The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
BAKING POWDER FACTS.
BROUGHT OUT BY OFFICIAL GOV
ERNMENT TESTS.
Purity OF Food Demanded by tho
People Which Baking Pow
der VIII Give III
From The Chicago Tribune.

The public is always responsive to sug.
gestions about the food il eats. Great
interest has been taken in the investlga.
tions made 10y the United States and
Canadian governments and by different
boards 81 health TO show the purity or
impuriiy Of milk, baking powders, spices,
and other articles Of daily use in the cul-
mary department OF our households.
just now the subject Of baking powder
Ia 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 grades Of bak-
ing powder contain either alum, lime or
phosphate acid
The official analyses by the United
States and Canadian governments have
therefore been studied with interest and
have pretty clearly established the facts
upon this subject The United States
government report gives the names Of
eighteen well known powders some Of
them advertised AZ pure cream Of tartar
baking powders, that contain alum.
The report shows that the Royal bak-
ing powder was found the highest in
ieayening Dtrsngth, evolving 1906
cubic inches OF gas POP single ounce Of
powder There wero eight other brands
of cream 81 tartar powders tested and
their average strength was 1ll.b cubic
inches 81 gas per ounce Of powder.
The Canadian government investiga-
ton were OF a still larger number OF pow
ders. The Royal baking powder WAS
here also shown the purest and highest
in strength, containing 1892 cubic
inches ~ leavening gas per ounce 81 pow
der Nine other prpam Of tarter powders
were tested, their average strength being
reported 10 be 80 cubic inches ~ gas per
ounce.
Those figures are very instructive to
the practical housekeoper. They In
dictate that the Royal baking powder
goes more than thirty-thrce per cent. fur
Their in use than the others, or IN one
third more economical. Still more inn
portant than this, however, they prove
this popular article has been brought to
this highest degree OF purity-ior To it's
spperatiye purity this superiority in
strength Is due-and consequently that
by it's use we may be insured the purest
and most wholesome food
Tho powders u lower strength ARE
found TO leave large amounts ~ inert
matter 10 the food This fact Nv empha-
sized by the reports Of the Ohio State
Food Commissioner. who, while finding
the Royal practically pure, found no
other powder To contain loss than ten
per cent. OF inert or foreign matters.
Tho public interest in this question has
likewise caused TO be madeinvestiga tions
by our local authorities. Prof. w. s.
Haines. OF Rush Medical College, cosult-
Ing chemist 81 the Chicago Board OF
Hsqltb, bsS found results similar 10
these reported by ths National and Can.
adam authorities. DR. IIaines sqys;
Rpm MEDICAL col.LKeE. cHIcAs0, III.
have psosntIy obtained samples N the chlf
baking powders IN tbs market, and have sub.
iectsd them 20 careful chemical examination "a
determine their purity, wholesomeness. and
leaveninepowder. AS the result OF mytssts nnd
the Royal baking powder superior to all the
Others ~ syeTg respect. II IL entiIely FREE from
al aapsleFqficBs sna nnwholesome Impurity,
and IN baklpei Rlsss m gpaieF y0inms ~
leaving Gas than any ether powder u -, fhsp
fore not ony the pnrsst, but also tho strongest
powder With which sm acquainted.
WALTER \. nAixRs. NJ. D.,
Consulting Chemist. Chicago Board Of Health.
The statistics show that there IL used
in the manufacture Of Royal baking
powder motc fhpn hall ~ oil tho cream
Of tarter consumed IN ths bgitod States
for all purposes. The wonderful sale
thus indicated for the Royal baking
powder greater than that Of al other
baking powders combincd--is .rhaps
even higher evidence thsk that
already quoted n the superiority oi this
article, and = ~ jndispepsa6| 6pess 10
modern cookery.