Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-10-08
A MILLION A YEAR.

Lostery aad Prize Nehenea UseA %
Sell Alan ss1 Ammoaia Baklae
Powders.
A New York concern, manufactur.
ers OF IN amm"n'a baking powder,
boasts that its profits are over Z mil.
lion dollars. While, perhaps, none
Of the makers Of alum baking pow
ders individually can show 90 large
eas"ings yet their profits are enor
nous.
A business % profitable, will always
attract to itself shose whose greed will
cause them to utterly disregard tie
effect their traffic may have upon the
health or life IT others.
Alum baking powders arc intro.
duo+d largely BY gifts. prizes and
lottery schemes. A piece Of glass.
ware or china, y child's wagon, .l.d,
= pewter spoon or some other article
of attractive appearance, but Of email
intrinsic value or oost. is gwen with
each purchase or number 70 sttx.h~d
to the can which entities the customer
to . similarly numbered article or t. .
ps'ze 1T come kind. Il il in some
suoL way - this that the trade in .lum
Or ammonia baking powders, which
has n"w sstai"ed such giant rropor.
tons and their consumption BY the
public which has reached IN extent
which is truly alarming.
The highest authorities Of oil ooun-
tries condemn the use Of alum il
bread without reserve. In America
tho most distinguished physicians,
chemists aud b, g'eaists have declar-d
that the traffic in .lum baking powd+ 70
should - suppressed BY Law. In
Enxland and france, where the sub.
jeot OF pure food aud it, effect upon
the system has heen more fully con.
e'oefeo snd made the suhjec. OF
extended experiments by the scien.
ti-ts, 30 =. ruus matter 10 the use If
alum !" bread or other TODD cunsiue cred
to be. that most stringent laws have
been enscte.i to prevent it. These
laws are r'x,dIy en,urced, aud the sale
OF slum baking powders would not
be permit d for al hour. ANY one
who attempted to make them for use
i" food. or ATT. mpteu to use them for
raising bread, biscuit or cake, would
sud-r severe p~n.l,i~s.
The III ~ffrcts upon the system Of
food raised by alum baking powders
Are the more dangerous because Of
lhe.e 'nsld'ous character. 1t would
he less dangerous TO the community
we're It fatal At once, Tor then such
|ood would be avoided; but their
action, because imp-r.
'ept,ble at first. is no less certain.
The pucke,i"g effect which alum
las when taken in the mouth il IA.
ni!isr to every one. Physicians saw
his same Fl. ct 10 produced by i,
'pon the delicste coats If the stomach
md int-stin-s.
WHAT housewife would take home
o her family can Of alum or ammo.
liz baking powder it she knew It?
such powders no, oni undermine tho
yseem, but It is pointed out tina.
mmonia taken into the system in n
ve" in6"ite.imal doses day after day, +:
npsrts to the compl. xion sallow and \
lo.chrd appearance.
II 10 safe to discard al baking K
OVID r. sold with prize or gilt.
What . mis"omer are the words 8 y
Absolutely Pure" as applied to hak-
q powders! Two Ut the lsr0. At b
.ilinR brands. ono made from alum,
Ia Other containing ammonia. and
9th OF these dluvg-d baking powders :
ave stamped upon their labels and
lrruiars these words = absolu.elv
ure; as . matter Of fact they are
Absolutely Poor" As shown by off.
lsl examinations.