The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-23
OF BUSINESS.
Al ladeS u ths Cosd ition Of Trade
Generally.
'ADUL1fRATIoN or FOOD PRODUCTS.


\ Office OF The Post,
Houston, Tuesday. March %.
Is universal is the practice OF adulteratinl
80 products. merchants who desire to
\ \ haudle only reliable goods are considerably
asitated over tho question.
/ MoIasscs Is made bright In color by means
4 81 the most deadly posons True the poison
u used in small quantity. but sometimes a
careless individual may put in too much oil
tho drugs and tho coroncr's inquest VIII have
hard time In nnding out what ea'ised deatn
y from "hcart failure While maiiy DO not
usn molasses nearly every ono DOES consume
nour. On the subject of -four adulterauon
the st. Louis Republic has the following:
? Flour authorization is becoming more and
more romncn In this section of TIC country,
BtiC Victor Gceiz. president Of the hoard OF
-four iyapcctors OF the Merchants Exchaiite,
10 d reporter OF The Republic yesterday. II
sot hold OF q sample taken from q barrel
made somewhere near sc. Louis the otner day
and anaiy2ed II under microscopy II
showed 50 per cent Of corn nour.
$50 far we have not had any Hour In thie
market tina, has been aduitcrated WITH kn2liie
baiytc, or white cluy. The newest ttinG the
-four adultcrators have found to work into
the pure wheat product 10 cheapen It's cost,
That practice is carried on further cast IN
the winter wheat bolt and. so Ear as | ani
able to learn, has mt yet reached this city
when 1t docs. as ! presume 1t will sooner
ta,,r a,o an, h.vo n harder ti,nc detecting
.a,,,,ra,ed ,,o,,r INN we Jo nnw. nm
y 80, ,,,,,s $3.50, ,,,cn Inn nnra
80, ,,r,,.r tha ,,icroaronc md that no ono
~, i. :, aa,act ne nrssenee f.orii
49,. 'n.ss .,,s,,,.,, ~ da,a4, ma i, ,he
Z s,.,.. a,.a,a,,,., a,,,,,,Sran, "a baroc,
-.,,, Nh, s..s,,.,.,,a ,.,,, n. In, o,,o,
,,,,s,',,,,,,,,o,s croyd
iioic "a. ''it NV " ~ ,'iie $3.50 w '
that is fattcniug on the frauds now being
practieed upon them unless congress passes
the antl-adulteratTon bill
II figured the profit Of the manufacturer, or
mixer, ms the case may be. on the barrel OF
-four according to the sample | analysed the
other day and found that II could be sold Mt
and stiIl ienye n handsome margin for tho
~, ~. XIII, go, M. ...,,i -,
nii'ief. q. VIZ '",e ioi' .N"' W., o"''
q 200 barrel mill the maker could realize a
prcat Of s10o Il day"
:. II, s,.s1ssi,. 49,, ~, o,,,,.,,.. ,.,, -
s s'h'eitts nope tpa' constess WIN p"ss
the pure flour bill now pending before the
lower house,' said Alex Smith. manager of |
~, 5v,.ta,,, .,i,, nthan sea, n, /, ro,or,or a,
inc viptor'a MIL, WIEN seen Ny rvpos'er VI
the Republic yesterday II something Is J
not done to prevent fraud from being prnc-
.,.aa 80, th,i.,oon,a ,,,inr. ,ym ~, 90 ia,
that 1t Will soon DO impossible to get barrel |
of genuine -four. What the winter wheat |
,nillers most fear. however. IA that mixers |
IN, 80. X .,,.i. a,,,r .r,, .,,, a,
VIII pegin 10 sehu tneir sun aoroau' ana al
they do IL VIII work untold injury TO the
we'll established trade we now have In nearly |
mi I,uropean couptrIes some of the cont,-
~ ~. :, ae,,., 49,, ,s,s.s,,, 49,,
~ 49, A'''V's ~. NV Nv '"''ui' w n"ie'
ieia manufactured goods, anyhow, and upon |
the slightest pretext VIII bar our -FOUR
Cnlifornin Pruprs.
,,orc,, t,,I, f,,n,,or sn,s. .,,haro In snir
n,oya,,ent ,or ,h,s sa,snn =, ,ha yoar prlcos
c,n,ir,,a io, oad ,.ron,,lar -, a,a ,,,,.,n
49, - eo !, 90 w
-. ah...asa, $50,
- = 100 N''s'u,,S' "a"
nr inns far this saason 1hn az ,,,,'an,
from crop of 1897 waa from the SANTA CLARA
Valley on ~ about August - Since that date
Srnn, sar ioSe pT rh;V ma,g gone oserina
the etop N tbo ontIr, state I, $50 AKA -
tb.s tbirtw odd miiiions y, ,r os s hun 70
tran, a,har v sn,n, n'' a .. iuunuS hn,ppeu
rnSrh abin sharwn ,or sia ,,,,, ,npnus u,s. re-,
business. There are some pr,nes IN ,'y hnnd
linsnld fhoiiph mr. so ornnt n n,,nn,ii, ~, |
tbcw WI % AM sioan e, nr,ton u'n I,. pnt
before new erop irnI, CONES ~ ' bsnj nre
montha hsnc, ~ 1N .o'sS " manu- NV
"SNV'
Trndc yo,.x
r... r.n,o i. 49, ~, s"'s,
Tar s see ,se 20 pae from GEMS per dozen
t,,i,s arr e ,,m W., ,or iissn, Larsr dunn
titlos nte peihg put IN cold storage Tor sale
nnsN' WINTER
. IN the poultry line there Ia II big demnnd
for spring chickens and receipts llght, Hens
demand iustines and prices are a trao weak.