Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-11-06
EDULTERATED COFFEE.
GROCER WHITE FOUND GUILTY
Or VIOLATING OHlO'S PURE
FOOD LAWS.

Interesting Facts Concerning the
Roasting OF Coffee Brought out by
Scientific ErDerts-PreseDee of Bao-
terIa.
TOLEDO, O.. Aug. 3.-The jury in Judge
Meck's court ia this city has found
James White. a local grocer. guilty OF
selling adulterated coffee. The prose
cution was based on a package Of Ar
buckles Ariosa coffee.
The State of sohio, through the Pure
Food Commission. prosecuted White.
Tie case was on trial for nearly a
month and attracted national atten-
ton
The manufacturers OF Ariosa coffee
conducted the defense for Grocer
White. The best attorneys in the
country were retained TO defend him.
but after a short consultation. a YER
dict of guilty was returned by the jury.
The State of Ohio considers this a big
victory. Pure Food Commissioner
Blackburn has been waging a warfare
on spurious food articles and the de-
partment has been successful
The complaint Of the State Of Ohio
was that Ariosa coffee was coated with
substance which concealed defects i'm
the coffee and mada ~ o,,roo. -.
than il * Tho Stoto cl,o,,,,,1 80.
coating o,. rlazin,- u-os % f.-.,,,t.Io 49,
di,r for fl,.. r,.o,,o ..o ,i,.,, g -,
Prof g.. =. Matchmaker. Of this city.
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pa witness for the State. He had
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tuai t..~. ,..> ,u.-l- Pc, k.ur b, ...rl
storage uy The Araucslcs r.,. % ,...,.. .,..
two at time.
The experts who heard nr Wff.,.-
testimony were pleased to be ani.. to
"catch" So famous a chemist. The ,l.,-
tor az oue pou; In his testimony OK
planned Very clearly how il I~ that the
oG- put iuto tlc coffee pot hy the house
+ wife settles ;le coffee. II. Safd rrar
the heat coaSulatcs tile cgg. and as il
sinks % the bottom OF the pot il carries
the fine PARTICLES OF coffee with it,. and
thus clarifies the drink. 1t is the act Of
coasulation i'm the coffee p0r that does
the work. Later ON I'm his cross exam
nation. he had To admit that when the
egg was put on ArioSa coffee at the
factory IL became coasulatcd. and IS
egg cannot be coagulated but once. that
the coating on coffee was practically no
value as 4 settler when it reached
the coree pot
IIoi. Wiley acknowledged that the
I glazing might be favorable medium
Tor tile propagation OF bacteria. al
/ though he would not testify positively
/ either way because he was not a bac-
PROF Vouqbp If Ann ,rl,or d.,
witness fo, tho ,rl,,ol.Io- e,ts
found hocra,.io ~, Arioso e.,
Prof Rleile onotbar v-i+,,s.. 60. ell,
defense found my rr,,r.,,. ~. -,
bacteria ON Arioso 80, -, -;
and no o.,raad thot ,,lo,,,, - -
was = moro favorahIe no6i,,,,, -. 49,,
proporotion Of boctorio tl,o,, ,,,,,.I,.,,,
coffee
Pure Food Commissioners plo.i-,,,,,.,,
saws. .rhe Stata Is vo,.v ,,,,,.I, .I,t,.3
over IFS victory oc,i,st III. -,
ton. We ore now, ,o,,si.i,,i,,.. tl.i, ~