The Press., 1888-05-03
The Fight for Pure Food.

The aggressive war waged by the Royal Baking Powder Company npon the hosts of adulterated and impure baking powders sold throughout the country is having a desirable effect. The bitter attacks upon the Roval Company by the manufacturers of the impure goods (which are made doubtless both from a spirit of revenge and in hopes of breaking the effect of the damaging exposures), with the oficia' confirmation of the charges which in turn have come from various state authorities fully corroboratting the statements originally made by the Royal Company, have awakened wholesome public sentiment in favor of re- pressive laws, which means mischief to the illegitimate traffic. The public has probably been as much amused by these incorporate and ridiculous attacks upon the Royal as that company has been, doubtless, proud to re- ceive them.
 The Royal Baking Pc der Company set out some time ago to expose the character and to break up the Sale of adulterated baking pow ders. Having found from an examination of many specimens that there was a large num- Der of actually injurious powders in the mar ket, they brought the matter before the poblic, and denounced the makers by name in the press and to the health authorities he affair i was taken up by physicians, boards of health and legislatures throughout the country, chemists were employed to test the various powders in the market, and the government l would purchase the supplies needed for army, navy and Indian uses.
 | The result justified the charges made by the Royal company. Not only were the ma l jority of baking powders in the market found | to be largely adulterated, but many of them were ascertained to contain alum and other poisonous ingredients 10 such an extent as to render them positively unsafe for use in hu- man food. As a result many of these injurious mixtures were driven out of the market, and the sale of all ser ously interfered with Nc occurrence of recent date has been so far reaching as this in it's beneficial influence up. ron the public health, and the boldness of the Royal Baking Powder Company in the inaug. uration of such 8 warfare, and their energy ir carrying it forward with such important re- suits, were universally commented upon and appreciated. In making the charges they did not hesitate to enter into competition witt every other baking powder in the country and it is public satisfaction that in the offic. ial tests by the government and state chem ists, and by boards of health, the Roya Baking Powder has been declared to be the superior of all others in strength, purity and wholesomeness, and absolutely pure and fret from all inferior substances.
 From recent official reports it is evident that the alum snd otherwise impure goods have again come upon the market in danger ous quantities, and their. old enemy, tho Royal, is again upon the war path. In con tinuing it's warfare against these goods the Roy ali meeting with the old time opposition anG abuse. The public, however, will appreciate as heretofore, both the oject of the ''alun men" and the action of the Royal company and award full justice to the company that SC fearlessly stands up for it's protection iron such adventurers