The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-05-10
The Fight for Pure Food.

The aggressive war waged by the ROYAL
BakinL Powder Company upon the hosts
Of aal!'erate3 and impure btking pow
..cr> sold throughout the country S hav-
M desirable eject The bitter attacks
upon TIE koyai Company by the manu-
factIrer> at the impure goods which are
made doubtless both from spirit Of
revenge AMI in the hope of breaking the
elect # The damaging exposures with
the uflCia. continuation of the charges
which il turn have come from various
>.a'e authorities fully corroboratng the
statements originally made by the Royal
Company. have awakened a wholesome
public sentiment in favor Of rep-essive
laws. which mean mischief 10 the illegi-
innate traffic The public has probably
ocen a much amused by these iptemper-
ate and ridiculous attacks upon the Royal
a. that company has been. doubtless,
proud to receive them.
The Royal Baking Powder Company set
1ut some tine age TO expose the character
and 70 break up the sale of adulterated
baking powders Having found from an
examination OF many specimens that
there WAS a are number of actually in
furious powders IN the market, they
brought the matter before the public, and
denounced TIE makers by name in the
press ard - the health authorities. The
affair WAS iaken up by physicians, Boards
# Health and Legislatures throughout
the country chemists were employed to
test the various powders in the market,
ana the Government itself directed snaly-
>'s TO be made before it would purchase
the supple, needed for army, navy and
Indian uses.
The resul, justified the charges made
ny the Royal Company Not only where
the majority of baking powders in the
market found 10 be largely adulterated,
/ nut many Of them were ascertained to
contain stun and other poisonous in
gradients to such an extent a to render
them positively unsafe for Use in human
food. As result many of these in-
furious mixtures were driven out of the
market, and the sale of all seriously inter-
fercd with. No occurrence of recent date
has heen 80 far reaching as this in its
beneficial influence upon the public health
and the holdne>> Of the ROYAL Baking
Powder Company in the inauguration OF
such a warfare. and their energy in car
ryiu. it forward with such important
results. We're universally commented up
.ou and appreciated. In making the
charges they did not hesitate to enter into
competition with every other baking pow
der in the country, and it Is a public sat
j>faction that in the official tests by the
Government and State chemists, and by
Breads of Health, the Royal Baking Pow
Ter has been declared to be the superior
Of all others in strength purity and
wholtsomene>s, and absolutely pure and
free from all inferior substances.
From recent official reports il is evident
that the alum and otherwise impure
goods have again come upon the market
in dangerous quantities. and their Ole
enemy. the Royal, is again upon the wal
path. In continuing its warfare agains
, these goods the Royal is meeting will
the old time opposition and abuse. Tit
public however, will appreciate, as here
tofore, both the object of the "alun
men" and the action of the Royal Com
= pany, and award fun justice to the com
panv that so fearlessly stands up for it
protection from such adventures.