Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-11
STATE AM MUNICIPAL aurHoRr-
TIES WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS
EVEN DUMB BRUTES SUFFER.
c.mm,..ioner of Agriculture Dc
clare. That Adnltcrntcd Food for
cattle 4. shipped to virsin'a-A
rh~.ieinn Tell. of Many Species
of Fraud.


aroused to the dangers resulting from the
sale Of impure food products of various
kinds
The agitation was inaueurated by 2
prominent physician It has conuhneu
10 spread until now the Board OF taeaih
and Chamber of Commerce have taken an
active part, and the State Board OF Asr'-
aulture is also watching deveioPnieh's
MR. KOINER'S SUGGESTION.
Tho attention OF the State press sho"io
ne called to the adujteration of food. pro-
ducts now grown almost intolerahle said
Mr.. George W. koiner. commissioner OF
agriculture. While an effort is being
made IN Richmond to better the con-
sitions. some OF the other commu-
mites treat the matter lightly. or pay
no attention whatever to abuses which
infect every farmer in the State. There
is p law which covers thoroughly cases OF
violation and inflicts a penalty. but there
IS no appropriation to put this Ia" lnt'
effect The press, in this way. can fe!r
nv refiecting the sentiment of the peo-
pie. and thus directly bring the dangerous
conditions again 10 the attention of the
legislature
Thousands Of cars Of corncohs from
the Western corn crops are being mixed
with sawdust in the making of certain
grades OF bran. In Pennsylvania. and
other States this inferior. aduiterated
stuff cannot he sold as the shippers into
those communities must guarantee an
analysis printed on the bag, and farmers
will not buy such stuff to feed cattle.
las evidence of the dangerous nature
of adulterated cattle foods the death of
several valuable COWS belonging to the
Hon. w. ". Baker Of this section. may
he named.
THESE cattle. it is believed. were killed
from eating cotton seed meal adulteratcd
with clay. One feeding Of this terrible
stuff does no perccptible harm. but many
cattle die from its continued use. Some
time ago a horse was killed from eating
indicestible shipstuf. and later there was
found in his stomach six stone-lool1ins
balls. one of which is larger than good
sized orange. and is on exhibition in the
State department of agriculture.
These deaths indicate that the in
curious effects of food authorizations are
not imaginary. nut real. The intelligent
farmers would welcome legislation
that would keep such food products
from the Virginia markets. Not only
does this food kill cattle but the farmers
cannot sell their own food products at
prices they should bring
While the matter IS now being agitated
IN Richmond, the conditions are proba-
bly, worse in Norfolk and Newport News
as most Of the impure food products are
handled by way OF those two cities on
account of the freight rates. They are
The dumping ground for adulterated foods
and from there they arc distributed large
~ over the State
Virginia IS u good stock-raising State,
,,,,e sl1olll6 he ancnl,ra rcd a keen
more cattle as they are profitable in
vestnlent If properly handled But these
stock rasers need good feed to keep
their cattle healthy. This cannot he done
with shells. chaff. and bulls of grains
the kernels of which are used as human
foods such as rolled oats and oatmeal.
If cattle are not killed outright by such
trash, they are still likely to be starved
to death"
A STARTLING STATEMENT.
In discussing the matter Of food adul
1erations a physician gave the following
5nterview TO reporter requesting that his
hnme he withheld
1T is reckoned that $40 600 are spent
annually for sawdust sand, soap grease,
morse fat, clay and great variety of
pther worthless substances. masoueradinE
rs edibles, favored with acids and doctor
ed with poisons to aid deception. In
cities. one child out of every six that
perish. dies of poor milk and 2. we'll
known expert asserts that fraudulent
foods and impure water cause more
deaths in year than are occasioned by
alcoholic stimulants.
The frugal housewife looks over the
contents of her pantry in despair She
knows that nothing there is pure: all of
the food articles she buys are falsified.
The wheat -four is, in part. damaged peas
md ground rice weighted with soapstone:
The olive oil is made from cottonseed: the
grated llorseradish is turnips: the sage is
potato starch: the vermicelli is poor flour
whitened with pipe-clay: the powdered
sugar is glucose -four. clay and sand. And
the butter--oh! the butter. If the mis-
fress of the mansion is up TO date, she
knows how to test that in way that is
simple yet certain. She takes a scrap of
IL. rubs it on a piece of glass and holds
It up TO the light so as to look through
1t. If it is pure butter the smudge will
he a smooth blur. But it shows bright
speckS and spots which are crystals of
beef fat-stearine.
'FALSIFIED" LARD.
1T is very discouraging. A bit of lard
from the lard pail, tested in exactly the
same way. shows the beef fat CRYSTALS
likewise. But the housewife is not dis
appointed. She knows that there is very
little real lard made in this country: some
butchers put it up in a small way. The
big manufacturers, summoned before a
congressional committee half a dozen
years ago. confessed that all of them sold
5alsified lard. The reason why is easily
seen. when they can buy beef fat stearne
for cents a pound and hog fat costs 6
cents. The s'earine being too dense is
diluted with cottonseed oil. and enough
real lard Is added To give the requisite
flavor.
This housewife is a wise woman. and
she has learned that cotton seed oil is
used as substitute for cream in the
manufacture of both butter and cheese
Her own family supply for the latter
articles she looks upon with not unreason-
able suspicion inasmuch as the chances
are that IT is made of unskimmed mill,
and lard. This method OF cheese nrosnc.
ton is remarkably ingenious Every hit
OF the cream is taken out of the milk
with mechanical separator Then all the
1atay substance having been removed
from IT, the skinned milk is chareed
with lard and cotton seed oil The ar,i
acial mixture is converted into cheese tbs
oil being taken up in the curd and mo
chanicaily held there, the cheese cp,a
$ simply used as capsule TO carry il.
TENDER INFANTS SUPPER
IT is the danger for her babies which
worries this good woman most. however
she has read that in cities nearly five
lines as many Geaths from cholera infan-
sun occur as in the country. Only ono
mother In six is able 10 Dourisf ber ,bt,a