The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-23
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IN AlUsI p(lixtlNOIIS

Dr.. Halls Journal OF Health, in recent
Issue, says:
This question has caused good deal OF
discussion. Alum is used by many bakers
To wh.teu their Dread, enahllug them 10 use
an interior aour. |, Is mors exteDsivsy
employed as q cheap suosiitu o Tor cream
OF tartar in he manufacture of baking pow
deis. l. has not hCaa oolaiderec ;mmoii'
attly jsagerous: although II continued II
induces dyspepsls aud obstinate eonstipa-
ton. But the TACT that many cases OF poi
soning have occurred from baking powders
which cont aimed aluai. put the question In
q moro serious aspect, and prudent psopls
will exercise caution In the selection Of bak.
ing pswdsrs,
5Undsr whst conditions, then, does this
sussianoe-iormerly used only for me-
shanioal or medicinal Purposss-bsooms
POISONOUS? They are certainly obscure, and
st present We can only surniss what they
may be. We suspect tina. the causs exists
In the individual poisoned; somo peouii.
arity OF the constitution producing morbid
change In tha secrstions OF the stomach,
with which the alum combines and rms
an active poison, or tho sscretioss may be
healthy but in unusual proportions, and
that these Lesser or greater proportions. IN
com binatlon with the tluRs, constiiuts
poison. =,
For example, two parts,o' mercury and
two parts OF chlorine form cilome, rhicn
Is not poisonous; but change ths proper.
lions to Que part Of mercury aud two parts
of chlorine. and we get corrosive sublimAte,
which 10 deadly poison.
Thee, again. we know nothing OF the
causes OF the constitutional peculisritiss.
Why 10 IL that one person can eat oil kinds
OF green fruits and vegetables with impu-
pity, while the same course might COST an.
other individual his liftf One person can
handle poison ivy and sumsc without be-
- A. L.
II he approaches To within ten feet OF them.
Out OF . family residing 10 material DIS
trict, some OF the members will suffer half
the year WITH lever and sRu-. wnils the
others will enjoy sxcrlient health
during tha eniire year. Foods that
are wholesome to some persons
are sc,uslly poisonous - others This 10
especially true Of come kinds Of fab.
There is no safety In tsking alum into the
stomach, a. It is show. to be- always ipjur.
Gus. and often dangerous. Baking powders
properly compounded, and con aiming pure
cream OF tartar instead OF alum, are more
convenien, than yeast, snd bread and pas.
Try made with hem are just ns vholesome
aud far more pnlstsble. We arc in entire
sympsthy with the manufacturers OF the
Royal BskiBg Plwttr-wrn commenced
ard are vigorously conducting the war
against the use Of alum In baking povders.
Before G mmitiing ourselves, hosever,
we made tests OF sufficient number OF
baking powders - sstis'y Ourselves thst
the substitution of alum IL cream OF tartar
in their composition hasn't been ovef-ee-
timated. while careful examination OF the
Royal Baking Powder cond fms our belief
that DIR. Mott, the Cover ment chemist,
when he sin led out ard com mended this
DO wder for wholesomens-s. did II Who'll
iy In the IN ieres.s Ut the pub 10.
I'VE do not he I ate 20 sss that the Royal
Reriog pogdsr aeoDla deserve the grsti.
tude OF the community whom they are en-
deavoripg 10 protect.
"Will not some prominent. manufacturing
OF pure candies f0llos their example. and
expoee tn secrets Of q business hat IL do
ing untold mi ch'ef 10 inte childreuf'