The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-23
ADULTERATED COFFEE,
GROCER WHITE FOUND GUILTY
O? VIOLATING OHiO'S PURE
FOOD LAWS,

AutCEco1A8 0Ct8 COnCeT0l04 IuO
Roasting Of Coffee Brought Out by
Scientific Experts-Presence Of Bao-
terra.
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 a package Of Ar
buckles Ariosa coffee.
The State Of Ohio, through the Pure
Food Commission, prosecuted White.
The case was on trial for nearly q
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 short consultation, q YER
dict Of guilty was returned by the jury.
The State Of Ohio considers this 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 in
the coffee and made it appear better
than it is. The State charged this
coating or glazing was a favorable me-
dunn for the propagation Of bacteria.
Prof. G. A. Kirchmaier, of this city,
we'll known chemist, was the princi-
ho II boI
made scientific examinations Of sam
pies of Ariosa 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-
ria or none at all. He declared that
the glazed coffee was not a wholesome
food product
Chemist Schmidt, Of Cincinnati, cor
roborated the testimony Of Prof. Kirch-
maier The State did not present fur
Their testimony.
The defense through the Arbuckles,
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.
H. w. Wiley, of the United States Ag-
ricultural Department.; Prof. Vaughn OF
Ann Arbor University; Profs. Belle
and Weber, of the Ohio State Univer-
sity, were called to defend Ariosa. DR..
Wiley had made careful examination
of the method Of manufacturing Ario
sa- He told of the 100000 eggs used
by the Arbuckles yearly in the prepare
ton 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 at time
The experts who heard DR.. Wiley's
testimony were pleased to be able to
catch" so famous q 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
he heat coagulates the egg, and as 1t
sinks to the bottom of the pot it carries
he fine particles Of coffee with it, and
hus clarifies the drink. 1t is the act Of
in the coffee pot that does :
he work. Later on in his cross exam J
nation, he had to admit that when the I
gg was put on Ariosa coffee at the
actory it became coagulated, and as
gg cannot be coagulated but once, that
he coating on coffee was practically no
alue, as settler" when it reached
be coffee pot.
Prof. Wiley acknowledged that the
lazing might be a favorable medium
or the propagation of bacteria, al
hough he would not testify positively
ither way because he was not bac-