Columbus standard., 1901-07-27
|GlzINd OF COFFEE.
LIS /, Medium For the Propa-
| CATION of BACTERIAL
NrksrING LAW CASE AT TOLEDO.

Ohio Pure Food Commissioner n:a .. ln.ti.
,n, an important suit Against
CO. charging Violation of the
Prls Food Laws Of the state-Tes-
timouy of ExperIs'
Toledo, O.. July 22,-The criminal
case If the state OF Ohio against James
Whita now on trial before Judge
Meek IN this city is of unusual inter
est ths coffee drinkers of this and
other states. James White is gro
Ger az this city. He was arrested sew
eral -7Anths ago on complaint OF ONO
Pure rood Commissioner. The charge
is that he sells Ariosa coffee-which
coffee according to the state, is glazed
or coated with glutinous substance
that makes it appear better than It
really is, The laws Of Ohio specific
ally prescribe that foods shah not be
adultarated or so treated that they
are ct1ferfeits of better class OF
Josep blackburn, the State Pure
Food missioner, has been conduct
ing a r,,ctive crusade against manu-
factr5 = keof spurious food stuffS. At
the Nahce of his department, a
packaa8of Ariosa coffee was purchas-
ed in Toledo. 1t happened that the
agent age ade the purchase of G-ocer
AS soon as Grocer White was put
under arrest the Arbuckle Brothers,
of New York, who prepare and pack
rio hot
defend grOcers against prosecution
by the pure food commission. Ac-
cordingly, the very best legal talent
the coestry affords was put at Mr..
Whites service.
The case has been on trial before a
jury 10y nearly a month. Leading
chemists Of the country and expert
coffee men have been called by the
state and the defense,
The isading witness for the state Of
Ohio WIS Prof. G. A. Kirchmaier.
wellknown chemist of Toledo. Mr..
Kirchmaier has done other expert
work 6r the state. His testimony
was to the effect that he had made an
analytical examination of the pack
age of Ariosa coffee purchased from
Grocer White, and found that it was
glazed with a glutinous substance.
Prof. Kirchmaier further testified
that the coffee beans he examined
contained an average of 300 bacteria.
He testified on the stand that he had
made examinations of other coffees
and f0and that bacteria were not
present at all or in a small number.
The testimony of Expert Kirchmaier
was also to the effect that the glutia-
Gus glazing-which consists of egxs
and sugar-yas favorable medium
for the propagation of bacteria. Prof
Louis Schmidt, a Cincinnati chemist
of wide experience, corroborated the
testimony q Prof. Kirchmaier.
Testimony of Experts.
Arbuckle Brothers summoned to
their az some Of the leading chem
of the United States agricultural de-
partment at Washington; Prof.
Vaughn, bacteriologist and chemist at
the Ann7Arbor University; Prof. Web
ber and Prof. Belle, of the Ohio
State university, Columbus, all gave
expert scientific testimony In behalf
of Ariosa coffee. They had made ex-
aminations of different samples. DR..
Wiley had made a close inspection of
the Ariosa factory at Brooklyn, and
considered the process commercially
correct. DR.. Wiley told of the mil
lions Of oggs that were used by the
Arbuckles every year in the prepara-
tion of the glazing for the Ariosa
brand of coffee. There are more than
19 millions of eggs used, he said, pur-
chased at the prevailing market
price, although supply is kept in
cold storage for longer or shorter per-
iods to guard against prices rising to
high marks. DR.. Wiley did not make
an examination of Ariosa for bacteria,
but he said that the glutinous coating
undoubtedly was a favorable medium
for the propagation of bacteria.
The experts who heard DR.. Wiley's
testimony we're pleased to be able to
catch" 80 famous a chemist The
doctor at one point in his testimony
explained very clearly how it is that
TIE egg put into the coffee pot by the
housewife settles the coffee. He said
that the heat coagulates the egg, and
as it sinks to the bottom of the pot it
carries the fine particles of coffee with
it, and thus clarifies the drink. 1t is
the act of coagulation in the coffee
pot that does the work. Later on in
his cross-examination, he had to ad-
nit that when the egg was put on
Ariosa coffee at the factory it became
coagulated, and as egg cannot be CO.
agulated but once, that the coating on
coffee was of practically no value as
settler" when it reached the cOffeo
pot.
Prof. Bleile an expert chemist from
found any lumber Of lively bacteria
on the Ariaia coffee beans he exam
ined.
The case las been one OF decided in
terest and the verdict OF the jury IS
awaited by dealers In coffee as well
as by consumers. IL - uouDtIuI II
case was ever tried In tne courts mere
which has been fought SO stuDbornly,
Eminent counsel nave Oeen employed
on TPe Pe'a attornsys s1res for the state Of Ohio
insist thew have made a good case,
Vile While the LAWYERS for the defense say
that thew viii vii prove. beyond a ques--
ton thai Ariosa coffee glazed as it
is is not hamful as sne state sees
~ One m of Of tn the - sensations OF the long
trial was c,arge by Walter Brown,
attorney for re state OF Ohio. against
ArbuckIes. n announced that the
Arbuckies wee guilty OF compound
ing a felony guaranteeing to gro
GERS that tbeI (Abuckles) would de-