Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-01-12
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FOR the American.
Authorizations Of Food.

Almost every class Of articles sold as
food is adulterated with health and life de-
stroylng substances. The manufacture Of
adulterants, is one Of the great industries.
The subjoined list gives a birds eye view Of
the poiSons eaten.
FLOUR is adulterated with bone-dust,
plaster, clay chalk, terra alba" alum, bean,
and rice meal. Rice meal and crude alum CIV
ing wilderness TO -four from damaged wheat
CoFfEE ready ground is mixed with a
variety Of substances. such as beans, peas,
beets, carrots. chiccory and roasted figs.
1t i not only adulterated. but patent has
been taken out for moulding clay, chiccory
and carrots into til, form Of coffee to give
II coffee taste. II i favored with an
essence TO give a natural color to the
berry, chroma,e Of lead tchrome yellow
poisonous powder. i added. In ground
coffee ~ per cent. Of adulterants have been
found.
TEA.-The tea mixture, exceed those Of
coffee, and are too numerous to mention.
Most are lead. or paralysis producing
poison,, Cinnamon never drink green"
tea. They know that a poisonous property
Is impaired by the coloring process. E1-
hau,ted tea leaves are dried, then colored
with Prussian blue or indigo
SuGAR-Thousand Of barrels Of terra
alba" white earth are every wear mixed in
various forms with sugar. Is use tends TO
produce stone kidney complaints. Lead and
iron sand are largely used. Says a large
dealer. Little does the world know Of the
vile stuff, in sugars and moa~se,."
BUTTER.-In butter is found such adul,er-
ant, as horse fat, chalk potato starch car
Donate Of lead, veal suet, "anti huff com
pound Of alkali and sal-soda BY which
buttermilk can be worked in Lots Of folks
whose stomachs turn" at the sight of a
hdir in butter smack their chops" over
olcemargarine made Of diseased cattle
grease, or other filthy unctuous matter.
MuK.-Not only is milk watered but
there are recipes for mixture of so-called
milk which does not contain drop Of the
genuine article. Infectious diseases, and
the high death-rate amongst infants in the
cities is largely attributable 10 adulterated
milk
HoNEY.-The usual adulterants are starch,
chalk, plaster, and pipe clay.
NINEGAR.-With this article of universal
consumption, the eounterfeiters can initiate
tint, taste and odor 50 perfectly a. to de-
ceive all but chemists. Sulphuricacid, arsenic
and corrosive sublimate. are the usual sub
stances used Five cents worth Of SUI
phuric acid toll Of yitriol) will make a barrel
Of .cidar" vinegar Most Of the wine"
vinegar used for pickles, is a rank poison.
MEATs.-Large quantities Of the meats
of animals more or less diseased, are sold
and eaten. We have stood in a large
slaughter house and seen hogs butchered
into pork, hogs unrestricted, hogs in heat, "
hogs like Lazarus" full Of sores, the most
filthy parts tried out" for the oil to luGri-
cate the ''dough-nuts" Of the poor.
Red lead is mixed with cyenne chro-
mate of lead with mustard, often, the larger
half of mustard. is chrome yellow. Often IS
per cent. Of terra alba" with cream Of
tartar and baking powders. Lead, mercury,
arsenic and copper with confectionaries.
Sulphate Of soda with salts aconita with
gentian; tumeric with rhubarb; fish oil
with castor-oil. Tobacco with the leaves
Of dock, rhubarb. cabbage, elm, oak sea-
weed, oakum and logwood dye while
whiskey sciU containing paradise catechu,
burnt sugar, fusel-oil, sirap, some mineral
acid with a powerful narcotic added and
sold al Is cents "a drink" is made at a
cost Of less than 10 cents gallon.
The amount Of arsenic imported into this
country in a year is l-2 million pounds, a
fatal dose for 10000, 100000 adult persons.
The following we clip from paper read
before Health Association at Boston.
The use of arsenic, corrosive sublmate
and other poisons has become common in
ladies's dresses, in wells, in sewing silks. in
threads, in artificial flowers, in gentlemen's
Ilsuederclothing, in socks, in gloves, in hat
Innings, in Innings Of boots and shoes, in
paper collars, in colored enamelled cloths,
and doubtless in many other articles. These
poisons are found in various colors. They are
found in woolens, silks, cottons and leather.
Wall papers containing arsenic are large
" manufactured and sold also poisonous
papers used for curtains, lamp shades, boxes
about confectionery, for tickets, cards and
various other purposes.
In railroad, lecture and concert tickets
there is frequently enough arsenic to kill
child These arsenical wall papers are of
various colors-green, blue. red, yellow,
pearl and other colors. Some are cheap,
some costly; some figured, some plain;
some glazed, some unglazed.
AGRIcoLA.