The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-08-14
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ADULTERATED COFFEE.
GROCER WHITE FOUND GUILTY
OF VIOLATING OHIO'S PURE
FOOD LAWS.

IntereatinG Facts COncerninE fhe
Roasting OF Conee Brought O1t py
Scientific E1pertE-PFeSeBce of DRc-
term.
ToIEDo, o, Aug. 3.-The jury in Judge
Mccks court In this city has found
James White. local grocer, guilty Of
selling adulterated coffee. The prose-
cuton WAS based on package Of Ar
buckles Ariosa coffee.
The State of Ohio, through the Pure
Food Commission, prosecuted White.
The case WIS on trial for nearly n
month and attracted national atten-
ton.
The manufacturers of Ariosa coffee
conducted the defense for Grocer
White. The best attorneys in the
country We're retained to defend him,
but after IA short consultation, YER
diet 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
partmcnt has been successful.
The complaint OF the State Of Ohio
was that Ariosa coffee was coated with
Il substance which concealed defects In
the coffee and made it appear better
than it i3 The State charged this
coming or glazing WIS n favorable me
dium for the propagation of bacteria.
Prof G A. klrchmaier, of this city,
well known chemist, was the prlnci-
H.
made scientific examinations of sam
pies of Ari0sa 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 cot
fees he examined contained few bacte-
ria or none at all. He declared TINT
the glazed coffee was not wholesome
food product.
Chemist Schmidt, of Cincinnati, cor
rohorated the testimony of Prof. Kirch-
maicr The State did not present fur
thcr testimony
The defense through the Arbuclles
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-
rlcultural Department; Prof, Vaughn of
Ann Arbor University; PrOfS. Bleile
and Webber, of the Ohio State Unlver,
siiy were called To defend Ariosa. DIR.
Wiley had made II careful examination
of the method of manufacturing Arlo-
sa. He told Of the 10000 900 eggs used
by the Arbnekles yearly in the preparn-
ton of this glazing. On this point In
cross examination. the States attorney
deity drew from him the Information
that these eggs might be kept in cold
storage by the Arbucltles for year or
two ut a time.
The experts who heard Dir. Wiley's
testimony We're pleased TO be able to
"catch" so famous chemist, The doc
tor Mt one point IN his testimony eX-
v7t1HK9I-,Ir very tisTat' Sf''sf-ir Tsts r III
egg put Into the coffee pot by the house
wife settles the coffee. He said that
the hcat coagulates the egg, and rs IL
sinks to the bottom of the pot 1t carries
the fine PARTICLES of coffee with 1t, and
thus clarifies the drink. 1t is the act of
coagulation in the coffee pot that does
the work. Later on in his cross exam
nation, he had 10 admit TINT when the
egg was put ON Ariosa coffee Mt the
factory 1t became coagulatcd, and as
egg cannot be coagulatcd 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 lie would not testify positively
either way because ho was not bac-
terlologlst.
Prof. Vaughn, of Ann Arbor, also u
witness for the Arbuckles, said be
found bacteria ON Ariosa coffee.
Prof. Belle. another witness for tho
defense. found any number of lively
bacteria ON Ariosa coffee he examined,
and he agreed that glazed coffee surely
was Il more favorable medium for the
propagation of bacteria than unglazed
coffee.
Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn
says: 'fhe State is very much elated
over its victory against this corpora
ton. We are now considering the I'D
visibility of informing every grocer In
the State of Ohio that II is an infrac-
ton of the laws TO sell Ariosa. and Mt
the same time give warning to COZ
sumers thnt the coffee Is nn ndulterat
ed food article"
The verdict of the jury In this case
of national Importance because grea
many other States have pure food law
like that of Ohio, and 1t Is natural l.
suppose that similar action viii be
taken by other Pure Food Commits
sioners to prevent tho sale OF glazed
coffees.