The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-09
SEEING THE FAIR
In DETAIL


eral States Evidence In Material
Forn-Wood Alcohol and Aniline Dye
Combined Under the Name Of Pure
Lemon Extraet-some Of the Com
mon Adulterants and How They Are
Used = Coming international Food
coneress--World's Fair Food Show.
Machinery Used In Food Preparation.
An English Confectionery Factory
and a French Bakery In Daily OPP
Grafton.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE BY
MARK BENNITT.l
A square yard Of flannel colored
pink with the poisonous aniline dye
extracted from pint bottle Of To-
mato catehup
Jars of candies colored with more
poisonous aniline dyes
The beautiful orange phosphate that
looks like the real thing at the soda
fountain found TO contain benzoic acid,
coal tar dye and no orange extract.
A fluid labeled Pure Lemon Ex-
tract. made Of the deadly poison,
wood alcohol and aniline dye, contain
ing no lemon oil whatever
Down a long list we might 20, tell
ing the secrets Of those who are put
ting dollars into their pockets by
putting poison into our foods
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mankind rudely shaken take the time
to look about III the exhibit Of the
National Association Of State Food
Commissioners in the south end of the
Palace of Agriculture.
Kentucky shows case Of flannel
swatches colored with dyes taken
from commercial foods which have
.been used as evidence in Kentucky
courts asainst food prisoners and
aaalsefators. Here are some of the
original packages with the names Of
tire manufacturers stili on them, along
with the certificate of conviction by
state food commissioners and chem
lists Threats of trouble have been
made by the makers Of convicted arti-
cles, but no trouble has come and the
condemned goods In their dress Of
glaring and lying labels still point a
moral and emphasize tale.
Here are great photographs Of micro
scopic engagements which leave on
the mind the impression that CONNER
cial lard is chiefly tallow and butter IS
principally oleomargarine. One must
often wonder whittier the good and the
pure have gone.
Maple sugar is chiefly cane sugar,
honey is glucose, maple strip is glu-
cose a little thinner with color tone a
shade deeper, due to burnt sugar.
Vinegar is acetic acid colored with
burnt sugar. Cayenne pepper y lit
tie capsieum and great deal Of nut
shells ground fine and colored with ami
line dyes All the adulterators have a
line on aniline. Jellies and jams are
any old thing, from macerated pump
klns to good apple sauce mixed with
timothy seed and colored with aniline
dyes.
IL - u ouAiS lAAhH AVA ADASSN hA"AA
ers Of canned foods that such stories
must be told. but sorrier still for the
great American digestive system If we
are not put on our guard against the
INSCRIPTIONS. When state laws pro
vide for the confiscation and destruc
ton of aduIterated foods and tern
behind the bars for convicted offend
er the public health and private stom
ach viii be safer. The tendency Of law
making is In that direction.
Another kind Of fraud shown up IL
this exhibit is the deceitful package
Bottles that boast large contents anS
fail to keep the contract are here In al
sizes. patterns and shapes. The bottle
with deep panels and prismatic sides
the flask with raised bottom, th'
cruet with a thousand facets, are al
here IN the purgatory Of the public
gaze. like the prisoner In the stocks o.
the public street, shamefaced and gull
| ty or defiant and insolent.