The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25

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Baking Powder.

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The public II alwavs vesponeive 20
suggestions about The food Il easa- Great
interest hes been taken In the investiga-
lions made By The United States and
CAnsdisu governments and By tho di0er-
ont boards Of health 20 show the parity
Or Impurity Of milk. baking powders,
spices. and other articles Of daily uso il
the culinary department % our house-
holds
Just nov The subject o. baking pow
der u claiming pubic attention. We ~
desire pure and wholesome bread. and
this can not b he'd with the nee Of i'm
pure or poisonous baking powder. There
can b no longer any question thst al
the cheaper, lower grades Of baking
powders contain either alum. line, or
phosphstic acid.
The oflcial analyses BY the United
States and Canadian governments hsve
therefore been studied with interest and
have pretty clearly established the facts
upon this subject The United States
government report gives the Nance Of
eighteen weII-known poWders. some Of
them advertised - pure cream Of tartar
baking powders. that contain alum
The report Shove that the Royal bak-
ling powder was found the highest in
|lesvening strength, evolving 100 cubic
inches Of gas per single ounce Of pow
der. There were eight other brands Of
cream Of tartar powders tested. and tbet'
average strength was Ills cubic inches
or gas per ounce Of powder.
\ lions we're Of . still larger number o.
powders. The Royal baking powder
Wss here also shown the purest snd
| highest il strength. containing l19 ,:
|cnbic inches Of lesvening gas per ounce
/ Of powder. Nine other cream Of tartsl
powders were tested. their average
strength being reported to Be % cubi'
inches Of gas per ounce.
| These figures are very instructive =
tho practical housekeeper. They indi
cate that the Royal baking powder goe
more than IS per cent further 10 ue
than the Others. or 10 one-third NOR
economical Still more important thai
this, however. they prove this popula
ariicle hes been brought 20 the highet
degree Of purity-for 10 it, soperletiv
purity this superiority in strength
ldue-and consequently that By iss ~
We may b injured the purest and mos
wholesome food.
Il The powders Of lower strength Or
found to leave large amounts Of liner
meters In the food. This fact u empba
lsized BY the report Of the Ohio Stat
l. GwA -.
the Royal practically pure. found u
other powder to contain less than 10 pc
cent. Of inert or foreign matters.
4 The public interest in this question
has likewise caused to be made invesfi
cations By our local authorities. Pro-
w. s. Haines. Of Rush Medical College
Iconsulting chemist OF the Chfcag
Board Of Health, has found results elm
|ilar 60 those rsrorled By The national %
ICanadian authorities- Dr.. Haineo saye
| RUsn MEDICAL CoLLEoE. CncAo0. u
have recently obtained ss0plss Z
The chief baking POWDER n the 0arke
|snd have subjected them 20 csrefl
jchemicsi examination 70 determine thel
Ipurity, wh0les0meuees, and lesvenIn
IpoWer. AZ the result Of my tests ! 6n
iths Royal baking powder superior 10 q
1.-The others % every respect. L b entire
III free from al adnlteration and "a
wholesome impurity, and 10 baking
lgives Of : greater volume Of leavenio
: |gas than any other powder. Il 4 their
|. fore. not only the purest. but also tb
'lstrongest powder With which / an y
!. .IQuainted. WALrER 8. HAIxEs, n. d
! Consulting Chemist, Chicago Board I
!: Health.
!. The statistics show that there = nee
: lin the manufacture Of the Royal bskiu
powder more than half Of al the creal
!. of tartar consumed IN the United State
: for I'll purposes. The wonderful eel
thus indicated for the Royal bskin
Ipowder--greater than that Of al oshs
\ baking powders combined--is perhAE
: even higher evidences than that alresd
quoted Of The superiority Of this srticI
and Of IL indispensabIeness 10 modsE
cookery.