The Monticellonian., 1901-08-09
BACTERIA IN COFFEE.
ohio Grocer Convicted of Violating the Pure Food Laws of
 the Stnte

Inc prosecution was based on a package of ArbuclIes' Ariosa coffee.
 The State of Ohio, through the Pure Food Commission, prosecuted White. The case was on trial for nearly month and attracted nation al attention.
 The manufacturers of Ariosa coffee conducted the defense for Grocer White. The best attorneys in the country were retained to defend him but, after short consultation, a ver- dict of guilty was returned by the Jury. The State of Ohio considers this big victory. Pure Food Gem missioner Blackburn has been wag ing warfare on spurious food arti- eles and the department has been very successful.
 The complaint of the State of Ohio was that Ariosa coffee was coated with substance which concealed de- fleets i'll the coffee and made ii ap- pear better than it is. The State charged that this coating or glazing was a favorable medium for the propagation of bacteria
 Prof. G. A. Kirchmaier, of this city, a well-known chemist. was the prin- eipal witness for the State. He had made scientific examinations of sam pies of Ariosa purchased in the open market from Grocer White. He found that each Ariosa berry con tained an average of 300 baete ria. MT. kirchmaier further testified that other coffees he examined contained few bacteria or none at all He de- clared that the glazed coffee was not a wholesome food product.
 Chemist Schmidt. of Cincinnati, corroborated the testimony of Prof. K,rchmaier. The State did not pre- sent further testimony
 The defense. through the Ar buckles, who prepare this glazed cof- fee, secured some of the most emi- nent chemists and scientists in the United States to give testimony in their behalf. Prof II. W. Wiley, of the United States Agricultural De- partment; Prof. Vaughn. of Ann Ar hor University; Profs. Bleile and Nebber. of the Ohio State University, f'NIt tStfitd tO dtittiti lO0i lCI e Wiley had made a careful examina- tion of the method of manufacturing Ariosa. He told of the 19.000,0O0 eggs used by the Arbuekles yearly fin the preparation of this glazing. On this point in cross examination. the States attorneys deftly drew from him he information that these eggs might be kept in cold storage by the Arbuekles for d year or two al time.
 The experts who heard Dr. Wiley's testimony were pleased to be able to catch" so famous a chemist The doctor at one point in lis testimony explained very clearly how it is that the 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 the coffee with it, and thus clari- fes the drink. It is the act of coagulation in the coffee pot that does the work. Later on in his cross examination, he had to admit that when the egg was put on Ariosa cof fee at the factory, it became coagu- lated, and as egg cannot be coagu- lated but once, that the coating on coffee was of practically no value as a settler" when it reached the cof- fee pot.
 Prof Wiley acknowledged that the glazing might be favorable medium for the propagation of bacteria, al- though he would not testify positive i lv either way because he was not bacteriologist.
 Prof Vaughn, of Ann Arbor Uni- versity, also a witness for the Ar Ariosa coffee.
 Prof. Bleile. another witness for the defense, found any number of 1 lively bacteria on the Ariosa coffee be examined. and he agreed that l glazed coffee surely was a more favorable medium for the propaga- tion of bacteria than unglazed cof- fee
 The verdict of the jury in this cas, Is of national importance because great many other states have Pure Food Laws like that of Ohio, and it is natural to suppose that similar ac- tion will be taken by other Pure Food Commissioners to prevent the sale of glazed coffees.
 Pure Food Commissioner Black burn says: "The State is very much elated over it's victory against this big corporation. We are now con sidering the advsablity of inform ing every grocer in the State of Ohio thatsit is an infraction of the laws to sell Ariosa, and at the same timc give warning to consumers that the coffee is an adulterated food article."
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