New-York tribune., 1901-05-19


on the more unwhoesome materials sometimes
introduced into confectionery:
| / should surely regard as aduterated the con-
fectlon which contains drop of brandy
other alcoholic liquor in the interior of the
mass; also all poisonous colOrS. whether metal
lie, anlne or vegetable also inert matter which
might produce mechanical irritation, such
terra alba or chalk. and. in general. insolubie
| matters, lnaSmuCh candies and confectionS
are supposed To yield their best results when
they are soluble in thu fluids of the mouth
second whose opinions On hts sub
ject entitled the utmost weight is
Herman w. Hoops. chairman of the executive
committee of the National Association of Con-
fectioners Of the United States. One of the pur-
poses for which this organization Effected
! in 1881 was to take measures to the
purity of American confectionery The as-Oca-
ton has been instrumental in having laws in
regard to pure candy passed in thrty-three
States. The executive committee patiently in
vestigates all stories that are calculated to re-
fleet upon the trade. and aims to prosecute vio-
| latOrs of pure candy laws any part of the
country 1t may be seen that Mr. Hoops is pc
; culiarly Wei situated know of ary impur-
/ ties that get into confectionery on this side OF
| the Atlantic.
He dec'ares that he heard of glass being
used here in the manner described by The
Lancet and he does not believe that il is used
Such practice would he Giabolica he CON
cedes. but he is confident that it is nowhere
followed in the United States Referring to the
use Of glucose. Mr.. Hoops enphatcaIly declares
that American confectiOners continually
making their chemical tests To insure the
purity of that article before working il up into
! candy. He reiterates what other experts have
said as to the wnoIesomeaess of properly made
glucose lie then goes to assert that in
consequence of the activity of the national
citation the abuses which existed fifteen and
]
peared Terra alba. barytes tale. chrome vel
low. aniline dyes and other objectionable adul-
terants or colOring materials have practically
| ceased u he used. he says
/ The Introduction of brandy or other spirtuous
liquors into candy /" which DR.. Wiley refers, is
objectionable moral rather than hyGienic
grounds. Thus far it has been specifically for.
bidden in Only or two States Still. the
National Association of Confectioners has put
It under the ban. and its officers earnestly dis
courage the manUfa faCture NJ brandy drops
Another practice concerning the expediency of
which cOnfectioners not entirely agreed is
the of parafIine in candy. This employed
only by few manufacturers. At the last
annual meeting of the association Mr. Hoops
! remarked that while this substance not
detrimental in any way he had been told that
Il was not "A food. and it's presence in the stonI-
ach was calculated to irrtate the mucous
/ membranes and derange the digestion Posi-
hIv this is Of the materials which Or. Wiley
has in mind W hen ne refers to things that will
not dissolve ia the mouth
/ y few typical Instances of the kind of ;vesti-
CATION conducted bv Mr. Hoops may he cited
About eighteen months ago a New Haven paper
told of the death or Il four year-old child after
eating a stick candy ana experiencing great
pain. The attending physician said. in reply to
d letter of inquiry: The child died of cholera
nfantum | do not believe that the candy had
anything to do with her death" TWO Uti,a
boys bouEht six candy for Il cent. ani
each ate three. one uoy died. a dispatch to a
New York paper attributed the death the
candy. The coroner replied to- Mr. Hoops that
| the death not due To candy. hut To arsenic
obtained from some other An autopsy
in Germantown showed that BriSht'S disease
candy Another Philadelphia boy died under
suspicious circumstances and the same old ex-
planaUlon was ,Iven. Candy balls, like those
he had eaten, bought at the shop,
were examined Iy a chemist. who found them
harmless. The cororer's autopsy clearly showed
that death resulted from tubercular meningitis.
| Occasionally coroners who are asked for state
ment fail TO answer, although Mr. Hoops calls
attention To the associations standing offer Of
500 for evidence that will convict the seller.
! 1t is worthy of remark that the chief prOtec-
| tion which the public has against adulterated
groceries. malt liquors. flour and many other
articles Of food ard drink Is the character OF
/ the individual PRODUCER and Il wholesome -