Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-30
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.

A FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Shall We Drive Slow Poison From Our
Breakfast Table? Alum and Ammonia
In Our Bread.
A nuisance that troubled England
fifty years ago is o rapidly spreading
in this country, that is putting alum in
the bread we eat. This question is caus-
ing II great deal of discussion at the
present moment, as it is revealed that
alum is being used as a substitute for
cream of tartar in baking powders. A
story is told that a very large percent
age of the baking powders sold on the
market contain either alum or ammonia,
and many of them contain both these
pernicious drugs. Much timely alarm is
felt at the wholesale use of alum in
bread, biscuit and pastry. To young
children, growing girls, persons of weak
ly frame, alum bread eaten morning,
noon and evening is the most harmful.
1t is the small quantities taken at every
meal that do the mischief. Alum is
cheap, costing but two or three cents a
pound while cream of tartar costs &c.,
and the high price of cream of tartar
has led cheap baking powder to be made
of alum. If the reader wants to know
something Of the corrosive qualities of
alum let him touch a piece to his tongue
then reflect how it acts on the tender
delicate coats of the stomach.
Following is a list compiled by
the Scientific American, of the alum and
ammonia baking powders that have al
ready been tested:
ATLANTIC & PACIFIC, ROYAL,
COOKS FAvORITE, sCIoTo,
GROWN, LIVE SPOON,
CRYSTAL, SILVER STAR,
DAISY, SNOWDRIFT,
DAVIS o. K, SOVEREIGN,
r YEAST, STAR,
GEM, STATE,
GLOBE, STANDARD,
KENToN, sUNFLowER,
P~EARSoN'S, WASHINGTON,
PERFECTION, WINDSOR,
PEERLESS, ZIPP'S GRAPE,
URITY CRYSTAL.
There are, in addition to the foregoing
list from the Scientific American, a num-
Der of such powders sold in the western
that we're not found in the eastern stores.
IOl1OWluS ID tuo ll6G W udG6.
Calumet, contains alum, Calumet Bak-
ing Powder Co., Chicago.)
Forest City, contains ammonia alum.
Vouwie Bros, Cleveland.)
Chicago Yeast, contains ammonia alum,
Chapman e. Smith Co., Chicago.)
Bon Bon, contains alum.
Hotel, contains ammonia alum. (J. c..
Grant Baking Powder Co., Chicago.)
Unrivaled, contains alum, (Sprague,
Warner & Griswold, ChicagO.)
One Spoon, Taylor's, ammonia alum,
(Taylor Mfg. Co., st. LOUISE
Yarnalrs, contains alum, (Yarnall Mfg.
Co., st. LOUISE
Shaw's SNOW Puff, contains alum, (Mer-
chants Mfg! Association, st. LOUISE
Dodson \ Hills, contains alum, (Dodson
4 his, st. LOUISE
~Shepard'S, contains ammonia alum,
(Wm. II. Shepard, st. LOUISE
Bain:s. contains alum, (Meyey-l3ain Mfg.
Co. st. LOUISE
Monarch. contains ammonia alum, (Reid,
Murdoch IL Co., C%hicago.)
Snow Ball, contains alum, bengal Cof-
fee 4 Spice Mills, Chicago.)
Giant, contains alum.
Milk. contains alum, (W. F. Mclaughlin
& Co., Chicago.)
Echo, contains alum, (Spencer Bluing
Paddle Co., C%hicago.)
Kalbfelrs Purity, contains alum, (kalb-
fell Mfg. Co, Chicago.)
Rising Sun, contains ammonia, phoenix
Chemical Works, Chicago.)
White Rose, contains ammonia alum,
Globe Coffee & Spice Mills, Minneap-
oils.
Woods Acme. contains ammonia, (Thos.
Wood & Co.. PHILADELPHIA
Andrews Pearl, contains ammonia, &C.
E. Andrews & Co., Milwaukee.)
Harries' Favorite, contains alum. (H. II.
Harries. Minneapolis.)
Fidelity. contains alum.
Solar, contains alum, (Sherman Bros,
C%hicago.(
Putnam's Best, contains alum, wells
Putnam & Co., ChicagO.)
China "T' House, contains alum, Noah
Mcdowell. st. Paul, Mimi
Twin City, contains alum, 81. X. Fergu.
son, Minneapolis, MIMI
Hercules, contains ammonia, (Hercules
Baking Powder Co., San Francisco.)
Climax, contains ammonia, (ClimaX Bak'
ing Powder Co., Indianapolis.)