The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-08-21
ADULTERATED COFFEE.
GROCER WHITE FOUND GUILTY
OF VIOLATING OHiO'S PURE
FOOD LAWS.

Roasting OF Coffee Brought Out by
scientinc ExDerts-Presencc Of Bnc.
teria.
TOLEDO. o., Aug. 3.-The Jury in Judge
Meck's court In this city has found
James White, local grocer, guilty of
selling adulterated coffee. The prose-
cution was based on package Of Ar
buckles Ariosa coffee.
The State Of Ohio, through the Pure
Food Commission. prosecuted White.
The case was on trial for nearly
month and attracted national atten-
ton.
Tho manufacturers Of Ariosa coffee
conducted the defense for Grocer
White. The best attorneys in the
country were retained to defend him.
but, after snort consultation, ver-
dict Of guilty was returned by the jury.
The State Of Ohio considers this big
victory. Pure Food Commissioner
Blackburn has been wnging n warfare
OIL spurious food articles and the de-
pactment has been successful.
The complaint Of the State OF Ohio
was that Ariosa coffee was coated with
substance which concealed defects in
the coffee and made it appear better
than 1t is. The State charged this
coating or glazing was favorable me-
dium for the propagation of bacteria.
Prof. G. y. Kirchmaier, OF this city,
we'll known chemist. WIS the princi-
pal witness for the State. He had
made scientific examinations Of sam
pies Of Ariosa purchased from Grocer
White IN the open market. He found
that each Ariosn berry contained on
average of 800 bacteria. Mr.. Nircl-
maicr further testified that other cof-
fees he examined contained few bactc-
ria or none ut all. He declared that
the glazed coffee was not wholesome
food product.
Chemist Schmidt, Of Cincinnati, COR
roborated the testimony OF Prof Kirch-
maicr. The State did not present fur
tier testimony.
The defense through the Arbucklcs,
who prepared this glazed coffee, Sc
cured some of the most eminent chem
lists and scientists In the United States
to give testimony in their behalf. Prof.
II. w. Wiley, OF the United States Ag-
ricultural Department.; Prof. Vaughn of
Ann Arbor University; Profs. Blcile
and We0ber, Of the Ohio State Univer-
sity. were called to defend Ariosa. DR..
Wiley hnd made careful examination
Of the method Of manufacturing Ario-
ga. He told Of the 100000 eggs used
by the Arbuckles yearly in the prepnra-
tion Of this Glazing. On this point In
cross examination, the States attorney
deftly drew from him the information
that these eggs might be kept in cold
storage by the Arbuckles for year or
two Mt time.
The experts who heard DR.. Wilcy's
testimony were pleased to be able to
''catch" so famous q chemist. The doc
tor ut one point in his testimony ex-
planned very clearly how it Is that the
egg put into the coffee pot by the house
wife settles the coffee. He said that
the heat coagulates the egg, and as 1t
the fine particles Of coffee with it, and
thus clarifies tn drink. It is the act Of
coagulation in the coffee pot that does
the work. Later on in his cross exam
inatlon, he had to admit that when the
egg wns put on Ariosa coffee nj the
factory it became coagulated, and as
egg cannot be coagulated but once. that
the coating on coffee was practically no
value, rs q Settler when 1t reached
the coffee pot
Prof. Wiley acknowledged that the
glazing might be favorable medium
for the propagation of bacteria. nl-
though he would not testify positively
either way because he was not a bac-
terlologlst.
Prof. Vaughn, of Ann Arbor also n
found bacteria on Ariosa coffee.
Prof. Bleile, another witness for the
defense. found any number OF lively
bacteria on Ariosn coffee lie examined,
and ne agreed that glazed coffee surely
was n more favorable medium for the
propagation Of bacteria than unglazed
coffee.
Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn
says: "The State Is very much elatcd
over it's victory against this corpora
tion. We are now considering the nd
visibility Of informing every grocer in
the State of Ohio that 1t is m infrac-
tion Of the laws to sell Ariosa, and ut
the same time give warning to con-
sumers that the coffee is an adulterat-
cd food article"
The verdict of the jury in this cnse Is
OF national Importance because a great
many other States have pure food laws
IKE that OF Ohio, and 1t is natural to
suppose that similar action will be
taken by other Pure Food Commls-
sioners to prevent the sale Of glazed
coffees.
Washfngton's Taatidfc1s z<.nsmnn.
Lawrence, earl Of Ferrers, n distant
relative of George Washington, had n
most tyrannical temper, and one day In
fit Of passion he cut down with his
sword his steward. an old gentleman
named Johnson. The latter had given
no provocation for the deed, and the
crime was IN act of brutality ineXcusa-
bic snve that the earl may not have
been we'll balanced mentally. He was