Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

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health and believe that the law
the use of alum in any food |
product should not be repealed.
Il stand ready to lend my aid to as
sist in making the law even stronger
than it is.
"As to the toxic effect of alum, that
has been known to housewives for
many years back, and you will find
that old grandmothers have used it in
a mixture of sorghum to produce yom-
iting in cases of Group in children. 1t
is very weakening, produces excess of |
nausea, and the reaction of the vagus
nerve readily explains it's irritant ac-
ton on the mucous membrane OF the
stomach"
j. w. Hendrix, NJ. D., New London,
Mo-, of date August %, 1902, says: i
Il am forever against alum in every
way as a food mixture, especially in
the making of bread. 1t produces in
and bowels, and finally, if the use is
persisted in, the result will be death.
Let the law stand"
DR.. j. A. McComb, Lebanon, Mo-,
of date October 3, 1902, says:
81 hold that commercialism is trans
cending it's legitimate province when
it, in any way, interferes in the prob
lem of pure diet. 1t is ours to suggest
and that of commercial people to do
the bidding of conscientious chemists,
psychologists, hygienists and physi--
clans. If alum be injurious to the hui
man system, then no consideration of
Icheapness has any place in the prob
lem.
"That it is injurious has been held
by the chemist, with his mortar, break
err and test tube; the psychologist with
his microscope; by the physician, with
cause and effect.
THE ten physicians of Lebanon,
Mo-, are unit in saying that alum is
not good for use in baking powder, so
| you have ten opinions instead of one"
| DR.. L. 7. Hall, of Potosi, Mo-, of
date August 20, 1902, says:
| Il am, of course, aware of the dele
FERROUS effects of alum upon the hui
man system and the dangerous conse-
Guences attendant upon its constant
and protracted use, even in small
/
food 1t is wise law that protects the
public by prohibiting the manufacture
Eof harmful ingredients into food pro-
ducts
/ st is to be hoped that no backward
step will be taken along this line"
G. G. Bragg, NJ. d., Huntsville, Mo-,
of date August 20, 1902, says:
! Il heartily approve of the bill pass
ed in 1898 prohibiting the use of alum
in baking powders.
The phosphate and cream of tar
tar baking powders are much more
wholesome, and, even if not SO cheap
when it comes to taking things into
our system the best is not too good.
Il am opposed to the repeal of the
law of 1898, and will do all | can to
. sustain same"
Doctor John A. Crum, of California
Mo-, of date August %, 1902, says:
Kindly permit me to say that | am
honestly satisfied with the law as il
now stands, for the health of the PEG
pie"
G. w stephens. NJ. D., Montgomery
; City, Mo-, of date August %, 1902
says:
ALUM baking powders have a slow
undermining action on the health Of
the user. yitiating the secretions
! thereby starving the blood and the
y nerves, leading to a long train of dis
eases. | consider alum baking pow
! der more harmful than strychnia, arse
>. mic or other poisons, because they are
g used only for a specific time, while
baking powders enter daily into ust
: for years or life. | am anxious thu
l. law shall stand"
NJ B. Chandler, M. D., West Plains
d Mo-, of date August %, 1902, says:
THE use of alum in food should b.
strictly prohibited by law. and the Law
u should be enforced, as alum certainl.
lays the foundation for most of on
r stomach troubles, and it certainl.
l. should be made penitentiary offens
It to incorporate it in our food in an
s manner. The law should be enforced
n not repealed"
, S. Elliott Woods, M. D., Jackson
el Mo-. says:
i. 81 think it would be a serious thin
b. if the law would be repealed, as it ha
MI so much good in 1t and nothing bat
# When was student at the st. Loui
College of Pharmacy, in 1888, | mad
a series of tests for alum in bakin
, powder. and its harmfulness, an
q wrote my thesis on that subject.
2 IL am firm believer in pure an
wholesome food products. and woul
u consider it great calamity if the re
r strictions were repealed. / sincerel
hope that the bill will stand and nc
o fall"
le Ulysses G. Miller M. D., of Uniol
lgl Mo, of date August %, 1902, says:
e alum, when used in sufficient quar-
ly ties and for a sufficient length of tim
Is is injurious, there can be no doub
IN and herein lies the danger in bakin
a powder containing alum. Any lay
IN therefore, prohibiting its use for sue
is purposes is desirable Permit me
OF say that you are to be commended fl
m interesting yoursen in such laud
BILE purpose as the prevention of foe
lie adulteration, question in which W
all are vitality interested"
noo+or yN;l1io N, Carson Sbp1hyUilI