The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-09-22

Rush to the Gold Fields In.
tereStS Chemists.
a Years Supply Will Not Weigh
Over Thirty Pounds When
Packed.

The rush TO the Klondike has stirred
ND the dealer in condensed food and tbs
chemist who condenses the nutriment
from meats and vegetables into the small
est space Said one of these men the
other day, speaking Of the heavy weights
of food prospectors are taking with them
why, man, in an ordinary valise
can put enough food to last a healthy
man a year and give him menu just as
varied as he could find in a first-cIass
hotel. He can easily take another one of
those valises and when he reaches Daw-
son City he can sell it for $1,000. That's
what a years supply of good food is
worth there. If he wants to load himself
down with a good-siZed burden he can
take four or five supplies, and he VIII be
a comparatively rich man the moment
ne reaches his destination.
Two years ago a commission, appoint
ed by the Secretary of War and composed
of experienced army officers, made thor
ough Investigations, and in their subse-
quent reports il was shown that il would
be possible for large army to move a
distance from its base of supplies with
out the usual attendant wagon and beef
lin the hoof'' by supplying each soldier
with a packet of condensed foods. 1t
was however, reported that while foods
of this kind could safely be used in event
of emergency, it was not advisable 10
furnish them when fresh foods were OBJ
tainable.
lin the Chino-Japanese war the sol
diers of the Mikado executed several long
marches with unusual dispatch by the
use of condensed foods. Each soldier, in
addition to a cartridge belt, carried what
was called dinner belt. This was filled
with large assortment of capsules pills,
buttons and small packages, none of them
larger than a medium-siZed pocketbook
The dinner belt weighed 10 pounds, but it
contained enough nutriment to sustain
the soldier for 80 days.
1.-The present scheme is to furnish
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condensed foods similar to that carried
by the Japanese, but adapted to the pc
culiar needs of the men in the diggings.
Anything in the eating line can now
be put up in compressed form. A good
cIIp of coffee or tea is crowded into
mass as thin and as small as a medium
sized button. 1t is already SWeetened
with a saccharine product OF coal tar,
which is 200 times sweeter than sugar,
amount. One of these buttons dropped
into a cup OF hot water becomes imrne-
diately a cup of good coffee or tea.
"AII kinds of soups are prepared in the
ture of meat and vegetables, fully sea-
soned and ready for hot water. saul
furter, and made of pea meal, fat and
bacon, makes IL plates of nutritious soup
lone of these essentials for Klondike
will be dessicated beef, an ounce OF winch
is equivalent to five ounces of fresh meat
1t is put up in hard little chunks-so nara
that an ordinary knife makes but little
headWdX against Il. - llHJ Inv
a coffee mill grinds it into fine ShaV1ngS,
which can be spread on bread or used Tor
soup-making.
"a loaf of bread is compressed into
mass not much bigger than soda crack
err When soaked in water 1T swells up
like a sponge, and when dried out makes
very fair eating. A loaf of the same size
is composed of a preparation OF nour,
beef fat and salt and contains all the eS-
sentiaIs of a plain but hearty meal Thls
is somewhat similar to the pemmican ra-
ton used in the British army. Ten
pounds of onions, carrots, potatoes, tur-
nips cabbage or any other vegetable are,
by the condensing process, crowded INTO
one-pound cans and for sOup-naklng pur-
poses are said to be excellent.
1.-THE man who counts upon being
millionaire through his scheme does not
expect to do anything this season, as the
time for leaving for Klondike Is practlc-
ally over. He expects, however, TO be IN
shape to launch his project early next
spring when the first steamer sails ana
when the food supply in the mining dls-
trict is practically exhausted.
1.-THE kingpin OF the scheme is 10 h&
ND all kinds of fancy and plain drinks,
from cocktails and gin fixes to stralSht
whisky in tablet form. A trunkfuI OF
these tablets will stock fire care anu
give the Klondikers all the pleasures OF
life in a big city."-New York Herald