Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-09-14
POISON IN SOAPS
Aduiterations In All Sorts Of Article. rr..a
In the Household.


~ the Household.
The case Of the Camden wash :.
woman who is suffering from blood.
poisoning throug using bad soap h :
developed SYMPTOMS Of erysipelas. and
uncer ain exists as TO the outcome.
recent she purchased quantity Of
cheap soap from a retail dealer in
camden, and used it while sufferinu
from cut on the left hand. Soon aft
erward her body was covered with
sores, and she is now confined to her
home President Amerling. of the So
ciety Tor the Prevention of Food Adul-
teration, investigated the matter. and
found that the soap was purchased
from Philadelphia Wholesale house.
ne brought the woman's case to the
attention OF the proprietors. They
expressed ignorance of the impure ma.
lure OF the article, destroyed the
stock they had on hand and notified
the manufacturers of the stuff. who
are established in Brooklyn, N. Y. Not
only this; but they visited the sick
woman and made arrangement to have
her cared for.
The Society for the Prevention of
ROOD Adulteration is pushing its inres-
legations into the most common meth.
DDS OF adulteration. The results thus
far obtained would seem to Indicate
that with but very few exceptions
every manufactured article that enters
into domestic food consumption is
more or less atlulterated., During ore
week President Amerling had secured
the affidayits of twenty-six bakers.
confectioners and noodle-makers who,
under oat say that they have been
using chrome yellow continuously for.
varying periods. In over two dozen
samples of ice-cream Analysed. not
one was found pure, or composed of
the ingredients the consumers supposed
they were purchasing. White glue,
gclatine and poisonous coloring matter
were freely used.
A report just prepared by four
chemists employed Icy the society
deals largely with the composition of
articles entering into the consum ption
OF every household, such as chocolate.
coffee. coffee essence. spices, mustard
and pickles. and shows that in MANY
cases the stuff is complete imitation,
and has nothing in it Of the essential
element for which it was purchased.
With some difficulty President Am
erling has become possessed OF lierat-
ure which unblushingly advertises
poisonous adulterant for the use of
bakers and confectioners One speci-
men is the printed price-fist, of an i'm
porting and manufacturing drug
house. wholesale dealers in bankers
eonfectioners' and bottlers' supplies
on Duane street. New York. In it is
advertised, for the use of the trade,
acetic. citric, salycilic. sulphuric and
tartaric acids. almond paste (Which
President Amerling states is almost
entirely composed of ammonia. borax,
"butter' for bakers and confectioners,
cream tartar, aniline, carmine and
cochineal for coloring, chrome yellow
Tor lemon, orange, raspberry, sarsa-
parilla, sugar, turmeric and ultra
marine blue tints, camphor and willow 1
The same house, advertises
a similar list in Philadelphia journal
devoted to the confectionery trade.
Another firm, located on Greenwich
street, New York, advertises analine
crystals, carmine, strawberry and
chrome yellow coloring matter for
soda-water, jellies and canned goods. /
Philadelphia Record.