Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-24
COFFEE MADE OF FLOUR.
IT IS MANUFACTURED EXTENSIVE
~ IN PHILADELPHIA.

IL Is a Base Imposition, but When GEN
suit Can BE Sold at Very Low Price,
There Is "a Penalty for the Manufacturer.
Is Philadelphia gaining reputation as
the leading city OF America in the manu-
facture of bogus coffee?
kilograms and other information recent
ly received seem to indicate that the city
has gained that notoriety. Chicago and
New York papers have been printing state
ments which have named Philadelphia as
the place where large quantities of "coffee
beans" ere manufactured. The following
is IA telegram recently received from In
dianapolis:
1.-THE citizens and board of health are
much exercised over coffee fraud un-
carthed here and traced to a wholesale
dealer, who says he got 1t from an agent ON
Chestnut street, Philadelphia The whole
sale dealer showed this letter from the
agent;
Dear Sir-I send you by this mail
sample of imitation coffee. This is man
ufactured bean, and is composed of -four.
You can easily mix Is per cent of this sub
stitute in with genuine coffee that ranges
in price from 20 to 2219 cents, and it will
improve the flavor of the same 1t granu-
lates the same rs coffee. If you deal with
us it will be in the most complete conf
dence This as. S" coffee Superior sub
stitute) is packed in barrels weight about
l7O pounds to the barrel BY the use of
our bean you can increase your profits to
~ cents per pound and improve the flavor.
Try sample barrel; price, 1119 cents per
4
TO postal cards"
In red ink was written: "Send shipping
directions I would not show samples
even to employees"
A LITTLE DETECTIVE WORK.
Having learned from leading coffee and
spice dealer of this city that Il coffee bean
nanufactory of considerable size was in
operation somewhere in North Philadel-
phia, a reporter started out disguised us
dealer from the northwest, whore he sold
coffee to the poorest class of Swedes and
Norwegians He soon learned from other
dealers that four or five tons of coffee
beans were being made each week in Phila-
delphia. Three or four different firms and
one coffee roaster referred the dealer from
the northwest" to Wexelnerger & Sauer,
coffee roasters, within stones throw of
Stetsons hat factory. The informing cof-
fee master said that he was positive that
tbe manufacturer of the coffee bean lived
not far from Tenth and Jefferson streetg.
"but." said the rooster. ego to Mr.. Wexel-
ber1er of Weyelbcrrer e, Sauer. He roasts
the bean and will sell you all Won want.
He con tell Won who the manufacturer is.
nnd where his mill is. But YOU won't like
tho stur hecause IL is as hard as 81 brick
esneciallv after it is roasted."
The northwestern dealer approached Mr.
Wexelberper In his little front office one
forenoon Conversation soon got down to
business and Mr.. Weyelberper went
,hrouph all his grades of coffee 10 the
.beonpst Vben there was II littla Inn
while the northwestern dealer struggled
with his nrinciplcs Bnt he finally said
chat his SWede and Norwegian customers
we're n densely ignorant class of people
and very moor, They would pay ONLY SO
much for coffee. Mr.. Wexelberper smiled.
and reochino under A pewspaper or some
such covering drew forth samples of the
coffee bean. roasted and unroasted. He
did not n,isrenresent the goods but smiled
again i'm a mild German way as he said 81
pnasa tbnt,s what Won want"
A FIRST RATE IMITATION.
.XVeu what's thaty,
San Imitation. and a GOOD one Don't
Won think SOP You can mix it with any
,,rnda of cofree Perfectly harmless It1s
made of a flonr paste"
The customer was delighted. and asked
if he could be nut in communication
with the manufacturer. He learned that
he could not for some vague rea
sons But Mr. Wexelberger offered TO
net ne middleman. and procure for the
northwestcrn man any quantity at Il
cents per mound, or perhaps less if a large
ouantitv were bourht After another ear
nest effort To get the address of the manu-
facturer the dealer took some SAMPLES of
the roasted and unroasted bean and left.
saving ne yould probably order about 600
nnnnIs ,a soon as he heard from his mart
ner
The cofree roaster who referred the deal.
or IN Mr. Wexelberger Thought a certain
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',,J ,,t,r'J 20 ,nt tho dealer IN con,n,rni'