The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-29

Inspector We'll thinks the city ought to
have laboratory for determining whethl
er or not the articles or food offered in
this market are pure. He is of
the opinion that many articles are adult
terated, and there is no reason to doubt
that he is right He hasn't any means
however, for discovering whether they are
or not.
The government doesn't look after the
interests of the people in the matter of
pure food as 1t ought 10. II has plenty
of evidence that flour, pepper and many
other articles are extensively adulterated,
but it doesn't do anything towards stop
ping the authorizations or bringing the
guilty parties to justice. The laws Con-
gress enacted in respect to oleomargarine
are not enforced.
The Senate pure food committee that is
taking testimony for the use of
Congress has been amazed at the
evidence showing the extent to which
is carried If there is need of
legislation on any one point more than
another 1t is in connection with the adult
Grafton of articles of food There are
men, for instance, engaged IN adulterat-
ing flour who ought to be severely dealt
wlth--not only those who manufacture
the adulterants, but also those who use
them.
The ways and means committee of Con-
gress last winter took a great deal of
testimony showing the materials with
Grated. 1t was proven that flour was
adulterated with corn flour, flourine, min
eraline and barytes. Among the evidence
received was a letter, of which the fol-
lowing Is copy:
"Gentlemen: We invite your attention
to our mineraline, which is without doubt
the greatest existing discovery. There is
no flour mill man who can afford not to
use il, for several reasons:
Your flour viii be much whittier and
nicer; it does not injure the -four in any
way; it is not at all injurious TO the health,
and by using mneralne you realize a
margin of from 800 TO 81 800 on each car
load you use.
ITO secure a low freight rate we mark it
! as ship stuff
b. your station, for high grade flour at
$50 per ton; for medium grade flour at SIG
| per ton; for bread meal al Sl2 per ton,
| and for feed meal at s. per ton.
For high grade flour use Is per cent.
mneraline; for medium grade -four use 70
! per cent. mineraline: for bread meal use
| u per cent. mineraline, and for feed meal
use IS per cent. mineraline.
| I'VE furnish all our customers with a
mixer free of charge. This machine will
distribute completely any proportion 6e-
sired, and costs nothing to attach. All
! you have to do is TO bore a hole in your
elevator pipe, clamp on the machine, at
tach a cord TO run it, I'LL up the hopper
and set the feed to the proportion de-
| sired.
Enclosed find a sample Of our mineral
inc for medium grade -four.
"You cannot afford to let your com
petitor beat you in both quality and mar
gin. We would be glad 10 hear from you.
Mineraline Is white clay.
II is evident that If this adulteration
of foods is allowed to go on there can
not be honest competition. The honest
miller must either go out Of business or
become dishonest, and if the adulteration
continues it will not be long before our
immense export trade in -four win be ruin
ed Those who buy our -four do not want
to eat clay, and when they find out that
we are sending them clay for flour they
win refuse TO buy our flour. Congress
ought 90 go into this matter thoroughly
/ and give the people ample protection