Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

DYES USED IN TEMPERANCE DRINKS.
The Industrial Commission's Inquiry IT
Chlcago-An Offer to Turn Over l2,-
900 Miners to the knights
Of Labor.

adulteratlOn OF 1O0d prepared IOr JN
market. William II. Zeltner, brewe
in this city for s5 years, was the frs
witness. He said he believed ther
should be national law controlling
the standard Of purity OF beer TIL
standard should be fixed on basis o
barley. malt. Mr. zeltner said corr
and other grains were nutritious bu
are not to be compared with malt. HI
favored a law forbidding the use o
any grain but barley, and If that wa
impracticable, law compelling brew
ers to issue labels giving the component
parts Of their beer.
DR.. Edward II. Jenkins, an agricul
tural chemist, vice director Of the Con-
necticut agricultural experiment sta
tion, declared that the general adul
teration Of food products had increased
with the business competition and the
demand for cheap wares. In his five
years experience Dr. Jenkins said he
had found only one adulterant that was
poisonous and that was q coloring
matter in temperance drink Cocoa
shells, prune stones and the like, he
testified, were sold as spices. None Of
these adulterants, except the one color,
was hurtful to health, but all were
frauds on the consumer. More than
half the jellies examined were made Of
glucose and starch paste colored with
artificial coloring, favored with ar.
tifcial Aavoring and preserved with
salicylic acid. The cheaper grades OF
coffee were found to contain a large
proportion Of Canada peas, pea pellets,
wheat middlings and chicory.
DR.. Jenkins presented mr the in
struction Of Senator Mason a number
of small bottles containing the coffee
adulterants and imitation coffee beans,
adulterated mustard which Is 40 per
cent. plaster Of paris, pepper that is rs
per cent. charcoal, sawdust and -four,
and cayenne pepper that is less than
ten per cent. pure pepper, Tomato
catsup, the witness said, is made from
the cores Of tomatoes artifcially col
ored and preserved with salicylic acid.
Of 80 samples Of olives, 26 adulter-
ated with cotton seed oil. OF 40 sam
pies Of beer tasted II contained
salicylc acid, while Of seven samples
Of ale six were pure. Speaking of the
dyes used In temperance drinks, DR..
Jenkins said experiments had shown
that one glass Of raspberry soda had
sufficient aniline dye to color7a piece
OF flannel five inches square.
THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONS INQUIRY.
Chicago, Nov. Is. Warehouse men
and others against whom charges Of
discrimination have been made before
the sub-commission Of the United
States industrial commission were
given an opportunity to state their
side Of the case. They took up the az
guments Of their accusers, one by one,
and not only denied that their method
Of doing business is a detriment to
the good Of others, but tried to show
that they manage their affairs so that
a majority of the shippers and pro-
lucers are benefited. Charles Coun.
selman, commission merchant, was the
first defender of his fellow warehouse
men before the sub-commission on
TRANSPORTATION. He was followed by
W. II, Bartlett and j. G. Snydacker,
declaring against the statements that
there existed an unfair combination OF
elevators and railroad companies
George II. Webster, president of the
Armour Elevator company and for
nearly 80 years associated with P. D.
Armour in sis grain and packing bust
ness, was before the subcommittee.
He admitted that Armour is in com.
bination with Charles Counselman,
whereby prices for grain in the west
md Missouri river points are main.
aimed, but he said this could not work
against the farmer, but rather helped
aim. He denied that Mr.. Armour had
,ornered the barley market. iaga
q KNIGHTS OF LABOR ASSEMBLY.
Boston, Nov lS.--It was business all
= @"a dance in the evening at us
Feneral assembly Of the Knights oi
labor yesterday, General Master
Workman John NJ. Parsons, of New
FORK, presided at the business session.
The greater part Of the session was de.
'oted to action on the report of the
ommlttee on appeals and grievances
Fhe proposition OF the United Mine
Workers of America to turn over that
'ody to the knights Of Labor, $4,000
miners, provided John Flannery, editor
4 the Trade Journal, was dropped !
rom the order was received coolly, as
he assembly seemed to doubt the
bility of the officials to make such
transfer without the II, 900
len having anything to say about it.
Senator Hayward Somewhat Improved.
Nebraska City, Neb., Nov. ls.-Sena.
Or Hayward's condition has shown
marked improvement during the past
4 hours. DR.. Whitten expresses him.
elf as being greatly encouraged with
he prospects Of his patients recovery.
he paralysis appears to have been ar.
ested, as he was able to use his right
rm yesterday and to utter a few in.
eligible sentences, the first since the
eginning Of his present illness. Last
light the patients pulse was normal
nd his general condition was good.
Kansas Dairymnn's Meeting. /
Manhattan, Kan.. Nov. iS.-The
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