Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-17
Price Four Cents.

A. found alum in DooIey's, .tPatapsco, /" 1 "Charm," 'tQueen," ''Vienns,' '' "Orient." :"
 Amazon" Lake Side" Twin Sisters, s
 Monarch, ? "one Spoon" ''Regal," 'Impe-
 rial, ]" Honest ,'' Economical, ? Excelsior" ssChartres, .'Grant's, :" ''Giant." 1 o. Recurring to the question that has been
 asked you upon this suit the result of these examinations which you have made-is 1t I your opinion that alum in these various com pounds, in Baking Powders such you have
 examined, is injurious? A. It is my opinion, based upon actual ex- periments on living animals. CHARLES F. CHANDLER, called on behalf of the plaintiff, being duly sworn, testified as Q. Dr. Chandler, you reside in the city of New York? A. do. Q. Your business is that of chemist ? A. It is. Q. You are and have been Professor of Chemistry in several colleges?' . A. have. @. Please state how long that employment l of yourself has been, and with what colleges you are now connected? 35.t I A. am at present Professor of Chemistry 1 in the Academic Department of Columbia College; the School of Mines, Columbia Col l lege the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the New York College of Pharmacy. Q. You are president, also, of the Board ] of Health, are you not ? A. am. o. In your various employments, have you had frequent occasion to examine the question of the wholesomeness of food, and l the beneficial or injurious effects of it's in- gredients A. I have. Q. I will ask you in regard to the use of alum with soda, in baking powder, whether or not it is neutralized-is there any injuri- ous constituent of alum left? A. There is an injurious constituent left after the mixture of alum and bicarbonate of soda. Q. Without using any nicety of chemical terms, what is your opinion about the use of with bicarbonate soda and other ingredients, for raising bread-whether injurious or not ?
 A. I think it is dangerous to the digestive organs, and liable to produce serious disturb ance of the liver of the individual making use of such powders.
 HENRY MORTON, President of Stevens Insti-
 tute, /" called in behalf of the plaintiff be-
 ing duly sworn, testified as follows
 o. You are President of Stevens Insti- tute?
 A. I am.
 Q. And have for many years been chem
 A. have.
 0. Have you had occasion to examine the substances which are used in the composition of Baking Powders ?
 A. I have.
 O. Did you, some time ago, examine a sample of Dooley's Baking Powder?
 A.. did.
 o. Is that it, sir handing can
 A. Yes, sir; that is it.
 o. We'll, what kind of alum did it con- tain N
 A. It contained potash alum.
 Q. Did you make any extract of that alum, to show the kind?
 A. did; extracted large quantity of it as potash alum, and it is in that bottle which now have here [showing bottleJ; that-is potash alum which came out of the alum Baking Powder that was in that can. Plaintiffs Counsel offers said can of Dooley's
 Baking Powder in evidence.
 Q. Now, sir, have you made any experi- ment in the bread made from Baking Powder to see whether there was any soluble alumina in the bread itself
 A. I have; I took portion of this DOW der and mixed it with flour in the directed proportions and baked small loaf with it; then I soaked this loaf-the interior part of it-in cold water, and made an extract, in which readily detected, by the usual tests, alum-that is aIumina in a soluble condition
 Q. Does any Baking Powder in which any alumina salts enter, contain alumina, in your opinion, which can be absorbed in the process of digestion-are not such objection able !?
 A. Very decidedly objectionable, in my opinion.
 Q. Why do you say-from what system of reasoning do you make it out--that because alum is injurious alumina is injurious?
 A. Because the injurious effects of alumina when it gets into the stomach and reacts on the organs are the same this hydrate of al- umina meets in the stomach the gastric ! IL kI alum would; it forms in fact, kind of alum in the stomach with those acids, and what ever alum would do it would do. DR. SAMUEL W. JOHNSON, Professor of Chem
 istry in the Scientific School, Yale College,
 being duly sworn, testified as follows:
 e. You have had much to do in the exam ination of substances that enter into food, and the adulteration of food?
 A. More or less yes, sir.
 Q. After the use of alum with soda in q baking powder, in your opinion, is there any injurious substance left ?
 A. In my opinion, there is an injurious left.
 Q. What, sir, two years ago, was the pre- vailing opinion among scientific men, as to the effect of the use of alum in Baking Pow ders.
 A. AS far as my acquaintance with scien- tific men is concerned my pc sonal opinion is derived from my investigation and from reading; should think the opinion was that alum, or any compound of alumina would be decidedly injurious.
 o. Do understand you to say that any baking powder in which there are alum inous salts, or any resultant from alum which could be absorbed in digestion, is objection able and injurious?
 A. Extremely so.
 Prof Joseph H. Raymond called, sworn and testified as follows:
 Q. Would you be good enough to state your profession?
 A. am physician, sir, and Professo of Physiology.
 o. You also were, and have been for some time, Sanitary Superintendent in Brooklyn is not that so?
 A. have, sir.
 Q. Now sir. will ask you your opinion, from this experience, whether the use of alum with soda, in baking powder, is inju- rious or not, in it's physiological effects?
 A. consider it to be dan erous.
 Q. You examined this question for the Board of Health in Brooklyn, some years ago, did you not7
 A. Two years ago, sir, in December.
 By the Court:
 Q. What was the result of your investi- yatiou as to the use of alum in Baking Pow der
 A. The result of my investigation at that time was this: that the changes which took place between the time that alum baking poWder was put in the bread, and the time he bread was eaten, the chemical changes were so little understood by chemists that, IS physician and physio1ogist, considered t dangerous experiment
 Dr. Mott, the government chemist, in his review of the subject in the ScentitSc Amseri- 'a'a, makes special mention of having an- alyzed the Royal Baking Powder, and found t composed of pure and wholesome materi- .ls. He also advises the public to avoid purchasing baking powders as sold loose or n bulk, as he found by analyses of many samples that the worst deliberations are oracticed in this form. The label and trade mark of 8 well known and responsible manu- 'acturer, he adds, is the best prosection the public can have.
 Personal.
 Charles McGilvray, employed at MitchelI's news depot, fell on an icy sidewalk on the corner of Spring and Cedar streets, Friday evening, and broke leg.
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