Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-29
ADULTERATED COFFEE.
GROCER WHITE FOUND GUILTY
OF VIOLATING OHlO'S PURE
FOOD LAWS.

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TOLEDO, O., Aug. 3.-The jury in Judge
Meck's court in this city has found
James White, local grocer, guilty OF
selling adulterated coffee. The prose
cution was based on a package of Ar
buckles Arosa coffee.
The State of Ohio, through the Pure
Food Commission, prosecuted White.
The case was on trial for nearly
month and attracted national atten
tion.
The manufacturers Of Ariosa coffee
conducted the defense for Grocer
White. The best attorneys in the
country were retained TO defend him,
but, after a short consultation, YER
diet Of guilty was returned by the jury.
The State Of Ohio considers this q big
victory. Pure Food Commissioner
Blackburn has been wagng n warfare
on spurious food articles and the de
partment has been successful.
The complaint Of the State OF Ohio
was that Ariosa coffee was coated with
a substance which concealed defects in
the coffee and made it appear better
than 1t is. The State charged this
coating or glazing was favorable me-
dunn for the propagation Of bacteria.
Prof. G. A Kirchmaier, Of this city,
a well known chemist, was the prlncl-
pal witness for the State. He had
made scientific examinations of sam
Piles of Ariosa purchased from Grocer
White in the open market. He found
that each Ariosa berry contained an
average Of 300 bacteria. Mr.. Kirch-
maier further testified that other cof-
fees he examined contained few bacte-
ria or none at all. He declared that
the glazed coffee was not n wholesome
food product
Chemist Schmidt, OF Cincinnati, cor
roborated the testimony of Prof. Kirch-
maier The State did not present fur
ther testimony.
The defense through the Arbuckles,
who prepared this glazed coffee, Sc
cured some Of the most eminent chem
lists and scientists in the United States
to give testimony in their behalf. Prof.
II. W. Wiley, of the United States Ag-
ricultural Department; Prof Vaughn or
Ann Arbor University; Profs. Bleile
and Webber, Of the Ohio State Univer-
sity, were called to defend Ariosa. Or.
Wiley had made careful examination
of the method of manufacturing Ario-
sa. He told OF the 100000 eggs used
by the Arbuckles yearly in the prepRra-
ton Of this glazing. On this point In
cross examination, the States attorney
deftly drew from him the information
that these eggs might be kept in cold
storage by the Arbuckles for year or
two at time.
The experts who heard DIR. Wiley's
testimony were pleased to be able 10
"catch" SO famous a chemist. The doc
tor at one point in his testimony e1-
planned very clearly how 1t is that the
egg put into the coffee pot by the house
wife settles the coffee. He said that
the heat coagulates the egg, and as 1t
sinks to the bottom of the pot 1t carries
the fine particles of coffee with II, and
thus clarifies the drink. 1t Is the act OF
coagulation in the coffee pot that does
the work Later on in his cross exam
ination, he had to admit that when the
egg was put ON Ariosa coffee at the
factory it became Coagulated, and as
sgg cannot be coagulated but once, that
the coating on coffee was practically no
value, as a settler" when it reached
the coffee pot.
Prof. Wiley acknowledged that the
glazing might be a favorable medium
for the propagation OF bacteria, al
though he would not testify positively
either way because he was not bac-
teriologist.
Prof Vaughn, OF Ann Arbor, also a
witness for the Arbuckles said he
found bacteria on Ariosa coffee.
Prof Belle, another witness for the
defense, found any number Of lively
bacteria on Ariosa coffee he examined,
and he agreed that glazed coffee surely
was a more favorable medium FOR the
propagation Of bacteria than unglazed
coffee.
pure Food Commissioner Blackburn
says The state Is very much elated
over It's victory against this corpora
ton. we are now considering the I'D
Visibility OF Informing every grocer IN
the State OF Ohio tlat II Is an infrac.
tion OF the laws TO sell Ariosa. and AZ
the same time give warming TO con
sumsrs that the cofee is an adulterbt.
ed food article"
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