Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-09-12

OF them were colored with aniline
dyes and were deficient In alcohol
strength.
ut is not bit surprising that ex.
tract of lemon made from powerful
chemicals and containing not a par
ticle of the oil of lemon shosld of
fend even the digestive faculties OF
powerful stomachs and cause those
who eat II to taste II.
The first tin of tomatoes from the
store was opened few nights since.
The verdict from several of the fam
lily, pronounced from one-half to an
hour and half after the meal, was
1 taste it. This family had been &C
customed to eating tomato. had
thrived on II, had had no trouble with
II, but the first can from the grocery
the trouble made itself felt with sew
eral members of the household and
undoubtedly existed. II not felt, In the
digestion of the remaining members.
What was the trouble? II was that
those tomatoes were not preserved by
heat alone and by the exclusion OF air
which is the right method for properly
canned fruit and vegetables of every
kind. but were also preserved by the
addition OF portion OF salicylic acid
or salicylic and sulfurous acid com
bined. or worse yet, by formaldehyd
all OF which substances prevent de.
composition and preserve the outward
form OF the organic substance which
II is intended to preserve, but which
will destroy the alimentary qualities
of every fruit or vegetable. Food
products In which such preservatives
are used are not only embalmed
against the depredations of the fer
mentativo microbes of the outer air
but equally well embalmed and pre-
served against the digestive juices of
the stomach. II is an utter waste %
effort for the digestive organs to at
tempt to extract alimentation from
embalmcd fruits and vegetables.
"A recent report of the North Caro-
lima experiment station showed thai
out OF one hundred samples of canned
fruit examined, every one was fount
To contain socalled food preservatives.
sixty per cent of canned vegetables
were found to contain prcservativss
The effects on the system of the long.
contiued administration of these pre-.
servatives, even in small quantities.
must simply be an entire wreck of the
digestive functions"
The only safe course under present
circumstances, the writer believes, is
whenever possible, to reject canned
goods of all kinds. II the general pub.
lie were made aware OF the danger
lurking under the brightly colored In
bells. the falling off in the consump
ton. he says, would be so great that
manufacturers in self-protection would
be compelled to print on their labels
NO preservatives used" and live up|
To the statemeut. But there is an.
other method of food preservation
whose undesirabiiity is even less
well known. SAYS DIR. Camberwell;
walking along one Of the market
streets of a great city, the writer OBJ
served some turkeys which had Just
been taken from the cold storage ware
house having been there since the
previous December. Their appearance
was so interesting that stopped there
a moment To watch them. II was un
leniable that the low temperature OF
the great storage ware house had pre-.
vented what is ordinarily known as
decomposition. Nevertheless the ap
pearance OF these turkeys was radio.
ally different from the appearance Of
when these turkeys went into the
warehouse. No one could look at them
NllHout DtiitNlHS what every Dnyslc
ian knows to be the fact that there
had been degeneration OF the tissues
and loss of the food elements which
freshly killed meat contain.
"A person making hearty meal
from turkey kept in storage ware
house from December to June would
have occasion. in all probability, to
cry for hours afterwards I taste IT,,
II he did not taste 1t he would be pun
ished for his indiscretion by a serious
bowel trouble, II not by worse dis
order.
"A man trying to live on meat KEEP,
for a long time in cold storage would
simply starye to death or die OF blood
poisoning
"The staple supply of the family
table can be In the main selected from
fruits and vegetables In their natural
state, from meats freshly killed. and
killed under hygienic surroundings,
from cereals and nut products OF
known purity. And we can only wish
for that housewife who fails to recog.
nize and avoid the dangers and evils
outlined in this article an aggravated
form of the disorder recognized by our
friend of the beginning. when she said
! taste it, The Literary Digest.