The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-08-01
BACTERIA In COFFEE.
ohis Grocer Convicted OF Violating
the PmFr Fssa Law. Of
shs state.


The prosecution was based on o
package Of ArbuckleS' Ariosa coffee.
The State of Ohio. through the
Pure Food Commission, prosecuted
White. The case was on trial for
nearly q month and attracted nation
nj attention.
The manufacturers Of Ariosa coffee
conducted the defense for Grocer
White. The best attorneys In the
country were retained 10 defend him
hut, after n short consultation, n YER
diet 81 guilty was returned by tho
jury. The State of Ohio considers
this a big victory. Pure Food Com
missioner Blackburn has been waR.
ing . warfare on spurious food arti-
cles and the department has been
very successful.
The complaint Of the State Of Ohio
was that Ariosa coffee was coated
with a substance which concealed de-
fects In the coffee AND made II APP
pear better than II Is. The State
charged that this coating or glazing
was a favorable medium for the
propagation 81 bacteria.
Prof. G. A. Kirchmaier. Of this city,
@ well-Snown chemist, was the prin-
cipal witness for the State. lie had
made scientific examinations of sam.
pies Of Ariosa purchased in the open
market from Grocer White, lie
found that each Ariosa berry CON
tanned an average Of 800 bacteria,
Mr. Kirchmaicr further testified that
other coiYocs he examined contained
few bacteria or none ut all. lie de.
clared that the glazed coffee was not
o wholesome food product.
Chemist Schmidt, Of Cincinnati.
corroborated the testimony 81 Prof
Hereinafter. The State did not pre-.
sent further testimony.
The defense. through she Ar.
buckles, who prepare this glazed cot
fee, secured some Of the most emf
nent chemists aud scientists in the
United States to give testimony in
their behalf. Prof H. ". Wiley, Of
the United States Agricultural De.
partmcnt: Prof. Vaughn, Of Ann Ar.
hor University: profs Bieile and
Wcbter. ~ the Ohio State University
were called To defend Ariosa. DR.
Wiley had made Il careful eNamina-
ton Of the method Of manufacturing
Ariosa. He told Of the laoioOO0
eggs used by the Arhucklcs yearly
In the preparation Of this glazing
On this point in cross examination,
the states attorneys deity drew
from him the information that these
eggs might be kept in cold storage
by the Arbuckles for n year or two
Of time.
The experts who heard DR.. WUcy's
Testimony were pleased To he ahlo
20 catch" 40 famous u chemist. Tho
doctor az one point in his testimony
explained very clearly how IL 81 that
the egg put into the coffee pot by
the housewife settles the coffee. lie
said that the heat cnagulates the
cgc. aud o. " sinks 10 the bottom %
the pot II carries the fine PARTICLES
OF the coffee with H. and thus ciari-
hr, the drink H. is the act Of
does the work. Later on in his cross
examination, he had to admit that
when thc cCE was put on Artosn cot.
fee At the factory, II became coagu'
lated, and as egg cannot he CoHCu.
lated bu' once, shat the coating on
coffee was Of practically no value rs
SETTLER" when II reached the cot.
fee pot.
Prof Wiley acknowledged that the
glazing might be favorable medium
for the propagation NJ bacteria. al.
though he would not testify positive.
~ either way because De- was not a
bactcriologisi.
Prof. Vaughn. of Ann Arbor Uni.
versiiy. also witness for the Nr.
buckles, said he found bacteria on
Ariosa coffee.
Prof. Hlcilc, another witness Tor
the defense. found any number ~
lively bacteria on the Arinsa coffee
he cSnmincd. and he agreed that
glazed coffee surely was q more
favorable medium for the propaCa-
iion Of bacteria than unglazcd cot.
fee.
The verdict Of the jury In this case
g. of national importance because a
great many other states have Pure
Food Laws like that Of Ohio. and IL
g. natural to suppose that similar ac-
tion win he taken by other Puro
Food Commissioners 10 prevent the
ALE pf fyiazp,l gnffess
Pure Food Commissioner Black
burn says; The State ~ very much
clated over its victory against this
big corporation. We are now con-
sidering the ndvisability of inform
ing every grocer in the State of Ohio
that II is an infraction Of the laws to
Eell Ariosa, and at the same time
give warning TO consumers that the
coffee In an A1ulterated food article"
The prcttiest little money or
jewel bags are small, about the size
of n rather large change purse, in silk
on the outside, pale blue or pink, with
ribbons TO tie them around the neck,
OF color TO match, and lined with
ehBmois. They are ineXDensive.
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