Daily Republican., 1888-04-17
no RnxsIc WITH OUR FOOD.
n Phosphate Baking Powder rheory
thes 10 Dangerous ~ mot Ridicnlous.

- EhosNha8o U8htn& FoWusf Tnoorl
shss 10 Dangerous is mot Ridicuious.
That 10 rather . dangerous PROPOSE
Non, put forth by the manufacturers o
soma OF the patented or proprietary
ARTICLES OF food, that their prod ncts pos
sess q superior wholesomeness because
they contain drug Of some particular
medical property. Phosphates, alum,
lime, arsenic, calomel, eto have their
places ~ speoifAos for different Diseases,
and are invaluable medical remedies
each In Its place. But they are moi
cure nlla The physician who should
prescribe either oalomei, or stryohnine,
or rhubarb three times q day 70 man
woman and child, siok or well, because
either Of suoh drugs 10 . welI-known
remedy for some certain diseaDe, would
rsos've bat little honor from the fra
terDity and loes practice from the com
munity.
No one will controvert this statem snt,
yet we fna manufacturers of baking
powders claiming superior hyRienic
virtue for thslr productions and urging
their continuous use bscause they are
alleged to carry the phosphate used In
making them 10 cheap anbstitute fos
cream OF tartar, procured from the
homes Of dead antmals) into the food
although vel! aware, rs they must be-,
OF tho fact that with the constant nc q
OF suoh articles this drug must pass In.
to our systems daily, no matter whA.
may be our pbysiosl conditions or re-
Quiremonts, or whether or not we may
be suffering from some ailment where
In the use Of suoh drug would be poesi.
lively detrimental. Both alum and
phosphstes are useful medicamep pts In
certain diseases; bat they should nc
more be taken indiscriminatsly day
after day and without the prescription
o: ply ysioian, than arsenic, aoonite or
esiomel; indeed, there are conditions OF
the system, particularly with women,
when tbs prudent physician would be
loath TO permit the use OF lime phos.
ph Aiee even ns q medicine.
The fallacy OF shts claim OF the manu-.
faoturers of phosphatio baking pow iers
will be apparent to ell whom the fact,
well known to physicians, 10 stated
that In average health and with ordi
nary food the body gets more phos
phates than are required or CAD be as.
simulated. as is evidenced BY the fact
that they are constantly being expelled
10 the cxorstions, both solid and liz uId
like wise the statement that IL 10 neces
sary to add phosphates to tho baking
powder to restore to the -four those
which have been lost in the milling, for
1t 10 trae that fne -four As at preuent
m .de actually contains q larger per
osntage OF phospha;es than the grain OF
wheat Itself.
The object Of baking powders Is no.
- provide the body with med lcine,
but simply to vesioulate or make light
the mixture Of fiour, so rs to render {
when baked easy of mas ,ication and
perfectly digestiole. The most oslo
brAtsd eEpsrts In the business have
worked tor the perfection OF an article
that should do this mechanically, add.
ing to or taking from the -four nothiAR,
nor In any way efeetinR chauRe In its
properties or constituents. When this
has been done the perfect leAveninR
agent has been discovered. The manu-.
facsureis Of the Royal Baking Powder
have Bucosoled IN this 30 tar rs to make
osv5ning agent that vegt!culAtes and
raiBae ths lea, mest perfectly, and with.
out changing the propaItles of the flour
while the Tesidnum from It has been re-
dnoed TO minimum.
The sold employed, however, to pro
duce this result is not phosphate, bat
but the acid Of highly refined cream Of
tartar, which, the health authorities
agrse, rerders that powder perfectly
purs and more reliable and healthful
than any other. The rsoent official tests
show, on tha othsr hand, that tho best
the phosphstic baking powder u1akers
oan do is 10 produce an article that la
one-thlrd or more Tes.diuum or im
purity.
We want our food pure; especially do
we not wish to take alum, lime and
phosphates with II at the dictum of
mar ufAoturers who may find Il ohenpsr
to claim a virtue for the Impurities
than TO remove them.