The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-30
ADULTERATED .eelFEE.
GROCER WHITE FOUND GUILTY
OF VIOLATING OHIO'S PURE
FOOD LAWS.

Roasting of Coffee Brought Ont bv
,. Scientific Experts-Presence of Bae
al feria.
= TOLEDO. o., Aug. 3.-The Jury In Judss
Aeck's court In this city has fouus
James White. a local grocer. guilty a.
= selling adultorated coffee. The prose
:, cutiOn was based on package Of Ar.
buckles Ariosa coffee.
The State of Ohio, through the Pun
1 Food Commission, prosecuted White
The case was on trial for nearly
month and attracted national atteu-
D tion.
i The manufacturers of Ariosa COTS
conducted the defense for Grocep
White. The best attorneys In the
country Were retained to defend him.
but, after a short consultation, n yes
diet of guilty was returned by the jury.
The State of Ohio considers this biz
victory. Pure Food Commissions
blackburn has been waging warfare
on spurious food articles and the d.
partment has been successful q
The complaint of the State Of Ohio
was that Ariosa coffee was coated with
Q substance which concealed defects n
the coffee and made it appear better
than II Is. The State charged thu
coating or glazing was a favorable me-
dunn for the propagation OF bacteria.
Prof. @. A. Hereinafter of this city.
. well known chemist. was the prnct<
| pal witness for the State. He hal
made scientific examinations OF san
Pies of Ariosa purchased from Grocnr<<
White in the open market lie founH
that each Ariosa berry contained 81
average Of 800 bacteria. Mr. Kirch-*
maier further testified that other CO..
fees he examined contained few bacto,# {
ria or none at all. He declared thaf&
the glazed coffee was not q wholesou
food product. -
Chemist Schmidt, Of Cincinnati, Col \
robOrated the testimony of Prof Kirck4 r
maier. The State did not present fur
Their testimony
The defense through the Arbucklse1 a
who prepared this glazed coffee, - n
cured some of the most eminent Cher
lists and scientists in the United State
to give testimony In their behalf. ProeI
Fl. w. Wiley, Of the United States A. r
ricultural Department; Prof. Vaughn q y,
Ann Arbor University; Profs. Bleilo& "
and Weber, of the Ohio State Unlyer-4 10
sity. were called 10 defend Ariosa- DE- 10
Wiley had made careful examinations
Of the method of manufacturing Arios<
sa- He told Of the 100000 eggs uss14 pl
by the Arbuckles yearly In the prepar1I
lion Of this glazing. On this point
ross examination, the States attorne
lefty drew from him the informatio& nj
hat these eggs might be kept In COLI nm
storage by the Arbuckles for a year q
wo at time.
The experts who heard DR.. WileyT
estimony were pleased to be able to& we
catch" so famous a chemist. The doe
or At one point In his testimony eI ne
'lained very clearly how 1t is that til
&c put into the coffee pot by the hous
wife settles the coffee. He said tha~ :.
he heat coagulates the egg. and as Z Gle
inks to the bottom OF the pot It carrie no
he tine particles Of coffee with ID, an No
bus clarifies the drink. 1t is the act Z
oagulation in the coffee pot that doc. Nc
he work. Later on in his cross exau# alo
nation. he had to admit that when tt
gg was put on Ariosa coffee at IL
aetory 1t became coagulated. and Z
gg cannot be coagulated but once, ths of
he coating on coffee was practically q nm,
alue, as a settler when II reache
le coffee pot. ina
Prof. Wiley acknowledged that u
lazing might be favorable mediur a
Dr. the propagation Of bacteria. AZ
lough he would not testify positive hui
ther way because he was not be- firsl
biologist.
Prof. Vaughn. Of Ann Arbor. also =,
fitness for the ;Arbuckles, said ~
'und bacteria on Ariosa coffee. mo,
l'rof. Belle. another witness for q -, /,
sfense, found any number Of live
icteria on Ariosa coffee he examine
ld he agreed that glazed coffee sure vi
o ~ more !. medium Tor s.ho
flee. new
Pure Food Commissioner Blackbu j. 7
Us: The State is very much eIafG rive,
er rs victory against this corpon
IN We are now considering the q are
stability OF informing every grocer well
state OF Ohio that II Is an infra
IN or the laws to sell Ariosa, and n.
same time give warning to CT
mers that the coffee Is an adulter1 Lebs
rood article" field
national imuor.sn Sa' Sa ~ ans "a. - er, c
my other States have pure food Ia Visit
e that of Ohio. and it is natural We {
ron NV n,,a s'I p,. as'lon WIN add
ners to prevent the sale of d. list.
fees.
nshfngton's Fastfdious KinsNo
lawrence. earl OF Ferrers. a disc Macl