The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-15
ADULTERATED COFFEE.
GROCER WHITE FOUND GUILTY
OF VIOLATING Op'C'S PURE
FOOD LAWS.

teria.
TOLEDO, o., Aug. 3.-Thc jury in Judge
Meck's court in this city has found
James White. n local grocer, guilty OF
selling adultcratcd coffee. The prose-
cution was based on n package of Ar
buckles Ariosa coffee.
The State of Ohio, through the Pure
Food Commission. prosecuted White.
The case was on trial for nearly a
month and attracted national atten-
tion.
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 YER
diet of guilty was returned by the jury.
The State of Ohio considers this a big
victory. Pure Food Commissioner
Blackburn has been wa-iug 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
n substance which concealed defects in
the coffee and made it appear better
tlan 1t Is. The State charged this
coating or glazing was a favorable me-
dunn for the propagation of bacteria.
Prof. G. 4. Krchmaier, of this city,
we'll known chemist, was the princi-
pal witness for the State. He had
made scientific examinations Of sam
! pies of Arosa purchased from Grocer
White In the open market. He found
that each Ariosa berry contained an
average Of 300 bacteria. Mr.. KIrch-
maier further testified that other cof-
fees he examined contained few bacte-
rim or none at all. He declared that
the glazed coffee was not wholesome
food product
Chemist Schmidt, Of Cincinnati, cor
roborated the testimony Of Prof. Kirch-
maier. The State did not present fur
ther testimony.
The defense through the Arbuckles,
who prepared this glazed coffee, &C.
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. Belle
and Webber, Of the Ohio State Unlver-
sity, were called to defend Ariosa. DR..
Wiley had made careful examination
o< the method Of manufacturing Ario-
"a. He told of the 1900 900 eggs used
by the Arbuckles yearly in the prepara-
ton q this glazing. On this point in
cross examination, the States attorney
deftly drew from him the inform atien
that these eggs might be kept In cold
storage by the Arbuckles for year or
two at time.
Tho experts who heard DR.. wiley's
Testimony were pleased to be able to
"catch" SO famous chemist. The doc
tor at 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 - K
sinks to the bottom Of the pot II carries
the fine particles Of coffee with II, and
thus clarifies the drink. It 10 the act Of
coagulation in the coffee pot that does
the work. Later on In his Cross exam
ination. he had to admit that when the
egg was put on Ariosa coffee at the
factory 1t became coagulated, and as
egg cannot be coagulated but once, that
the coating on coffee was practically no
value. as settler when It reached
the coffee pot
Prof. Wiley acknowledged that the
glazing might be favorable medium
for the propagation Of bacteria, al
though he would not testify positively
either way because he was not bac.
teriologlst.
Prof. Vaughn, Of Ann Arbor, also
witness for the Arbuckles, said he
found bacteria on Ariosa coffee.
Prof. Belle, another witness for the
defense. found any number Of lively
bacteria on Ariosa coffee he examined,
and he agreed that glazed coffee surely
was more favorable medium for the
Of bacteria than unglAEed
coffee.
Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn
says: 1.-THE State Is very much elated
over its victory against this corpora
ton. We are now considering the ad.
OF informing every grocer n
the State Of Ohio that 1t II an infrse-
ton Of the laws to sell Ariosa, and at
the same time give warning to con.
sumers that the coffee is an adulterat.
ed food article"
The verdict Of the Jury In this case is
Of national importance because q 6Rat
many other States have pure food laws
like that Of Ohio, and 1t Is natural to
suppose that similar action viii be
taken by other Pure Food Commis-
sioners to prevent the sale of glazed
coffees.
Fastidious Kinsmas. {
Lawrence. earl Of Ferrers, a distant
relative Of George Washington. had a {
most tyrannical temper and ono dov in | I