New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-05-21
ADULTERATBD COFFEE.
GROCER WHITE FOUND GUILTY
OF VIOLATING OHlO'S PURE
FOOD LAWS.
Interesting Facts Concerning the
Roasting of Csfee Brought ont by
Scientific ExpeEs-Prese.ce of Bne-
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Interesting Facts Concerning the
Roasting OF Csfee Brought Ont by
Scientific Expe1s of Bre-
terra.
TOLEDO. o., Aug. 3.-The jury in Judge
MeckS court in this city has found
James White, u local grocer guilty OF
selling adulterated coffee. The prose
buckles Ariosa coffee.
The State OF Ohio, through the Fure
Food Commission, prosecuted White.
The case was on trial for nearly a
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 Il short consultation, a YER.
dict Of guilty was returned by the jury.
The State of Ohio considers this a big
victory. Pure Food Commissioned
Blackburn has been Waging 4 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
a 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. il. Kirchmaier, of this city,
Il we'll known chemist, was the princi-
pal witness for the State He had
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 cot
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.
II. w. Wiley, Of the United States Ag-
ricultural Department; Prof. Vaughn Of
Ann Arbor University; Profs. Belle
and Weber, of the Ohio State Uniyer-
sity, We're called to defend Ariosa. DR..
Wiley had made a careful examination
Of the method of manufacturing Ario-
sa. He told of the 10000, 900 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 a time.
The experts who heard Dr. Wiley's
testimony were pleased to be able to
"catch" so famous chemist. The doc
tor at one point In his testimony ex-
planned very clearly how 1t is that the
egg put into the coffee pot by the house
wife settles the coffee. He said that
the heat coagulates the egg, and as it
sinks to the bottom of the pot 1t carries
the fine particles Of coffee with it, and
tins clarifies the drink. 1t is the act of
coagulation in the coffee pot that does
the work. Later on in his cross exam
inatlon, he had to admit that when the
egg was put on Ariosa coffee at the
factory it became coagulated, and as
egg cannot be coagulated but once, that
the coating on coffee was practically no
value, as settler" when it reached
the coffee pot.
rrof. Wiley acknowledged that the
glazing might be favorable medium
for the propagation of bacteria, al
though he wonld not testify positively
either way because he was not bac-
terfologist.
Prof. Vaughn, of Ann Arbor, also a
witness for the Arbuckles, said he
found bacteria on Ariosa coffee.
Prof. Belle, another witness for the
defense, found any number Of lively
bacteria on Ariosa coffee he examined,
and he agreed that glazed coffee surely
was a more favorable medium for the
propag CATION of bacteria than unglazed
coffee
Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn
says: 'The State is very much elated
over its victory against this corpora.
ton. We are now considering the ad.
visibility of informing every grocer In
the State of Ohio that 1t is an infrac-
ton Of the laws to sell Ariosa, and at
the same time give warning to con-
sumers that the coffee Is an adulterat-
ed food article"
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