The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-05-12
HOW FOOD is ADULTERATED.
ss"rsitng Testimony by DIR. Wi,r,
bef"re The senatorial Pure Food
Investigating Committee.

Chicago, May 4.-According TO DIR
IL. W. Wiley. chief chemist of the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
who was called 10 the stand yester
day To testify before the senatorial.
pure food investigating committee,
now in session here, fully 90 per cent
OF the articles Of food and drink man
~ufactured and used in this country are
frauds. All kinds of dairy products.
he said, as well as nearly every varie-
~ of condiment. including even cof.
fee in the berry, were adulteratcd.
Or. Wiley was the first witness be.
fore the committee. which opened is
fast session yesterday in the Grand
Pacific hotel.
Methods Of AduItcrnting.
Senator w. T.. Mason, chairman Of
the committee, was the only member
present. Senator Harris will arrive to-
day. and Senator Wetmore is in. In
his testimony before the committee.
DR.. Wiley gave in detail the methods
% manufacturers in adulterating diff
fcrent articles of food. Foods and
drinks which contain ingredients that
are dclcterious to health were reviewed
by him at the afternoon session.
Impoverished MIX.
In milk. he said. the most common
practice is the abstraction of the fat
" substance in takingaway the cream.
a common practice among dealers was
the adulteration with water. and in
additional to this personalities are used
TO no small extent topreyent the liquid
from souring.
ButtcrThnt the Cow wouldn't Know.
In butter the common way Of de-
frauding the public was the subsfitu-
ton of other fats, both animal and
vegetable, for the natural fat of the
milk. Both cotton seed oil and high
grades of lard we're employed in this
work.
Honey from Dead Hogs.
Honey. DR.. Wiley said. was a more
abused article in the line Of adultera-
ton than any other. The principal
method of adultcrating lard is the mix
ing Of vegetable oils with the natural
fat of the hog. All kinds of pure oils,
he said. were heating to the system as
great aids in digestion.
Another fraud which is carried on 10
a very great extent is the selling Of
cotton seed oil for olive oils.
Flour and MoIasses for Coffee.
Probably among all the foods men,
ton 10y DR.. Wiley oneattracted great
~ rss.n4tAt, than fhn 1plfar-nf inn ~
coffee. even in the berry. In recent.
Investigations, he says. he has found
mclasses and -four moulded into oer-
rics. colored. mixed with the genuine
and sold as high grade coffee.
Bogus Becr.
According To DR.. Wiley. there is very
little pure beer made in this country.
Fully 20 per cent. of the beer which
is sold in this country. is made of some
ether article than malt.
In regard TO the extensive use OF
glucose. witness said il was not OBJ
icotionable for 600 purposes if used
in moderation.
Very little pure jellyis manufactured.
There is also a great amoun of adult
Grafton in the manufacture of vinegar.
Vermont Maple sugar from Iowa.
DR.. Wiley said Vermont maple sugar
was manufactured in Davenport. Ia.
out of brown sugar and an extract OF
hickory bark. and it was not deleteri-
Gus. In fact. he said. It was impossi-
bic for chemists TO distinguish the two.
The sugar was the same and the natur-
al ether that gave the maple sugar its
flavor and distinctive quality was too
infnitesimal 10 Segregation an analysis.
The extract of hickory, he said. was
about the same as the naples flavor.
Spices. he said. were adulterafel,
and peanut shells were palmed off rs