St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-03
WHAT ARE We EATING
Food Adultepation Is RAM
pant Throughout the
State.
Glaring Frauds Daily Perpe-
trated on the Dear
Public.
An Alarming Menace to the
General Health Of the
People.
Vigorous Prosecution to Fol
low ViolatopS Of the
Food Law.

Among the paramount duties OF a
wise executive is the punishment of
fraud and the protection of the health
Of the people. State Senator Durant
saw the great need of this when, III the
last legislature, he procured the pas
sage of food adulteration law. This
law went into effect August last, and,
under the supervision of Commissioner
Ives, the great necessity for the en-
fOrcement of such an enactment is be-
coming daily more apparent. Food
adulteration is simply rampant. In the
mad race for wealth, tine one desire of
the merchant seems to be the hoodwInk-
ing of the general public-the palming
off of an inferior article at the price the
pure one can be purchased. The sick
ening story of all the chicanery which
has been practieed upon long-suffering
people is fOrcibly set forth in the
reports of the able chemists of the
state dairy and food commission. 1t is
now time to call halt, and if only the
officers of the law give a proper sup
port to Commissioner Ives the citizens
of Minnesota can henceforth depend
upon securing some semblance of the
article they desire to purchase. There
need, at all events there ought not, be
repetition of the story told by Chemist
Drew, of Minneapolis, who reports that
tWenty-One samples of cream of tartar.
analysed by him, ''were absolutely
fraudulent, in that they did not con-
tain cream of tartar at ALL" The hon
est merchants, dealers or jObberS, have
nothing TO fear by the stringent en-
fOrcement Of food law. They have
much to gain, as the worthless. in ur-
iOus articles of commerce, now flooding
the market. are not only standing
menace to the general veal of the peO-
pie, but great detriment to trade Of the
state. The facts revealed by the state
laboratories are in this line:
Chemist Eberman, who has charge of
the laboratory at the capitol, writes:
Twenty samples, or 81 per cent, of the
| baking powder analysed contained
! alum. Five of the samples of powder
containing alum were properly labeled !:
This baking powder contains alum"
Therefore, deductlng the five samples
| labeled according to law, find that out
! of the whole number analysed IS per
cent were placed on the market con-
trary to the state food law. Four of the
samples were delivered at the laboratory
| by the manufacturers, agents or dealers,
and nineteen were collected by the in
| spectOrs. The above facts are true in
! diees of
THE GLAZING FRAUDS
| which are daily beng perpetrated on
| the unsuspecting consumer. Not only
is fraud considered in the text of our
/ food law, but health. that all-impOTtant
| factor. So many authorities have been
! quoted from time TO time that in this
| report | content myself by the citation
of one. NJ. Bruylants, Journal de Phar-
macie. vol. 10. page AL, says: Alum
owes its power of bleaching not to the
| alumina which it contains, or to the
| combination of this earth with gluten,
| but to the sulphuTic acid liberated by
| the formation OF aluminium illuminate.
! The prolonged daily use of alum in the
| proportion of 0.05 to o. grain occasions
| gastric disturbances not unimportant.'
/ The author finds that the artificial gas
| trio digestion of alumed bread effects
| the solution of all the alum present.
| Hence it is possible that quantity of
alumina equivalent to O.20 grain of alum
may enter the circulation daily. The
/ samples found to contain alum were
| manufactured by the following firms:
| Vouwle Bros, Cleveland and Chicago,
| ("Forest City,.
| Creelman, Avery & Co, St. Paul
| d. Garrick & Co, Philadelphia.
Spencer & Co, Chicago, (''Elite')
! Sterling q Co, Chicago, est. Bernard'O.
| SpTague, Warner & Co.. Chicago.
W. ". Harries, Minneapolis, C'Harries'
| Favorite'D,
sherman Bros. Chicago, (''Fidelity').
! Reid MUrtlOPE a Fisher ChipapO ('aM0O.
Sherman Bros, Chicago, c.solar'0
Wells, Putnam q Co., Chicago, ('Putnam'
Chapman. Smith & Co.. Chicago. ("Yeasi
| POwdeF').
Three unknown manufacturers (''Palace, -
Gen." Household Pride'').
THE VINEGAR FAKE.
Prof. Eberman continues: There
! were seventy-fiYe samples of vinegar
| analysed; of these, %, or So per cent,
! were white wine OF low wine vinegar
| 35,Or AZ per cent, were colOred low wine
| vinegar; ID. or 20 per cent. were cider
| vinegar. Thirty-nine samples, or 50
| Der cent Of the vinegar aRalyZed, proved
| to be adulterated. Forty-oDe samples
were sent to the laboratory. either 10y
! the manufactures or dealers in vinegar,
! and 81 samples were collected by our
! inspectors. Another facial colOred
| white wine vinegar bought by our in
{ spectOrs was sold as cider vinegar. The
! samples found adulterated were manu-
featured by
Clarksviue Vinegar company, GAINESVILLE
Seller G. 0ehler & Co.
Schuyler's vinegar.
| New Ulm Vinegar company.
| Johnson a. Co. Il sampled.
Amazon Vinegar works.
Pressing d Co. Chicago.
The report OF Mr.. Eberman covers the
month of September, and altogether he
analysed go articles, with the result
that 179, or 81 per cent, were found to
be pure. The adultefatiOn largely eX.
listed in milk, vinegar and baking pow
der, as is here shown:
! Adulter-
Articles. Milk ated Pure
/ MIX ---.s..4OO % 1&-
| butter. '''''''''''s's'''
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