The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-16
A MILLION A YEAR.

"A u1AL1ON "A CAh.
Lottery and Prize Schemes used to sell
Alum and Ammonia Baking Powders.
A New York concern, manufacturers
OF an ammonia Baking Powder boasts
that their yearly profits are over a mil
lion dollars. While perhaps, none OF the
makers OF alum Powders can ,show SO
large ernings vet their profits are enor-
nous.
A business SO profitable, will always
attract to itself those whose grred will
cause. them toutterly disregard the effect
their traffic may have upon the health
or life OF others.
Alum baking powders ara introduced
largely by gifts, prizes and lottery
schemes. a piece OF glassware or china
child's wagon. sled, pewter spoon or
some other article OF attractive appara-
nee, but OF small intrinsic value or cost
Is gwen with each purchase, or number
is attached to the can which entities the
customer to a similarly numbered arti-
Gle or to prize OF some kind. 1t IS some
suclrway as this that the trade in alum
and ammonia baking powders, which has
now attained such giant proportions and
their consumption blythe public which
| has reached an extent which is truly ALA
! rmIng.
The highest authorities ofall countries
condemn the use OF alum in bread with
out reserve. In America the most dis
tinguished physicians, chemists and hv-
glenists have declared that the traffic in
alum baking powders should be suppress
sed by law. In England and France
where the subject OF pure food, and it's
effect upon the system, has been more
fully considered and made the subject OF
extended experiments bv the scientists,
| of
in bread or other food considered to be,
that most stringent laws have been en-
acted to prevent it. These laws are rigid
| lyenforced. and the sale OF alum baking
powders wouldn't beprernitted foran ho-
ur. .,AnvOne who attempted to make them
| for use in food or attempted to use them
for raising bread, biscuit or cake would
suffer severe penalties.
The i'll ELECTS upon the system OF food
raised by alum baking powders are the
more dangerous because of their insldi-
Gus character 1t would be less danger
Gus to the community il fatal at once
for then such food would be avoided; but
their CeleteriOus action because imper-
ceptible at first is no less certain.
The puckering effect which alum has
when taken in the mouth is f;,rmlliar to
everyone Physicians say this same ef-
feet Is produced by it upon the delicate
coats Of the stomach and intestines.
/ What housewife would take home to
her family d can Of alum or ammonia
baking powder If she knew it. Such
powders not only undermine the system,
but it s pointed out that. t..ammonla TAX
en- into the system in even lnhnetisimal
doses day after day, imparts to the
complexion a sallow and blotched APP
pcarance.
1t is safe to discard all baking powders
sold with prize or gilt.
What d lnisnolner are the words CAB
solutely Pure" as applied to baking
powders. Two OF the largest selling brands
one made from alum, the other cont ain
ing ammonia and both OF these dru.ged
baking powder, $ have stampedupon their
tables and circulars these words abso-
lutely pure, as mtter OF fact lhey are
Absolutely Poor" as shown by offic-
ial examinations.
Geo. W. Price has purchased a fourth
interest IN the Daily Republican at a
very low figure.
Otto Anderson, OF Rocllervile, wants
a boy to go to school this winter and
do chores for his board.
Don't storm the system as you would
a fort. Ii held by the enemy, constpa-
ton, gently persuade it to surrender with
DeWltt's Little Early Risers. These
little pills are wonderful convincers
Enge & Son.
People with impure blood may be said
, to exist, not live,. Life is robbed OF hall
, it's joys when the blood is loaded with
impurities and disease. Correct this
condition with DeWitt's SarSaparilla, it
is relia BILE. Engle L. Son.