Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-04-30
The Fight for Pure Food.

The aggressive war waged by the Roy
al Baking Powder Company upon the
hosts of adulterated and impure baking
powders sold throughout the country is
having IA desirable effect. The bitter at
tacks upon the Royal Company by the
manufacturers of the impure goods (Which
are made doubtless both from spirit Of
revenge and in the hope of breaking the
effect of the damaging eXposures), with
the official confirmation of the charges
which in turn have come from various
state authorities fully cOrroborating the
statements originally made by the Royal
Company, have awakened ii wholesome
public sentiment in favor of repressive
laws, which means mischief to the illegit-
innate traffic. The public has probably
been as much amused by these lntemper-
ate and ridiculous attacks upon the Royal
as that company has been, doubtless,
proud to receive them
The Royal Baking Powder Company
set out some time ago to expose the char
acter and to break up the sale of adulter-
ated baking powders. Having found from
an examination of many specimens that
there was IA large number of actually in
furious powders in the market, they brot
the matter before the public. and de-
nounced the makers by name in the press
and to the health authorities. The affair
was taken up by physicians, boards OF
health and legislatures throughout the
,rln 70 test
the various powders in the market, and
the Government itself directed analysis
to be made before it would purchase the
supplies needed for army, navy and Indi-
| an uses.
The result justified the charges made
by the Royal Company. Not only were
the majority of baking powders in the
market found to be largely adulterated,
but many of them were ascertained to
contain alum and other poisonous ingre-
| dients to such an extent as to render them
| positively unsafe for use in human food.
As result many of these injurious mix
lures were driven out of the market, and
the sale of all seriously interfered with.
| No occurrence of recent date has been so
| far reaching as this in its bent fetal infiu-
ence upon the public health, and the bold
ness of the Royal Baking Powder Com
pany in the Inauguration of such war
fare, and their energy in carrying 1t for
ward with such important results, were
universally commented upon and appre-
ciated. In making the charges they did
| not hesitate to enter into competition
with every other baking powder IN the
country, and it is a public satisfaction
that in the official tests by the Govern
mept and state chemists, and by boards
of health, the Royal Baking Powder has
been declared To be the superior of all
others in strength, purity and wholesome
ness, and absolutely pure and free from
all inferior substances.
From recent official reports it is evil
dent that the alum and otherwise impure
goods have again come upon the market
in dangerous quantities, and their old en-
my, the Royal, is again on the war path.
In continuing its warfare against these
goods the Royal is meeting with the old
time opposition and abuse. The public,
however, will appreciate, as heretofore,
both the object of the ''alum men and
the action of the Royal Company, and
award full justice to the company that so
fearlessy stands up for its protection
| from such adventures.