments, state and munich
bal. to put an end to this ahulttritlcn
busiuess-fGr it has reached the dignity
of a husintsS-t!ave been few amt OF
LITTLE avail. In massachusetts Il CAM
paicn Was begun against it some years
AGO. and a few of liz, guilty parties
punished; and III England. HOW and
then, an investigation has been ordered
of this question whenever the adultcra-
ton OF food products reached suci!
pass as to entlaiger public health.
The most earnest and energetic effort
at reform in this line ever Iili'it III this
country was that proposed and iiIau-
g,llated by the sugar rtintro about a
wear ago. Sugar is, Of all food products,
tle most adnitcrated. Finding that
this adultelatiun was increased every
wear and Gripping the legItin,ate bust
ness, the New York rttiueiies resolved
to fight the sugar coltiitciftlttroO OF co,ii-
Founders ana announced that they
would sell no sugar to anybody that
they had reason 10 believe WAS engaged
in adultcrating and changing it. The
rrfiners Of other CITIES were invited TO
Join III the campaign, ana upon their
doing so, it was announced that tie
days of grape sugar were over. AL
though promising success at one time,
tie scheme seems unfortunately to have
fallen through from some lack OF pro-
per arrangements; and the New York
| Commercial Bulletin admits that the
manufacturers OF glucose or grape sugar
| find no difficulty i'll procuring AL TIE
| cane or real sugar they need to mix
| with their compound.
The glucose industry under tins con
ditlnn Of affairs has rencsc,i eXt.;:o!-
| binary limits and more glucose manu-
| factories are being built every year
| Illinois erected one last year that pro
posed to turn ont 100000 pounds o1
crane sugar annually, enough to Hdui-
| terate 10000 hugslsra,ls of Louisiana oi
| Cnbau sugar. Tins stuff can easily b.
| manufactured ut three cents Il pound
| which, mixed with sugar. half and half
| will produce u compound that can 1T
sold at five cents with great profit
| The glucose is easily detected, rs i
possesses no grain, and leaves il heavy
sediment in the cup when used t.
sweeten tea or coffee. II is sweet, hu
has been decided 10y chemists to be IN
healthy as food.
The glucose manufacturers have Jus
discovered a new nse for their pioduc
i'm adulteratiDg New Orleans mOiasseS
and Il great deal Of this moasses is DO"
being reconstructed for the Westeil
market BY mixing glucose and "hiaci
strap" worth twenty cents a gallon,
molasses is produced which, mixed will
tiat-of Louisianti, becomes IL lclI gnl
den color, somewhat lighter than thu
genuine article, but which readily de
ceives the unwary. As. however, til,
compound does not sell well unless it i
believed to be the product OF our mills
the glucose factories have lately gon
iuto tho business Of buying old Louis
lana molasses barrels to deceive thel
customers. Secondhand barrels d
this kind are in immense demand, ant
readily command thirty-tiye cents nor
apiece in he market than the brand
new barrels of any other market.