The Red Cloud chief., 1891-11-06
CHIEF
Friday, Nov. Q, 1891
en,.red al the Post once In He'd Cloud, Seo.,
as mail matter OF the second CLASS
RaKING POWDER FACTS.
Brought out BY the OmciaI Gov
ernment Tests.
Purify OF Food Demanded BY
the PeOPle.-Which Baking
Powder VIII Give Ii.
From Chicago Tribune.


The public is always responsive TO sug-
geetions about the food it eats. Great
has been taken in the ~investiga-
ton made by the United States and
canadian government and by
the different boardsof health
to chow the purity o r impurity
Of milk, baking powders, spices, and
articles Of daily use in culinary
department Of our household.
Just now the subject OF baking pow
der is claiming public attention. We
all desire pure and wholesome bread and
this can not he had with the use OF I'M
pure or poisonous baking powder. There
can be no longer any question that all the
cheaper, lower grade OF baking powders
contain either alum, lime, or phosphate
acid. The official analysis by the United
states and canadian governments have
therefore been studied with interest and
and have pretty clearly established the
facts upon this subject. The United
states government report gives the DANES
OF 1s well known powders, some Of them
advertised as pure ream OF tartar bak-
ing powders, that contain alum.
The report shows that the Royal bak
ing powder was found the hlghes,
in leaving strength, evolving lGO.G cubic
inches OF gas per single ounce Of powder
There were eight other brands OF cream
Of tartar baking powders tested and
their average strength was ILL., cubic
inches OF gas per Ounce OF powder.
The candian government investigations
were OF a still larger number Of powders
The Royal baking powder was here als'
shown the purest and highest in strength
containing 1892 cubic inches Of leaven
ing gas per ounce Of Opowder
vine other ream OF tartar powders wer'
tested, their average strength being re
ported to be SO cubic inches OF gas pc
ounce.
These figures are very instructive to
the practical housekeeper. They indl
cate that the Royal baking powder goe
more than 81 per cent further in us
than the others. or is one-third NOR
economical. still more important tina
this, however, they prove this popula
article has been brought to the highes
degree Of purity, for to its superlativ
purity this superiority in strength
due-and consequently that by it's us
We may be insured the purest and mos
wholesome food.
The powders OF lower strength ar
found to leave large amounts of incl
matters in the foOc. This fact is en-
phasized by the report Of the Ohio stat
Food commissioner. who, while findin
the Royal practically pure, found n
other powder to contain less than ID pc
cent, Of inert or foreign matters.
The public interest in this questio
has likewise caused to he made invest
cations by our local authorizes. Pro-
W. s. Haines, OF Rush Medical college
consulting chemist OF the chicago Boar,
Of Health, has found results similar +
those reported by the national and cana
dian authorities. DIR. Haines says:
RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHICAGO. Ill
I have recently obtained samples Of tn
chief baking powders in the market, an,
subjected them to careful chemical ex
animation to determine their purity, an,
wholesOmeness, and leavening power
AS the result OF my test l find the Roya
baking powder superior to all the other
in every respect. 1t is entirely free from
all adulteration and unwholesom,
impurity, and in baking it gives off
greater volume OF leavening gas thar
any other other powder. 1t is, therefore
not only the purest, but also the strong
est powder which l am acquainted.
Walter 8 Hams, NJ. D.,
consulting chemist, chicago Board o
Health.
The statistics show that there is uset
in the manufacture Of the Royal baking
powder more than half Of all tho cream
Of tartar consumed in the United state.
for all purposes. The wonderful sale
thus indicated Of the Royal baking pow.
der-greater than that OF all other bak
ing powder combined is perhaps ever
higher evidence than that already quoted
OF the superiority Of this article, and OF
its indispensableness to modern cookery