The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-02
,.n.,l. suits ia Bread.

-. .rticle has recently been going the
"S ha .nds Of the papers n , which number
S D-iois to health. This article appears
been soiqi informed formed in reality paid adver-
atten Smment published by the Price Baking
oraes rder CO., ,,, Te of their own prodnct
Assh is method of injuring competitors.
$780, result which the e, authors ao wish to ait
II wo IS 70 ~ lars save their own to lead
carr ~ to believe that their lives are in
ner If they use any other powder, to
q !. Ia Them to pay eXtortionate prices for
), or sipg powder and to divert attention
lia d ~ The fact that in food prepared from
ldelnt Mr baking powder there is concealed
pl ga quantities Of Rochelle salts.
baking, powder Is mixture OF sub
no eficency upon a chemical reaction
~ MI takes place in the process of bak-
", di In this reaction the nature of the
RS. tnal ingredients is entirely changed so
IN Flu q 10 say that a baking powder is a
am of tartar powder gives the uninitia
no information as to the substances
Regis IN IN the food. What the consumer real
arlo rants TO know is what he eats.
,on he so-called cream of tartar baking
rene rder consists OF bi-carbonate OF soda,
prom sm Of tartar and starch The chemical
,al m elton which takes place in the baking
etween the soda and the cream of tar
the starch acting only as a filler
~ oer The soda and the cream of tar
,r " re-act upon each other in such a way
~ 10 free carbonic acid gas, and to form
kank Ens in the bread and all ii is
'peNS u Prices baking powder. according to
" a [gysis contains about - per cent of hi
store fonate of soda, which will require GIG
rcent Of cream of tartar for neutraliZa-
and the two will make over % per
rt of Rochelle salts such as is found in
drug stores. One heaping teaspoonful
n an baking powder weighs about 200 grains
will make II ounces of bread or
yo five good sized biscuits. In these
~" ave biscuits then we have the enor-
NO bus quantity of fS6 grains of Rochelle
C. M rs With an average meal, at which
yin,o Zee biscuits are eaten, one would take
X Ts the system iGl2 grains OF Rochelle
No pochelle salts is the active inCrcdien:
T SsidlitZ powders and is a most excel
a medicine in its place, but is IT
30, edcne ana not an article OF 1000 ana
cad h daily consumption of from 80 To lJO
J Id aDs will seriously dcrange the stomach,
11a Eels and kidneys. When we consider
- b residue left IN the food Dr. Prices
,tive king powder is simply a SeidItz pow
ligs n diluted with starch. .Scl1E is given
70 opinion OF eastern medical authority
os;.- this constant dosing with Rochelle
Dr A. Warner Shepard. formerly health
pat hcer in Brooklyn. said: II have not the
~ ightest doubt hat tn" mental and ply
mE cal health of thousands is pcrmantiy
lie ured by the excessive use of Rochelle
d Al Its in impure beer, bread and other
1 rms Of Good ana drink. II Is certainly
factor IN the alarming increase OF
ORTIZ Rights disease OF the kidneys and SINH
lr complaints. 1t irritates the stomach,
lyb, bwss ami kidneys AID may therefore
-, r0duCe the must unfortunate results
~ In an interview the manufacturers Of
.NIM alumet baking powders. one of the
5o; 0yders, mentioned in the article referred
- stated that food prepared with their
eAas roduct was entirely free from Rochelle
$50 bats, alum, ammonia, lime or any in
al uriOus substance.
$40 sri mis- dri tbat All bakj0S powder sold az
ss than A. or 80 cents per pound are
g. wlulterated. Notwithstanding this they
Ell ,d atbd Dak6 stntes III nv
81 they cannot obtain the eXtornionate
3. uprices demanded in the West, at price
(which will allow ii to be profitably re-
Rallied at 30 cents per pound.