Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-17

but in a large percentage &of, the foods
mentioned as has been proved by many
examinations.
LAS an indication of the prevalence of
copper in canned green peas of 3S do
mestic peas examined, % contained cop
per. and of 35 foreign peas So contained
"copper" and the other one zinc.
''All of the aforementioned articles are
deleterious or injurious to health II taken
in sufficient quantities, and not large
quantities at that. Exactly how much IS
a question yet undecided. And again the
effects of their continuous use is an open
question.
The number of foods containing these
materials being large, and an individual
frequently takes quite q number into ms
system daily. For example, one might
takes salcylc acid in beer, copper IN
pickle sulphur-dioxide in corn, boraN IN
meat, forlnaldehyde in milk and benzoic
acid in tomatoes What effect would that
drug shop have if persistently kept IN the
stomach? The simple fact that they are
injurious to health and that, 100. IN
small amounts, IS sufficient to condemn
their use most positively
FRAUDULENT ADULTERANTs.
The second or fraudulent class OF adul-
terantS are, as a rule, harmless SUP
stances though not always so. 1hey are
cheaper substances added 10 more eA-
pensive for the purpose OF increasing me
weight or bulk. and thus selling the less
expensive at the price of the more eN-
penSive. and so making the CONSUMER A''S
for what is worthless.
II will mention a few Of the goods
adulterated in this manner ana the MA
1erials used in their adulteratloh. hloui
in this country is not extensively aduA-
terated, though in many cases corn lloui
and starch have been found. Mlheiai
adulterants have not been found IN TINS
country. although in Europe thus are eA-
tensively used In some our as hlgh as
40 Der cent. gypsum has been found.
coffee is very largely adulterated with
hickory flour bran, coacoanut nuns, saw
dust. ground peat, and beans, etc, when
are ground and either moulded INTO the
shane of the coffee berry, or mixed Win
ground coffee. Inferior coffee Is frequent
| ~ polished bleached and colored 10 re-
! semble better grades.
Pepper is largely adulterated with Goa
conut and other hulls with the stems OF
| pepper. flour bran and sawdust.
milk is adulterated in three ways,
Ieither by adding water, by removing the
cream or by adding a preparation TO pre-
vent it from sourng. Sometimes an
three are applied to the same milk
Occasionally along with skimnling ana
watering some Of the sklmmlng materlai
is added but not often Milk being the
principal diet of babies, its aduiteratloh
falls especially heavy on them, and they
are least able to bear it. Watering and
skinlming deprives them of food and
formaldehyde interiors very materially
with dilestion. Therefore, the purity OF
milk Should be especially looked after,
so that the innocent and helpless may not
be starved and have their digestion ruin
ed.
FRUIT JELLIES.
Fruit jellies come for a very large
amount of adulterationI Cheap apple jel-
lies are sweetened with a glucose and col
ored with coal tar dies and favored with
chemically prepared flavorings, and
thus made to represent any fruit desired.
The substitution of oleomargerine is so
well known that mere mention of it
is sufficient.
Honey is also adulterated. Dripped
honey has sugar, glucose and starch
| added TO it TO n very large extent. The
art of adulteration has been carried to
such an extent that the bees are even
made TO adulterate their honey SO tllat
we are not even sure of getting honey in
the comb capped over, which is not
adulterated provided you accept the defl-
| milton of honey given in ali dictionaries
and generally accepted, and which think
a correct one, which is that honey con-
sis,s Of the nectar of flowers elaborated
by the bee and laid down in the wells OF
the honey comb" Now the bees are fed
with sugar and glucose which they ga Their
and put in the honey comb. thus making
a honey which is not obtained from the
nectar Of flowers and which is Of in
| ferior favor and of different quality and
composition from honey answering to the
above definition, and would therefore have
| TO be considered adulterated. Thus the
| busy bee even is made 70 adulterate. his.
| own products.
| Many other adulterated foods and
ndulterants might be 1nentioped. but :