The Portland daily press., 1899-11-18
WHAT DO YOU DRINK 2
Some Interesting Information ON the
Subject.

New York, November i7.-The U. S.
Senate committee on manufactures today
resumed its Investigation into the adul-
iteration Of food prepared for the market.
Senator Mafon was the only member CT
the committee present.
william II. Zsltner Of the Henry Zsit-
MFR Brewing company Of this city. tssti-
| fled that he manufactured two GLASSES OF
heer. one of barley malt, yeast, hops AMI
water only, aad another Of ohespsr
grade. with an adaed proportion OF whits
corn grits.
| Mr.. Zsltner said he Believed that there
should to national lawlcontrolling the
standard of purity Of bser. The standard
should be fixed on Q bssis Of barley malt
Corn and other grains were nutritious,
but were not TO be compared with malt.
The witness said the scientific stations,
such % the National Brewers academy,
were responsible for the generalization
that existed now In lager beer brewing.
Those Institutions measured the beer BY
the amount and not by the quality Of the
malt extract.
| DIR. Edward H.Jenkins, an agricultural
chemist. was the next witness. He told
Of his work in analyzing the food offered
for sails In the Co1neoticut markets and
declared that the general authorization Of
food products had increased with TIL
business competition and the demand for
cheap wares. He said he found meats,
poultry and fish preserved with borax.
Mere than half the jsllies examined were
made Of glucose and starch paste, ocl-
ored with artificial oolorinR, favored with
artificial dsvoTing and preserved with
salicylic acid. The cheaper grades Of
coffee were found to contain q large pro.
portion of Canada peas. pea Iellets,
wheat middlings and chi.ory.
| DIR. Jenkins presented number of bot
ties oontainintg the coffee adultsrants
and imitation coffee beans, adultsratsd
mustard, which was 20 per cent plaster
of paris, pepper that Was rs per cent
charcoal, sawdust ana nour, and cayenne
pepper TINT was less than 10 per cent pure
pspper. Tomato ketchup, the witness
said, was made from the cores Of toma-
toes, ar.ihcislly colo.ed and preserved
with salyoilio acld. OF 80 samples Of
Olive oil, 20 we're adulteratsd with cotton
seed oil. OF 40 samples Of beer tested, II
contained salycilic acid. while OF seven
sam pies of ale. six were pure.
Speaking of the dyes us'd in temperance
drinks. DIR. Jenkins said experiments had
shown that one glass OF raspbrr5 soda
had sufficient anilins dye to color piece
OF flannel Iva inches square.
DIR. Jenkins said that II q United States
| .ood law was enacted. use Of antiseptics
without explanatory labels should be
prohibited.
William ]. Rogers Of tho Borden con-
densed milk company. said there should
bs United States law regulating the
sale of adulseratsd products. because the
state authority ended with the state line.
J. tanning O'Reiilsy. editor of tae
Liquor Trades Gazette spoke OF the adul-
terations of whiskey. He declared ths
authorizations not detrimental to health,
but fraud on the consumer. Whiskeys,
he said, were colored to simulate age and
in that way the government was defraud.
ed of the storage In bonded wareh ouses.
MIR. O'Rsilly expressed himself In favor
of a united States law compelling the
laoclling Of every package with a state
ment Ut the date and its manufacture and
a reason a1ls proportion Of Its Ingredients.
There were no other witnesses and an
adjournment was taken until tomorrow.