Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01

kinds OF baking powders Neither Burns nor
Mott has been found guilty OF making the
pak1ng powders, Ont Burns, who Is The editor OF a
F.; periodical called the Spice MI. has been Sc
| yerely mHcted for libel III his efforts to make
his paper spicy. DIR. Mott. 1t appears, Is q
! chemist: and at one time was employed by the
United 81 afeS government to analyZe different
| specimens Of baking powder which had been
recommended for adoption TO the Indian BE-
rcan Dr; Mott reported in favor Of the cream
| al alhs' the alum baking powders The chemist
anaiyzed forty-two kinds OF baking poxJ-rs.
/ The jury were out about half an hour. Then
| they c ime In with verdict awarding Dr.. Mott
! 5000. TO which the COlft made an add!t onal
allOwan of $50
AS tie public have large interest In the
Who'escmrEeSS Of W atever IT, Is called upOI 10
| use as food the following extracts are intro
J duced TruIn the testimony of some of the prom
| lnent men as 10 the Injurious effects OF alum
! powders:
/ Dr. Mott:
q We're YOU employed by the United state,
government?
=; was, sir; was employed as chemist, to
| aDaiyZe ell the articles OF food; to express an
opinion as TO The analysis of their nealthfulness
and purity.
| q Please tell the jury the Baking Powders
! thai you examined wnlle in the employ Of the
| government
\. 1t would ba diff cult 10 ramambar them ali:
could refer TO my books: examined twenty
BY the Court:
Gi.e your best recollection.
q. And one Of The po"ders inel1ded was
'Dooley S Baking Powder >"
A. HeS. sir
q. and the Charm"
A. Yes, sir; the Charm and "Patspsc0."
q. Please state i'll which powders you found
horr found v alum In Dn9osys :rasap5so-
lake side" Twin Sisters. "superatIva"
omeei" Excelsior" 'Chartres." .sGran.s."
''Giant. and the queen
q. New. these powders mentioned 10 YOUR
standardization In the Scientific 45.rrir1n-
..DoGlel a, standard. n"Patapsco, r"Charn"-
Baking Powder manufactured by q. E. Andrews
II you Will please name the respective powder
that J OH have examined-was il potash or AN
mOnia alum, you found?
a. In the ''PatapseO." Charm and IN the
Andrews. Ii was ammonia alum
Ing Powders?
A. The object OF Baking Powders is 10 furnish
cal 6onlc acid gas
q VIII you state to me again what other gas
Dee1ce carbon1c acid gas, Is proper 10 be eyoI. cd
from a baking powder?
a. A lisnited amount OF ammonia gas
q. Goilce III your article that you say starch
is & proper ingredient TO put In baking poS-
der.
a. Starch is a proper Ingredient to prevent
the decomposition OF baking powders.
&. Recurring TO the question that has been
ASKED you upon this subtitle result OF these
opinion that alum In these various compounds
in Ba h1Ig Powders such as You have examined,
Is Injurious?
A. IL is my opinion based upon ac, ual exner
iments on living animals.
Charles +. Chandler, called on behalf of the
plalDtln. being duly sworn, testified a. follows:
New York;
A. / do.
q. Your business is that OF chemist:
A. II Is
q YGU are and have haan pr,,oucor or ,,t,,.,
istiS IL several colleges
i. have.
q. Please state ho'v long that employment OF
yourself has been ard with what cole ,,s you
are Low connected?
A. am at present Professor OF Chemistry in
The Academic Department OF Columbia College;
me School OF Mines Columbia College; ,he
New York College OF Physicians and SifLeo IS.
abC The New ork college or Pharmacy.
q 1on are President, also, or the Goard o.
HI ath. are you not:
q. III your various employmepts. have you
had frequent OCCASION Lo'Xani3e the u;Isaital
CT TIE who'll Somtnes3 OF 1000. and the UaulI-
Ga c, lhJ1llois effects OF its ingredients:
q. | will ask yon in regard TO the use OF alum
with SEGA, in 6 baking power whether or not
II Ii neutral!Led-is there any injurious coz
stituent OF alum left?
A. here is al injurious constituent left after
the mixture OF alum and Uicarbonate OF soda
e. Without using any nicely OF chemical
terms, what is your opinion about the use OF
alum In a baking powder, In combination with
nlcaibonase soda ana other ingredients for
RAISING pread-whether Injurious or not?
A. think IT Is dangerous TO the digestive or
gans and liable TO produce serious disturbance
Of tie liver OF the Individual making use OF
such powders.
Henry Morton. President OF Stevens Insri-
tu,e" called In behalf or the plaintiff being
duly sworn, testified as follows:
Z. You are President OF Stevens Institute?
z. And have for many years been a chemist:
q. Have you had occasion to examine the
substances which are used i'll the composition
Of Baking Powders:
a. have.
pie OF Dooley's Baking Powder"
A. did.
q. Is that IT. sir? Ehandlng can.
A. Yes. Sir: that is IL.
q. Well, what kind OF alum did 1t containe
A. II contained potash alum.
q. Did you make any extract OF that alum. to
show The kind?
A. Gid: extracted large quantity OF 1t az
potash alum, and it Is IA that bottle which
nave now mere lshoWing botiie!; that IS potash
alum which came out or the alum Baking
Powder that was IN that can.
Plaintiffs Counsel offers said can Of noolev's
baking Powder in evidence.
q: Now, SIR, hayeyou made any experiment
in The bread made from Baking Powder to see
whether there was any soluble alumna in the
bread itself:
A. ] have; took portion OF this powder
tons, and baked small loaf WITH II: then
soaked this loat-the interior part of it-in cold
water. and made an extract in which readily
detected, by the usual tests alum-that IS alum
Ina In soluble condition.
q Does any Baking Powder Ia which any
slumhla salts enter, contain alumnia in your
opinion, which can be absorbed In the process
OF olSeeti0n-aTe not such Objectionable,
very decidedly Objectionable IN my
opinion.
e. Why DO you say-from what system OF
reasoning do you make II Out-that because
al1m Is Injurious. alumna is Injurious?
A. because the Injurious effects OF alumIna
when IL gets into the stomach aud reacts on the
organs, are the same; this hydrate Of alum ina
meets In The stomach the gastric Juices, and
reacts with them the same as alum would. IL
forms, In act kind or alum In the stomich
with thoss acids, and whatever aiu N would do
Ii would Go.
DR.. samuel ". johnson. Professor OF Chemistry.
in the Scientific school Yale Collece. being
duly sworn, testified as follows:
y. You have had much 70 do In the exam
iEaiion OF substances that enter into food and
the adulteration OF food?
A. Mere or less: yes. Sir.
y. After the use OF alum with soda, In baking
powder, in your opinion. is there any luxurious
substance left:
A. In my opinion, there is an injurious SUD-
stance LETT.
q. What. Sir, two years ago, was the prevail
Ing opinion among scientific men, as 10 the e.,
feet OF the use OF alum in Baking Powders?
a. AS far a. my acquaintance with scientific
men lS concerned DpraOnQl OnDtnn ia r..