The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-06-21

4 LETTER OF THANKS FROM THE ROYAL
BAKING POWDER COMPANY, AND AN OFFER
To DISTRIBUTE THE REPORT To EVERY
HOUsEKEEPER IN THE sTATE-DIsREPUTA
BILE ATTEMPTS To GARBLE THE FACTS.
Gen. S. H. HURST, Columbus, Ohio.
State Dairy and Food Commissioner,
DEAR SIR: We have read with pleas
ure your letter to the Columbus, Ohio,
State Journal, criticising the use made
of your official circular No. upon the
composition of baking powders sold in
Ohio. The service you have rendered to
the public III exposing the dishonest
methods employed by divers baking pow
der makers, who by habit falsify facts for
advertising purposes, is only second in
Importance to that rendered by you and
Prof. Weber IN your most complete and
valuable exposures of the inferiority and
impurities of the baking powders which
these same manufacturers make.
Your report was very severe docu-
ment against the majority of the baking
powders, because it Is so fearlessly show
ed up their authorizations. You lay en-
phasls upon the fact that the baking pow
der with efficient strength and least resi-
dunn of least hurtfui character is the
best baking powder, and very properly
SO. We have been making baking pow
der for twenty-five years and have en-
ployed many of the most renowned
chemists in the land besides spending
large amounts of money IN the effort 10
make an article that shall be the best of
It's kind, perfectly pure, wholesome, Of
the highest strength and that shall leave
the smallest possible residuum IN the
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well that you find the Royal greatly
purer than any other powder IN the coun-
try is exceedingly gratifying to us, and
we thank yoil sincerely for so impartially
stating it.
We have referred to these portions Of
your report in order to make more clear
garbled and falsiied by the manufactur-
ers OF those powders which the facts you
give have so severely condemned.
Your report seems to have been gross
ly garbled by the manufacturer of DIR.
Prices baking powder. He publishes
boldly, in quotation marks, as from your
report, whole paragraph, not a word
Of which was yours. He says that you
report zone of the baking powders con-
tains powerful and unclean gas-produc-
ing substance originally derived from
animal excrement," which you did not
that you report his baking powder free
from said drug, and recommended by
Government chemists, food analysts, etc,
as the strongest and most healthful,"
which you likewise did not and could not,
because it Is not recommended by any
Government chemist nor used by the
Government. You did report his baking
powder to contain impurities to the eX-
tent of 1866 per cent. Of its entire weight,
and four other powders were found sU-
perior to it in purity, while it was the
fifth on the list in strength. Such flag
rant abuse of an official paper in pretend
ing to quote, while distorting and misre-
presenting your official cirular as it did,
We're criticised by you IN fitting terms.
The manufacturer OF Cleveland's bak-
ing powder also went into the garbhng
business He deliberately states that
his powder is placed at the head Of the
list (where, lis you know, You placed the
Royal, Cleveland's being fourth) that it
produces the largest amount of carbonic
acid gas, which is equally false, for your
report shows a powder with thirty-siX
per cent. impurity ahead of it in strength;
and he altogether Omits from his pretend
ed repetition of your report the fact,
emphasized 10y you as most important,
that his powder contains 1918 per cent.
Of impurities consisting Of tartrate Of pO-
tassium and tartrate of sodium (rochelle
salts.) moisture, etc. these wicked dis
tortiOns and misrepresentation of your
circular, evidently intended to falsify
your report and break the effect Of the
facts therein which exposed his powder
as impure and of inferior strength, we
are glad to know did most Justly excite
your highest Indignation.
We have done something to give your
report circulation; but its statements
were so favorable to the Royal Baking
Powder, placing it as they did at head OF
the whole list, and the analyses showing
it SO much the superior of all others in
purity, that there could have been no in
ducement on our part for misrepresent-
ing its facts, and we are glad to know
that in our condensation Of your dOcu-
ment and the comments thereon you can
not find single misstatement.
We deem your circular the most i'm
portant exhibit upon the baking powder
question lately published and shall be
glad to aid you in giving 1t the widest
possible circulation. We hope that
every one will send to you for circular
No 6, and if you can properly do so we
shall be pleased to have you accept our
offer TO pay the expense of placing a copy
IN the hands of every hOusekeeper in
Ohio and adjoining states.
Very respectfully yours,
ROYAL BAKING POWDER co.
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