The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-18
STUPENDOUS HUMBUG.
Making Food Tests With Doc.
tOred Samples.
An Organized Scheme TO Deceive and Defraud
the Honest Housewives Of
California

One OF the new baking powder concerns which
Is trying o Introduce Its goods into this market,
acknowledges that II Is behind the fraudulent
test tricks which have recently been performed
In Inc Kitchens in this vicinity.
Ii Is remarkable that any manufacturer claim
ing respecta6lilty. should put himself in so con.
iemptible position as this. The scheme which
these parties are trying TO work is one of the
most stupendous humbugs OF the day 1t not
only bumbug, but so dishonest that It's hackers
have not the courage 10 engage In It openly but
put forward innocent women TO perform the
public part Of the disgracefuI aud Illegal opera-
ton.
The object Of the directors of these alleged
Kitchen tests Is now admitted TO be not 10 en-
nghten he hOuSekeepeT as 10 the purity or
quilily OF the respective baking powders. but 10
defame and destroy the reputation Of the ROYAL
Baking Powder, an article OF the highest
character aud IN general use, for the purpose OF
introducing in It's place their own powder which
Is Of che per make.
One OF the women who was employed In the
performances OF these tricks, aud who resigned
position when she found out their fraudulent
cbafdcer, mus describes The methods -he was
taught To use. she was To obtain a sampia of
Royal from the housek ecDeT, NIX IL with water
boil II, ana tell The hauSekeeper thai the gas
arising from IL was ammonia. Her EMPLOYER well
knew. she found out later. that this was moi true
that there was no ammonia In the ROYAL Powder
III the h0usek eeper could not be brouyht tn
Drougnt 10 Imagine that she smelled The am
monia, small amount OF the ammOni a salt was
surrepttl0usly added 10 the mixture nv the
e. str, or, when this could not be done a sample
can Oh Royal was produced from the pocket OF
the tester already dOctOred and prepared TO snow
ammonia or anything else that might be desifed
These sample cans of Royal carried by the tester
Tor this purDose mere not of the same COMPOST
ton as the Royal powder made by the eomnanv
and sold al the grocery stores.
ms test was suppl mented by another equally
as Iraudnlent A small quantity OF the ROYAL
baking powder, and a similar quantity of inc
baking powder which the testet WAS irving 70
pIosc superior, were mixed with water In sep
hail, IA
foam up quickly like a glass OF cbampagne
while the other would rise slowly frotbing ike
Of the glass. This the tester was taught 10
claim as an evidence OF the superiority of the
powder she carried. She had found out, how
ever, by rather unpleasant experience that she
had been deceived, and was Tx ewise dec wing
the housekeeper. lady said TO her one ay
wnen sne was performing this ST. that she be-
lleved II was fraud; that the extra foam unon
the testers powder was caused by the intro.
duetlon or an adulterant- The housekeener
.hen procnrrd small quantity Of hour. which
she thoroughly mixed With the ROYAL powder
before adding the water. When the mixture
was stirren exactly the same slow foam resulted
as with other powder. This showed the woman
That The whole test was humbug and that the
|. result was an evidence that the new powder CON
la1neo an aduiterant which the Royal did not
lhes- TWO tests are so simple that every
nousokeeper should thy them for herself III she
mas already listened 10 the stories and witnessed
she will rsadv ns,ce oL tne travelling testers
humoug Inc ltinefanis have tried to Impose on
her.
There Is another dishonest featura In tb,s
business. The baking powder which these
travelling testers arr trying 10 sell by these
methods aud upon ths representation that an
It's ingredients are named upon The label of each
can, nd that these ingredients are simply cream
OF tartar, soda and -four Is actually shown by
the reports OF official chemists to have In its
acid.
The protection or the public from such frauds
ana hImDugs demands that This exposure should