The Florida star., 1901-08-16
lDIlIHIlllH OF COFFEE


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Special Cerrsspondencs Of The Florida STAR
ToLEpo. o. Ang. 3.-The jury IN Judge
Meck's court In this city has found
James White. q local grocer. guilty of
selling adnlterated coffee. The prose
cntion was based on q package OF At.
buckles Ariosa coffee. fA
The State OF Ohio. through the Pure
Food Commission. prosecuted White
The case was on trial Tor nearly q
month and attracted national atten
ton.
The manufacturers of Arlosa coree
conducted the defense for Grocer
White. The. best attorneys, In the
country were retained to defend him.
bat, after q short consultation, a Rer-
dictof guilty was returned byt jury
The State OF Ohio considers this a biz
victory. Pure Food COMMISSIONS
Blackburn has been waging 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
q substance which concealed defects in
the coffee and made il appear better
than II Is. The State charged this
coating or glazing was favorable me-
dium for the propagation OF bacteria.
Prof. G. A. Kirchmaier, Of this city.
q well known chemist. was the princi-
pal witness for the State. He had
made scientific examinations OF sam
Piles or 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 baete-
ria or none at al. He declared that
the glazed coffee was not a wholesome
food product. e-...
Chemist Schmidt. OF Cincinnati. cor
roborated the testimony OF Prof. Klrch-
maier. The State did not present fur
ther testimony.
The defense through the Arbuckles.
who prepared this glazed coffee. Sc
cured some or the most eminent chem
lists and scientists In the United States
IL. w. Wiley. OF the United States Ag
ricultural Department; Prof. Vaughn OF
Ann Arbor University: Profs. Bleile
and Webber, OF the Ohio State Univer-
sity. were called 10 defend Ariosa- DIR.
Wiley had made a careful examination
OF the method OF manufacturing ArlO-
sa. He told OF the 1900. 900 eggs used
by the Arbuckles yearly In the prepara-
ton OF this glazing On this point In
mi hA fasa 0ff
deftly drew from him the informal tiOn
that these eggs might be kept In cold
storage by the Arbuckles for a year or
two at time.
The experts who heard DIR. Wiley's
testimony were pleased 10 be able TO
''catch" SO famous a chemist. The doc
tor AT one point In his testimony ex-
planned very clearly how II 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 IL
sinks to the bottom or the pot Ii carries
the tine particles OF coffee with IL. 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 ID became coagulated. and as
egg cannot be coagulated but once. that
the coating on coffee was practically no
value. as a settler" when IL reached
the coffee pot
Prof. Wiley acknowledged that the
glazing might be a favorable medium
for the propagation OF bacteria, al
though be would not testify positively
either way because he was not a bac-
teriologist-
Prof. Vaughn, OF Ann ArbOr. also
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 or bacteria than unglazed
coffee.
Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn
says: ''The State Is very much elated
over it's victory against this corpora
tion. We are now considering the ad-
visa bility Of informing every grocer In
Cfafa of Ohio Fhar N a fnfran-