Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-14
NO PuY.IC WITH OUR FoOD.
A Ph,,pbAtic Baking powder Theory that II
Dangerous II not Ridiculous.

Dangerous u not Rid lculous.
That Ia rather Q dangerous proposition,
pat iCrtn by the manufacturers oil come OF
the patented or proprietary articles OF food,
that their products possess a superior whole.
someness because they contain drug OF
some particular medicinal property. Pnos-
pilates, alum, lime, arsenic, CaiOmel, ETC.,
have their places as specifics for different
diseases, ard are invaluable medical rem
edies, each in Its place But they are not
oure-als. Tho physician who should
prescribe either calomeI, or strychnine, tr
Thubsrb three times day 70 man, woman
and child, sick or well, because either I
such drugs Is well known remedy for
some certain disease, would receive but
little honor from the fraternity and less
prsotice from the community.
No one will oonirovert this g a'ement
yetwe ind manufactur RI Of baking pow ders
claiming superior hygienic viIiu, tor tbtic
productions and urging their continuous
use because they are alleged to carry the
phosphate used In making them "a cheap
substitute for cream OF Tartar, procured from
the bones OF Gead animals into the food,
although we'll aware, a. they must be, Of
the fsct that with the constant use OF such
article this drug must PASS into cur sys-
tens daily. DO matter what may be our
physical conditions or requirements, or
whether or not we may be suffering from
some ailment wherein the use Of such drug
would be positively detrimental. Both
alum and pbosphates are useful medics.
menis in certain diseases but they should
no moro be taken indiscriminately day
after day and without the prescription OF q
physician, than arsenic, sconite or calomel (;
indeed, there are conditions OF the ystem,
particularly with women, when the prud ent
physician would be ioath to permit the uss
of lime phosphates even AZ medicine.
The fsllaoy Of this claim OF the manu-
fsclures OF phosphate baking powders will
be apparent to all when the taot, well
known to ply sicisns, 10 stated, that In
average health and with ordinary food
the body ge.s more p1osphstes than
are required or can be assimilated +,
Hs' IL evidenced by he TACT that they
are constantly being expelled 10 the ex
oretions, both solid and liquid likewise
tho statement that 1t - necessary to ad d
phosphs.es TO the baking powder To restore
tn the H,ur these which have been lest in
tho milling, for Il IL true that Inc -four as
at present made actually contains larger
percentage of phosphst.s than the grain OF
wheat itsol',
Tue object of baking powders Is not "a
provide the body with medicine, but
| simply to vesi,ulste or make light to mir-
ture OF -four, 80 as to render it when bske ed
easy Of mastication and perfectly digestible.
The most celebrated experts In the business
have worked for the perfection OF an article
that should do this mechanically, adding 10
way tfiectipg n change In Its properties or
constituents. When this has been done the
perfect leavenipg agent has been discovered.
The manufacturers OF the Royal Baking
Powder have succeeded In this so far as to
make a leaveDing agent that vesiculates
and raises the lC II most perfectly, and with
out changing the properties OF the flour
while tho residuum from 1t hes been re-
ductd to q min imum The acid employed
however, to produce this result Ia no
phospbalic, but the acid OF highly refined
| cream of tartar, which, the health authoritie:
| agree, renders that powder perfectly pur,
| and more reliable and heslthful than auy
other. The recent Official tests show, on tn,
other hand, that the best the phosphate,
| baking powder makers G an do Is to prod uct
an article that Ia one third or more resduuu
| OF impurity.
| We want our food pure especially az
| we not wish to tak 0 alum, lime aud phos
| pilates with 1t at the dictum OF mani lac
tursrs who may find 1t cheaper to claim
vir'ns for the impurities than to remoy
| tn m.