Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-22

good deal Of discussion. Alum
is used by many bakers t.
whiten their bread, enabling
them to use inferior -four. 1t /;
more extensively employed as d
cheap substitute fer creme o.
tartar in tine manufacture OF
bak ing powders. 1t has moi
been considered Immediately
dangerous although if contin-
| ued it induces dyspepsia and
obstinate constipation. Bat the
fact that many cases of poison
ing have occurred from baking
powders which contained alum,
puts the question in 4 more Sc
risus aspect, and prudent peo-
will exercise caution in the Sc
lection of hing powders.
"Under what conditions,
then, does this substance-for-
merly used only fer mechanical
Or medicinal purposes-become
poisonous They are certainly
obscure, and at present we can
only surmise what they may be.
We suspect that the cause ex-
lists in the individual poisoned ;
some popularity Of the consti-
tuition producing morbid
change in the secretions of the
stomach, with which the alum
combiues and forms an active
poison; Or the secretions may be
healthy but in unusual proper
tions, and that these less or
greater proportions, in combi-
nation with the alum, coniti-
tu:e q poison"
For example, two parts of
and two parts Of
chlorine form calomel, which is
not poisonous; but change the
proportions to one part Of mer
curry and TWO parts of chlorine,
and we get corrosive sublimate,
which is deadly poison.
- Then, again, we know nothing
Of the causes Of constitutional
Why is it that
one person can eat all kinds Of
green fruits and vegetables with
while the same course
might cost another individual
his life ? One person can ham
die poison ivy and sumac with
)ut being in the least affected |
another is p iSOned if he ap- |
proaches within ten feet Of them. /
Out of a family living in a ma
arial district, seme of the MEM |
Ders will suffer half the year
With fever and ague, while the
others will erjoy excellent
health during the entire year.
Foods that are wholesome to |
some persons are actually poison
JUS to others. This is especially
rue Of some kinds Of fish. There
s no safety in taking alum into
he stomach, as it is shoWa to be
.lways injurious, and often dan
,erous. Baking powders prop
.rly compounded, and contain
ng pure cream Of tarter instead
# alum, are more convenient
han yeast ; and bread and pas
ry made with them are just as
wholesome, and far more palat-
bic. We are in entire syn-
'athy with the manufacturers
# The Royal Baking Powder
Who commenced and are vigor-
usly conducting the war against
be use of baking powders.
"Before committing ourselves,
we made tests OF 4
efficient number Of baking pow
|ers to satisfy ourselves that the
ubstistution Of alum for cream
f tartar in their composition
las not been over-estimated,
While a careful examination of
he Royal Baking Powder con-
irms our belief that DIR. Mott the
ioverement Chemist, when he
Ingled out and commended this
'owder for its wholesOmeness,
lid it wholly in the interests of
he public.
ave do not hesitate to say
hat the Royal Baking Powder
eople deserve the gratitude of
he community whom they are
ndeavoring to protect
"Will not some prominent
manufacturer Of pure Candies fol-
NV their example, and expose
he secrets of a business that is
DING untold mischief to little
hildreu.