Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1885-06-27
AN IMPORTANT FOOD RE-
FORM.
Production of Chemically Pure
Cream of Tartar Total Elimi-
nation of all Lime Impurities
New Discoveries i'm Re-
fininG-A Long stride
Toward Pure Food.

DSSh iCSCutiy hauS III tiC PlOSCSS Vi iC-
6ning cream of tartar. Cream of tar
tar, as is we'll known, is a bilartrate OF
potassa purified from the crude tartar,
or argol, which collects in a crystalline
deposit upon the bottom and sides Of
wine casks during the fermentation Of
the wine. This tartar i'll its crude state
contains lime and other impurities,
which no process of refining known
prior 10 that here described was able to
entirely remove. 1t has been possible,
il is true, to neutralize the lime TO some
extent by the aid OF chemicals, and
this method was resorted to in order to
procure cream of tartar in small quaint.
ties for pharmaceutical purposes, hut it
was open TO serious objection in view of
the fact that the chemicals employed
for this purpose were not always washed
out but remained in quantities that were
uncertain and prejudiclal TO its quality.
The supposed imposslbility Of removing
the lime has, accordingly, caused cream
OF tartar 10 be classed and sold as pure
when IL did not contain more than five
per cent. OF this lmpunty. The major
part, however, OF that used in commerce,
or for culinary purposes, contains the
tarlrate vi lime 10 an extent much great
er than tye per cent, not inlrequently
being foand, upon analysis debased to q
degree equaling one fourth or more of
lis entire weight
In report upon the subject Of food
adul,eIatlon made TO the New York
otaIe Board Of Health by Professors
Chandler and Love, II is stated that OF
At samples oil cream Of tartar bought
nom deal-rs as pure 10 were adullerat
per cent, while OF the remainder all
contained tarpr2Ie OF lime, some as high
is 10. 50 per cent.
The serious character Of this adulter.
auon Is more readily appreciated when
II Is recollecled how largely cream OF
tartar enters INFO the preparation Oh the
iood OF every family. In connection
with soda IN baking powder 1t is the
chief agent now employed for raising
and making light and digestible all our
| biscuit, cake and other pastry, and is
besides. in many communities, super.
seding the old fashioned yeast for all
leayenlng purposes, SO that it is EN-
ployed 10 some extent in almost every
meal Of which we eat. The amount of
cream Of tartar used in this country in
year in baking powder and Otherwise in
the preparation Of food, is estimated al
zen million pounds. If thls were 90 per
cent. pure-a high estimatr-we would
consume one million pounds or more OF
lime annually as a substitute for bread
30 large a deterioration becomes appre-
cable III The deprivation OF our lood OF
poIlI It's nuultlse elements, not on
~, but II, as Is now supposed, this ex-
cess vi lime taken mo the system has
relation 10 the painful atiecuons oi the
kluncys 50 pIGvalsnt ia this country, us
bearing upon ,he hea,th vi The entlrv
Iomlnunl,y Is 1oJ Important 20 be over
looked.
The new process by winch cream of
tar ar rs Produced 100 per Cent! pure
that Is win the lime totally eliminated,
by treating The crude material under
pressure instead oil using any chemicals
Whatever ior tne purpose, was the dis.
cuvery originally ol German chemist,
bul has b.en developed and perfected
by The ~, al Baking Powder Company
OF this city, though whose efforts few
Yeas since IN behalf OF lhe high stand
ard OF purify in io, I'd. the public was nd
ol the poisonous alum baking powders
al that ume 50 prevalent.
The determination Oi thus Company
10 place upon the market only absolute.
ly pure goods, ahd The lmpossiblhty OF
dong tins IRON the cream OF tartar Of
Commerce, made II apparent that some
new method must be sought by which
cream OF tartar could be procured in
large quanunes Tree from lime and
chemically pure. The cream vi tartar
rehners OF this country and Europe
When approached upon The SUBJ CT, de-
cialed UGH resui, Imposslhl,, and de-
cnn 10 Incm the expenditure necessa.
r. 10 make the tr,al The koJal
baking Powder COMPANY, accordingly,
resolved 10 solve The piobiem ior Itself;
ANA having secured ,he and ol the b, ST
oh ln.sls oI Europe and America, pro-
ucvded with lis Investigations and dis.