, 1881-02-20
GLUCOSE.


Il Dtstinct1on without difference
1o the Editor Of The Chicago 1Hbune-
Chicago, Feb. IA great excitement mas
lately arisen about the various auulterAuous oi
butter, which is all very right and proper out
We have now III every family in the whole coun-
try an aduter..t1on which is probably far more
Injurious to health, and certainly q far gfeatet
swindle than olernargarlne or suine
refer to grape-sugar and glucose which, Us
far as can learn, are used for no useful pur~
pose whatever, but simply for adulteratlnR
sugar. confectionery, honey, etc.
In Yesterdays issue. in an article taken from
the New York Herald, Chicago chemist says:
II have examined fourteen brands OF sugar ana
tested them thoroughly for impurities Ia
tweiyc OF the samples, have found tin In the
form OF q chloride, an active poison. have ex-
a1nined several sirups, made essentially ana on.
tIrcly of glucose, and found IN them ch'orides of
tin, calcium. iron, and magnestn and 10 q.!anti-
ties which made them very poisonous. In one
case whole neghtorhood was poisoned, ana L
was told Of one DEATH .
for butter which contains G1 per cent OF lard, NC
ut lcust gets substance which Is largely lsed
as food. and not presumably aay more Injurious u.
because used as butter. It takes no more TO
butter bis bread with, and, If so artf4lly made
that he can't tell the difference, he hds 1t least
one advantage in the whole trnnsacton,-in that
he gets 1t cheaper.
Now, the grape sugar is not only very injurt-
ous to health according to tho chemists put It 10
pn f. and snbstuncc Of any
yaIue why Is it not retailed IN our grocery
stores, BY itself. that every one can have
chance to use it as cheap substitute for suRars
It is very we'll known nobody would buy it;
every one who has seen it knows 1t is gumny
substance with slightly Sweet hafan and v fEy d,sa
sibc use except for ndultcratton.
Unlike the :'suine,' it does not have tho ad-
vantage Of cheapness to the censumer @ lgr me me
the pockets Of the manufacturers anu tue sugar
retiners. A dark grade of sugar, mixed win tho
white TEpe ssap lS s. deereE sn ss sweet
which Is adding insult to injury And sugar Is
no cheaper now than 1t WAS before the war,
when We got tho pure suRnr~caue article
Now, few months ago the City Conncil re-
cciycd u petition, which, il it had recited all the
facts. would have read as follows:
1.-THE undersigned, being about to invest some
millions Of dollars in IN Immense establishment
which will be devoted to the manufacture Of q
19 m soy 10 Of 'b
Mayor, Aldermen, and their fellow citizens
Of the city and tho country at larxs, in which
Of corn and many barrels Of sulphuric
acid toil Of vitriul} per dry. and In view Of
tho lnrge quantities Of water required IN satd 10
manufacture, etc, would respectfully petition
to be allowed to tap tho Water W orks tunnel SO
that they can obtain an unlimited supply OF
water without having to depend on the City
The petition did not recite all the above facts.
but said it was for glucose factory and sugar
ref1DGFY+ ana Was unanimously pl5Scu DJ tA6
Council and approved by the Mayor.
Much surprise has been expressed that some
of our best md most prominent merchants, and
even one mentioned Ns Il candidate for Mayor,
should be engugcd in such Il mean and disgust.
ing swintlle as tho manufacture Of "6uine
(which translated means sow-inel. but, as 1
think have proved above, arc not the glucose
and the beastly sirupe that are made from it,
and the grape-sugnr that cheats us all, both III
health and pocket. far worse and more .stupen-
dous frauds? And what mist we think of tho
mttliona,res tand also candidates for Mayor who
arc trying to swell their millions at our expense
in this Way2 CITIZEN.