Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-09-22
A STRINGENT FOOD LAW.

A STRINGENT FOOD LAW.
Prohibits the Use of Arsenic or Alum in
all Articles of Diet.
The law enacted by the Missouri
legislature, a copy of which was re-
Gently published in our columns, and
which prohibits the manufacture or
sale Of any article intended for food
or to be used in the preparation of
food, which contains alum, Arsenic,
ammonia, ETC., places that state in the
lead in the matter Of sanitary legiS-
lation.
Laws restricting the use of alum in
bread have been in force in England,
Germany and France for many years.
In this country, in Minnesota. Wis
cOnsin, Michigan. Ohio, kentucky and
several other states, direct legislation
in reference to the sale Of alum baking
powders has also been effected. In
several of these states their sale is
prohibited unless they are branded to
show that they contain alum, and in
the District Of Columbia, under the
laws of congress, the sale of bread
containing alum has been made illegal.
Following are the names of some
of the brands OF baking powder sold
in this vicinity which are shown by
recent analysis to contain alum.
Housekeepers and grocers should cut
the list out and keep it for reference:
BaHsiny E'oscdcrs Containing Alum:
K =; Contain Alum
Manf. by jacques Mfg. Co, Chicago.
S siani: * :! Calumet baking powder gH Co.., 'ci ,H;"%
Mani. By Palace Baking Powder tS".% s.. Paul. S'H"'
Mani. 81 Cameo BaEin. Powder iS CO.., 1 Gl,ic ai""
HoiH FL Contain Alum
Mani. by Grant Chemical Co, Chicago,
Mani. b. Grigss, Cooper Co., St. Paul,
cz i NM; * 3. Reid, Mu;T;ioct: i Co., s' GF''caso s'""
cHid 'st.t> YEAST l":."":....contain Alum
Manl. by Chapman 4 Smith Co., Chicago.
nDps Saq5: BY Eddy & Eddy, St. eG %" i .A''"
Ven. i, sH4erior Baking Powder Co., St. Paul
Contains Alum
PULLS SWEETBIsCUiT... $50. Contains Alum
In addition to these, many grocers
sell what they call their own private
Or special brands. These powders
are put up for the grocer, and his name
put upon the labels by manufacturers
of alum powders. The manufacture
ers, it is said, find their efforts to mar
ket their goods in this way greatly
aided by the ambition of the grocer to
sell Il powder with his own name upon
the label, especially as he can make
an 1hfn111l01 rNrrtif ,,,,pyo - NT,~,,
grocers, doubtless, do not know that
the powders they are thus pushing are
alum powders the sale of which would
be Il miSdemeanOr under the law re-
ferred to.
1t is quite impossible to give the
names of all the alum baking pow
ders. They are constantly appearing
in all sorts Of DISCUSSES, under differ
ent names and at all kinds OF prices.
even as low as five and ten cents a
pound. They can be avoided, how
ever, by the housekeeper who will
bear in mind that all baking powders
sold at twenty-five cents or less per
pound are liable to contain alum, as
pure cream Of tartar powders cannot
be produced at anything like this
price.
number Of subscribers are down for
S. and $40.
Private Secretary Poole returned to-
day from Jamestown, where he has
been doing a little hustling for the
Company II fund.
Frank Burt brings i in some fine spe-
cimens Of field corn-long ears and
vl11 fI1O1 yN1,n NfiScp,,p; C1o,,n oo,,1.
fails on corn.
The Misses Johnson Of Painted
Woods have taken rooms at Mrs.
Dearborn's and will attend school in
Bismarck this winter.
Van Higbee was one of those who
passed a oreditable undertaker's ex-
animation at Grand Forks. Van is
one Of the firm Of Hamilton & Higbee
and progressing.
The fifty acre field of corn on the
%. A. Williams farm has been cut
with a machine and the yield prom
ises well. Many Of the stalks ex-
ceeded ten feet in height.
Secretary Cummins writes from
Mandan: Please call attention to the
Following correction in the nre!ni.
list: Page ~, Horses, Glass s,
should read Sweepstakes in place of
'Sweepstakes-Draft Horses These
sweepstakes are open to any class or
breed.'
Emmons County Record: Grain of
all kinds is yielding much better in
most parts Of Emnons county than
was f~orecasted. Over in S%trasburg
district, where some farmers expected
ten bushels, the separator shows from
fifteen to twenty bushels to the acre.
The corn crop Of the county is also
a good one.
The Minneapolis Journal says: Sen
ator Washburn returned to MinneaD-
Oils This morning from a two months
tour of Europe. The senator's return
was FASTENED by the fact that the pro-
gress of the Washburn, N. D., feeder
Of the 500 has been greatly delayed by
the scarcity of labor, and the senator
returns to push the work personally.
Natural gas has been discovered at
Edgeley, in the artesian well, and a
device has been perfected bv Drug