St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-04-09
GLUCOSE.


or "corn syrup for the purpose of
introducing that spurious article
into the city trade, and doubtless
with the hope Of extending its sale
throughout the State AZ . general
thing, this corn syrup. when mixed
with a little genuine cane syrup, is
well ealculsted 20 deceive the casual
observer. Glucose is . decidedly
unhealthy article Of food. asd its
introduction here sbeald Be stoatly
resisted. We End, in oar valued
contemporary. the Southern Lue
&ock Journal, the following state
ment made by . correspondent who
had been called upon to examine
a specimen Of syrup which had
caused sickness in q family:
"a few days since . specimen OF
syrup was hqnded me which had
sickness in Q family in this
place. On examination it proved to
be glucose syrup or "eorn syrup >
as it is called, mixed with . little
cane syrup to give It favor. 1t
contained an abundance Of suiphate
Of lime and iron, besides q trace Of
free sulphuric acid. As thess syrups
are used extensively 70 sdaIterate
genuine syrups. their character
should be well understood by all.
They are made by acting o. corn
starch with sulphuric acid (oil Of
vitriol.) The starch is placed in
iron pans with water, and heated
usually BY passing steam through
iron coils in the pans. When the
miztare 10 hot, diluted salphuric
acid is run in. which changes the
starch into sugar. The acid is
neutralized with lime. which for
the most pert settles out. but some
behind in the syrup.
Suiphate OF iron il also formed by
the acid acting on the iron pipes;
SO . person using this syrnp gets
more than he paid for, viz: coop
eras" and plaster"
Glucose factories are spring.
ing up all over the country. The
''corn sugar" business is very profit
able. A bushel of corn will make
about 81 gallons of syrup. If corn
is worth so cents q bushel, and syr-
up Is cents o gallon, We get back
our corn in golden drips." at - So
q bushel-a rather dear exchange
Glucose manufactures carry on
operations in the dark. The gen
eral public, we are told, are not al
lowed to visit and inspect glucose
Works; not q pound of glucose is for
sale in our markets. Still thousands
Of pounds OF the stuff are made an
nually. What becomes Of it? It
is largely used to adulterate cane
syrup. honey, candies, and the
cheaper grades of cane sugar. Like
oleomargarins and suine. Glucose
is . fraud, and 10 no more like
genuine sugar than they are like
butter. II sold under it's true name,
it would be . legitimate product,
but it is freqently sold as q genuine
product Of the sugar cane"
The New Orleans Democrat sug.
gests that the Legislature. at Its
next session, pass an act making it
q penal offence to offer or sell glu-
cose in this market, either as syrup
or in . GRADUATED form, in order to
protect our home productions from
the adulterations practieed upon
them in other States. The Baton
Rouge SUGAR Pointer utters oar
sentiments upon this subject when i.
endorses the suggestion Of the
Democrat, a. follows:
1--WE cordially second the PROPOSE
ton Of our worthy contemporary,
and shall throw our influence into
The scale 10 secure the en-
sctment Of such law or any other
that will secure the end in view.
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