The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-15
Adulterated Fleur.

Adulterated Fleur.
One of the best provisions of the
war tax bill, as the Senate passed it.,
is one which requires every barrel of
"adulterated' or mixed -four to be
stamped with four-cent stamp, and
to be plainly marked or branded
"mixed -four, together with the true
weight of the package, the names of
the Ingredients contained therein, the
name Of the manufacturer or packer,
and the place where manufactured or
packed.
There could not be juster tax. 1t
is not tax on the poor man s food,
as some of it's opponents tried to make
it appear but wholesome piece OF
legislation from every standpoint.
Most of the adulterated -four which
is sold so largely in this country now
is vile compound which should be
discouraged and exposed by every
means possible.
Ia the debate on the provision to
which we have referred Senator Mason
read the following circular from a
North Carolina firm addressed to a
firm of millers in Pennsylvania:
(The York Manufacturing Company,
paints and wood filters, 1l2-114 Fay
etteville street.
Greensboro, N. c., May 7.-Gentle-
men: We invite your attention to our
mineraline, which is without doubt
the greatest existing discovery.
There is no -four mill man who can
afford not to use it, for several rea-
sons:
Your -four will be much whittier and
nicer. 1t does not injure the flour in
apy way, is not at all injurious to the
health, and by using mineraline you
realize a margin Of from $500 to 81 500
on each car load you use.
To secure a low freight rate, we
mark it "ship stuff We can furnish
YOU mineraline free on board cars,
your station, for high grade -four, for
500 per ton, for medium grade -four ct
SIG per ton, for bread meal at So per
ton.
For high grade -four use 10 per
cent mineraliue, for medium grade
flour use 12 per cent minerallne, for
bread use II per cent mineraline, aud
for feed meal use Is per cent mincra-
line. We furnish all our customers
with a mixer free of charge This
machine will distribute completely
any proportion desired, aud costs
nothing to attach. All you have to
do is to bore hole in your elevator
pipe, clamp on the machine, attach a
cord to run it, fill up the hopper. and
set the feed to the proportion desired
Enclosed find sample OF our minera-
line for medium grade flour.
You cannot afford to let your com,
petitor beat you in both quality and
margin. We would be glad to hear
from you. Very truly yours:
The York Manufacturing Company,
By NJ. X. Fl.
Messrs. Fisher & Miller, Huntingdon,
Pa.
An analysis Of the mineraline adj
vcrtised in this circular was made by
the firm to which the circular read by
Senator Mason was sent and shows
that the adulterant is nothing but
ground clay, IS per cent OF which is
insolublc even in acid.
The other adulterants of flour which
will be reached by the war tax meas
urc are barytcs flour or ground rock
which increases the weight and adds
to the whiteness of the -four with
which it is mixed, and the most COM
mon one of all which is known as corn
-four from which the gluten and sugar
have been extracted and bleached
with sulphuric acid. ~
Many States have laws forbidding
the sale of adulterated food products,
but goods manufactured in States hav-
ing no such laws may be sold in any
State in original packages.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has held that the sale of such
goods can not be interfered with by
State laws, as that would be an inter
ference with interstate commerce.
1t is not in the power of Congress to
prohibit the sale of adulteratcd food
products but congress may use the
taxing power of the government to
discourage food adulterations, and that
is what it has very properly done in
regard to adulterated flour.
= Coleman Gibson, the 15-year-old
SON of John Gibson, who lives iu Paris
Mountain Township, Greenville Coun.
4L l,, l;uhtninn SUNDAY