Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-02
Rochelle salt. a nrena.

An article has recently been going the
ROUNDS OF the papers IN which a number
Injurious to health. This article appears
as solid reading matter, but is, we are re-
Maby informed in reality a paid adver-
c whe s tas ce VITA kng
toiling the virtue OF their own product,
take this method Of injuring competitors.
the ta1e result e which the authors wish to at;
baRing powders save their own, to lead
them to believe that their lives are in
danger II they use any other powder to
baking powder and to divert attention
from the fact that in food prepared from
their baking powder there is concealed
A baking powder Is a mixture of sub
stances which oepends for its bread rails
tng efficiency upon a chemical reaction
which takes place in the process of bak-
ing. In this reaction the nature Of the
original ingredients is entirely changed so
that to say that a baking powder is a
ted no information as to the substances
left in the food. What the consumer real
~ wants to know is what he eats.
powder consists of bi-carbonate of soda,
cream of tartar and starch. The chemical
reaction which takes place in the baking
Is between the soda and the cream of tar
tar. the starch acting only as filler or
keeper. The soda and the cream Of tar
tar react upon each other in such a way
dS TO Tree CarDOnlC aClQ gas and to form
water and Rochelle salts, which drug re-
mains In the bread and all 1t is
eaten.
DR.. Prices baking powder. according to
carbonate of soda, which will require GIG
per per cent Of cream of tartar for neutraliza-
cent Of Rocaele salts such as is found in
the drug stores. One heaping teaspoonful
Of baking powder weighs about 200 grains
tWev will F made SIZED e ps Of 9pead hee
nous quantity of 1856 grains of Rochelle
salts. With an average meal. at which
three biscuits are eaten, one would take
into the system 461a grains of Rochelle
salts.
Rochelle salts ds the active ingredient
of Seidlitz powders and is a most excel
lent medicine in its place. but. is it a
medicine and mot an article of food and
the daily consumption of from so to $50
bowels and kidneys. When we consider
the residue left IN the. food. Dr.. Prices
baking, powder is simply a Seidlltz pow
the opinion Of a eastern medical authority
on this constant dosing with Rochelle
salts
officer in Brooklyn. said: II have not the
slightest doubt hat the mental and ply
steal health, of thousands is permantly
salts in. impure beer, bread and other
forms of food and drink. It is certainly
a factor i'm the alarming increase of
Bright's disease of the kidneys and SINH
lar complaints. 1t irritates the stomach,
bowels and kidneys and may therefore
In an interview the manufacturers of
Calumet baking powders, one of the
powders, mentioned i'm the article referred
to, stated that food prepared with their
product was entirely free from Rochelle
salts, alum ammonia, lime or any in
furious substance.
The PRICE Baking Powder Co. has ad-
less than 45 or so cents per pound are
.adulterated: Notwithstanding this they
sell their 'cream baking powder in New
they cannot obtain the extornionate
prices demanded in the West. at a price
which will allow it to be profitably re-
tailed at 30 cents per pound.