The Red Cloud chief., 1896-06-12
ARTIFICIAL FOOD.
Time Is Coming When We SHAT Dine
ON FINK Tablets.

lit Nii' lllSNs NbN = Wv Wv = 'N'
nal. Prof. Bortholot. the distinguished
French chemist. is the authority for
this statement and nc declares that the
first steps have already been taken
and he is sure that the coming genera
ton will have such artificial II
will he the same food chemically.
GigCstiyCly and nutritiNely speaking, bu;
will differ in form. Just what the FORM
of the food will be is not limited at. ex-
cept that ii will probably he served cold
in the shape oftablcts, and Of any color
or share that may be desired. Prof.
Berthclot says gourmcts and cpicurcs
nay mourn. but he feels assured when
they have grown accustomed to The
change they will eat nothing prepared
in any other way. In the future a
burned beefsteak. chop or outlet viii
he a thing unknown aud Il steak well
done may be ordered in Il dim brown
Colored tablet or a steak rare may he
ordered in Il tablet OF light rose hue.
The colors alone. the chemical prophet
declares. will delight the epicurcan
senses and do much to overcome
p%rCiudices that are bound to exist when
the change is finally introduced. II has
been demonstrated that even at present
tea and coffee could he made artiticially
in the chemists laboratory If The neces-
sitN or the commercial opportunity
should arise. Sugar is another com
modify universally used that can now
be made in the laboratory. and IN in
vcntion has been patented by which,
il Is claimed. sugar can be made on n
commercial scale from W gases at a
price of little more than | cent Il pound.
In n long and interesting report OH the
possibilities of obtaining food products
by artificial means Prof. Berthelot
says: The essential principle Of both
tea and coffee Is the same. Thu lii-
ference of name between them and
caffcin has arisen from the sources from
which they were obtained. They are
chemically identical in constitution and
their essence has often been made syn
thotically. The pcnuitimatc stage IN
the synthcsia is thoo-brominc. the cs.
seuiial principle of cocoa. Thus it may
be- seen that synthetic chemistry Is
,ady to furnish from It's laboratorie!
the three great nOn-alcoholir beyor
ages in general use. And what is true
of food substances Is equally applicable
to all other organic substances" Their
is little or no limit to the professor
prcdictir Is concerning the changes IL
the present existing condition of affair
on this mundane sphere. lie says: 81
one chooses to base dreams. prophet
: fancics and so forth upon the parts O
the present ono may dream Of altcra
tons in the present conditions VI hti
70 man life so great rs TO be beyond on
5 contemporary conception. One ca
; ~forcsoc the disappearanCes of the beast
from The fields. because horses will II
! longer be used for traction or Cattl
| for food. The countless acres nov
I given over to the growing Of grain an
producing vines will b" agricultural an
Equities which will have passed ont g
the memory OF men. The equal distri
button Of natural food materials wi
have done away with protectionisn
> with custom houses. with nationa
; frontiers. kept wet with human blooc
Men will have grown too wise for W.
and wars necessity will hdva ceased I
be. The air will be filled with aeiia
motors flying by forces borrowed frol
chemistry. Distances will diminish an
{ the distinction between fertile and non
. fertile regions. from the cause nance
. will largely have passed away. IL ma
! even transpire that deserts now unir
habited may be made to blossom an
: be sought after as great seats of popu
> lation in preference TO the alluvi;
= plains and rich valleys" The new foo
' that it Is predicted the coming genera
! ton will. live upon-in fact, the grea
proportion OF 2Ir staple foods whic
are now obtained by natural growth
will be manufactured direct throuG
the advance of synthetic chemiStfy
from their constituent elements, raI
bon. hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen
As an evidence of the possibility of tn
eventful disappearance of agricul.ur,
Prof. Berthelot cited as an instance G
laboratory products the dye stuff aliZaI
inc, the cOloring principle of madden
. which was formerly a great agricul
tural industry, but which is now al
most wholly supplanted by the artif
: cial product from coal tar. He ais
declares that chemists can now max
indigo direct from its elements and al
tiicial indigo will soon become a grea
commercial product. A century hence
! II all that Is predicted is true, peopl
will be eating their soup, meat. fish an
! vegetables in tablets that will come /
tin boxes labeled keep ii in a coo
place. and they may be eating a FIJI
e course dinner while running for a train
| or they can MUNICH a comfortabl
breakfast unnoticed in an elevate
! train or a cable car on their way {
business, II such means of locomotio,
are not out OF date in that progressiv
! age.
As lie Explained H..
: Che toEnc a prnat ,1aaI nf intn,o,, Z