The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-17
ARTIFICIAL room.


Zine Il Coming wl.ss We shan Di.s
on Pink Tauisis
Il Ia nov proDhesled that the tine
y coming when bread and beef and
milk or their equivalents will Be pro-
lgced artlnclally IN the laboratory Ok
he chemist. says the New York Jour.
aal. Prof Derthclol. the distinguished
wrench chemist d the authority lol
his statement and he declares that tho
drsl steps have already been taken
and no q sure that the coming genera.
lion viii have such ARTIFICIAL food Il
ul! be the same food chemically.
ileeatively and nutrltlvely speaklBgbut
Eill differ IN form. Just what the form
II the food will be Is not limited a.. e.
,ept that Il will probably be served cold
IN the shape oftableta. and Of any color
Dr. shape that may be desired Proi,
Berthelot says gourmcts and epicures
nay mourn. but he feels assured When
they have grown accustomed 70 inc
.hange they viii eat nothing prepared
In any other way. In the future q
burned beefsteak. chop or outlet WIN
be a thing unknown and steak veil
tone may be ordered In a dim brown
-olored .tablet or a steak rare may be
,rderea in a tablet Of light rose hue.
The colors alone. the chemical prophel
declares. will delight the eplcurean
senses and DO much 70 overcome Toe
prejudices that are bound 10 exist when
the change Is finally introduced. Il has
been demonstrated that even al present
tea and coffee could BE- made artihciaily
In the chemists laboratory n the nscea-
dty or the commercial opportunity
should arise. Sugar u another COM
modify universally used that can nov
be made In the laboratory. and an In
vention has been patented BY which.
Il Is claimed. sugar can Be made on a
commercial scaIt from two gases Al a
price OF little more than cent a pound.
In a long and interesting report on the
possibilities OF obtaining food products
by artificial means Prof. Berthelot
says. The essential principle Of both
tea and coffee Is the same. The dif-
ference Of name between them and
cafein has arisen from the sources from
which they we're obtained. They ara
chemically Identical In constitution and
their essence has often been made syn
thetically. The penultlmate stage IN
the synthesis Is theo-bromine. the es-
sential principle Of cocoa. Thus Il may
be seen that synthetic chemistry Il
ready TO furnish from It's laboratories
the three great non-ulcohoiic begeF-
ages In general use. And what - true
OF food substances Ii equally applicable
TO all other organic substances" There
. Is little or no limit to the professors
predictions concerning the changes IN
! the present existing condition Of affairs
! on this mundane sphere. He Eays: II
D one chooses to base dreams. prophetic
ianclcs and 50 forth upon the parts Of
the present one may dream Of aliefa-
, tons In the present conditions ef kr-
! man lie 50 great as 10 Be beyond our
p contemporary conception. One can
J toresee the disappeaIanees Of the beasts
I from the fields. because hoFses win no
y longer be used for tractIn or cattle
!. FOR food. The countless acres nov
n given over to the growing Of grain and
p producing vines viii be agricultural an
Il ,lquities which viii have passed ont Of
y the memory Of men. The equal dlsiri-
] button Of natural food materials vlll
have done away with proteciioaiani,
4 With custom houses. with national
4 frontiers. kept wet with human blood
q Men win have grown too wise Tor Wat
b and vars necessity viii have ceased q
!, be. The air viii Be filed with aerial
! motors. aying BY forces borrowed iro1
! chemistry. Distances viii diminish and
Z the distinction between fertile and non'
n fertile regions. from the causes named
d win largely have PASSED away. Il maj
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