The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17
THE CHEAP JELLY TRADE.

n N elaborate article in recent number of the / \ New York Commercial gives an interest
 ing account ot the manufacture of cheap jeies and preserves in the United States from which it ap- pears that these articles made chiefly from dried cores and skins of apples, known to the trade as
 waste It is stated that about I3o factories are en- gagged in the business with an annual capacity of 2ooooo,ooo pounds output, and it is added This is said to be conservative estimate of the capacity and refers to cheap jelles alone"
 Following the summary of the extent and magni- ude of the industry the article goes on to say: There Is a mistaken impression abroad due to the un- founded and il-considered attacks of sensational newspapers and boards of health that these cheap jellies unwholesome and injurious" To refute these alleged interpretations statement is given of the ingredients of the cheap ellies These it is said, consist of the juices pressed from the apple waste glucose and other pure substances according to the nature of the product vz for raspberry jam, dried raspberries; for blackberry am dried black berries etc"
 Glucose continues this advocate of the cheap jelly, is the word that sticks in the craw of many people lie therefore quotes many authorities to prove that glucose is not only pure food but one of the best attainable One of these authorities is quoted as saying: "Gucose is pre-eminenty fat q cose man can perform muscular work than under any other single article of food Glucose not only IS not injurious, but 1t is an essential article of food, without which in some form man cannot enjoy
 life"
 Without questioning any of the statements of fact in the article, there still remains sufficient reason why boards of health and newspapers that are not sensational should continue their opposition to the cheap jelly trade long as it is conducted as at present. The wrong lies in the fact that the busi- ness IS carried on under something very much like false pretenses. A mixture of apple waste. glucose and dried raspberries IS not raspberry jelly and yet 1t IS under that title is generally presented to the public and sold to consumers. This is manifest n- jury to the manufacturer of genuine raspberry jelly as well as deception practiced on the buyer
 Ii glucose be really all that is claimed for it. if it be true that man perform more muscular work upon 1t than upon any other single article of food and ii no man without in some form can enjoy life then 1t should be sold under its own name so that consumers may be sure that they are getting that desirable substance II good wine needs no bush why should good glucose need to masquerade?
 It is certainly unfair to expect the manufacturers of genuine fruit jellies and preserves to compete against output of the product of apple waste and glucose which conservative estimate places at about 2ooooo,ooo pounds year. Nor will the general pub lie be easily persuaded that all the cheap ieies are chemically pure and absolutely harmless One kind of deception readily leads to another and in the eagerness to make cheap article there is no telling what kind of stuff goes in with the waste and blends with the mixture