The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
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
legislation. ...
Laws restricting the use of alum in
bread have bpen in force in England, +,
Germany and France for many years.
In this country, in MINES ota, Wis
consin, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky
and several other states, direct legis-
lation in reference to the sale of alum
baking powders has also been effect
ed. In several 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 keepit for reference:
Bakipg Powders Containing Alum.
CALUMET. ....... Contains Alum.
Mani, by Calumet Baking Powder Co. Chicago
K. C.................C Contains Alum.
Mani. by Jaques Mfg Co, Chicago
CHAPMAN'S co.; .,
CHICAGO YEAST ooh'aih ALUM.
Mani. by Chapman & Smith Co, Chicago
BON N...s....... Contains Alum.
Mani. by Grant Chemical o, Chicago
CROWN ..,...........C Contains Alum
Mani. by J P Dieter, Co, Chicago
CAMEO. Contains Alum.
Mani. by Cameo Baking Powder Co., Chicago
ECONOMY MY.........Contains Alum.
Mani. by Tone Bros. Des Moines
DELICATESSE. 80. Contains Alum.
Manf by Delicateese Baking Powder Co, New
York
GRANTS IMPROVED ContainsAlum
Mani. by G Grant & Sons Mfg Co, st, Louis
HATCHET. T....... Contains Alum.
Mani. by W NJ Hoyt Co, Chicago
JACK FROST. ....... Contains Alum.
Mani by Balm Chapman Mfg Co, st Louis
MANHATTAN. ...... Contains Alum.
Mani. by Hewson Chemical Co, Kansas City
MnK ASRA Tnntaino A linn
Mani. by Mokaska Mfg Co. st Joseph
ROCKET. T.......... Contains Alum
Mani. by Sherman Bros & Co, Chicago
UNRIVALED ...... Contains Alum.
Mani. by Sprague, Warner & Co, Chicago
FORBES % cent. Contains Alum.
Mani, by Forbes Bros g. Co, st Louis
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 manu-
facturers of alum powders. The
manufacturers, it is said, find their
efforts to market their goods in this
way greatly aided by the ambition of
the grocer to sell powder with his
own name upon the label, especially
as he can make an abnormal profit
upon it. Many grocers, doubtless, do
not know that the powders they are
thus pushing are alum powders the
sale of which would be misdemean-
or under the law referred to.
1t is quite impossible to give the
names of all the alum baking powders.
They are constantly appearing in all
sorts of DISCUSSES, under different
names and at all kinds of prices, even
as low as five and ten cents pound.
They can be avoided however, 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.