The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-24

science OF chemistry. As tho name Indi1
caIes, these dyes are derived from coal
tar and are made by complex chemical
processes. IN the various stages OF prep
ration. usually arsenic, zinc and suit
phurlc acid are employed. No doubt, Il
number of these dyes are pure and free
from injurious effects upon the human
system However, on the other hand, a
great number in themselves are poison
Gus or rendered 50 by impurities associat-
cd with them. Coal tar dyes are used 10
linpart a brilliant color to foods, partic-
uiariE catsup, candies. fruits soda syrups,
sauces, fellies. preserves. butter. wines,
tomatoes, extracts sausagos, meats. etc.
Mineral colOrs in food are rarely met
with At the present time. but the greening
or peas, olives and other canned Vegeta-
Dtes, by copper. zinc and iron salts, is
sui practiced. especially IN the imported
Wood Alcohol Bad.
In recent years. distinctly poisonous
substance has made its appearance as
food adulterant This is wood alcohol,
also known as Columbian spirits, methSl
alcohol etc. Perfected processes in its
manufacture have caused this article now
10 be made practically OdOTless. and il IS
simply impossible. by ordinary means, to
distinguish grain alcohol from the -e-
fined wood alcohol AS it is well known,
the grain alcohol is quite al expensive
liquid and the cheaper wood alcohol. cost
ing only one-third of the cost of the
former, has replaced the latter to some
extent in extracts of lemon, vanilla, whis-
NY anu some OIner lkG1QS WnerG lne
presence of grain alcohol is q necessity.
Wood alcohol may be all right in var
nishes and paints, but its use in any ar
ticle OF food or drink should be con-
demned in the severest measures
sscchsrine for Sugar.
saceharine is substance that has COME
INTO extensive use during recent years
and fills the double function as food
preservative and substitute for ordinary
sugar. IL is a white powder made from
q a
being intensely sweet. in fact, saccharine
mas 30 times the sweetenimg power that
under various names, such as mineral
sugar, Rarantose, glucide, dulcide, etc,
and is a comparatively cheap chemical
Belng 0oV times as sweet as ordinary SUI
gar, necessarily only a minute quantity
has 10 be used TO obtain the desired
sWeetening effect However, sugar has
a distinct food value while saccharine
possesses absolutely none. 1t is used par
ucularly in canned goods and also in var
ious forms OF jeilies. jams marina ladies',
soluteiy the use OF this artificial sweet
ener in any food product. In Germany It
is manufactured and sdold under govern
ment supervision. as a protection to the
home sugar industry
No Harm in Some.
The second class. or non-injurious to
health adultera tfons are very numerous
ana may be classed as frauds or sophisti-
cation. They are used in greet variety
OF ways IN a great many of our common
to cheaper or lower the quality of goods
or else sold in place of another article.
They simply rob the consumer and fail
most heavily uDon the uneducated and
poorer class of people, who, by necessity,
are compelled to patrOnize cheap stores
and cheap goods, while the rich man
self by combining his dealing to the more
reputable merchants and to a class OF
guaranteed by producers of high reputa-
ton. However the manifestations are
carried on in all classes of foods, and
some are as old as the hills, for the
Swimming and watering of milk has been
carried on since time immemorial and
there IS scarcely city in the world that
mas not a law bearing upon the sale OF
milk By which this article must come
up 10 certain standard of quality and
Cream is deprived of it's butter fat and
thickened again by the use of gelatine,
then properly cOlOred with an auiline dye
or annatto making the imitation article
appear to be genuine cream of excellent
quality.
Substitutes for Butter.
OIeomargarine is coIored in imitation of
butter and is frequently sold as such, al
though our own market is remarkably
free from this substitute.
An inferior product known as pro
cess" or renovated butter has recently
entered competition with the honest ar
acter when sold for creamery butter;
nevertheless, butter itself needs constant
watching TOT Ihe incorporation or an eN-
cessive amount Of water lowers its food
value and the consumer meets another
fraud In the usual shortweight of this
article.
Lard is frequently aduIterated with
cotton seed oil and beef or mutton fats
the cheaper article thus produced being
Practically all catsup on the market to-
day contains some preventative and a
coloring materials
Lemon and vanilla extracts, especially
the cheaper class. frequently contain no
lemon or vanilla at all. but are artificial
~ coneocted preparations, possessing
none or but little value.
Vinegar Often Bad.
Vinegar is frequently found to be noth-
ing but an artificial preparation Of acetic
caramel and Favored with ETHEREAL com
pounds like the oil of apples. Often the
cheaper class of grain or spirit vinegar
is substituted for the genuine malt or
cider vinegar.
Jellies. Jams and preserves often con
tain not a particle of the fruit. but are
made entirely Of gelatine or starch paste,
sweetened with glucose and saccharinc
and colored and Favored artificially by
suitable means. Honey may be found
which has never seen a bee except the
one purposely added to conceal its true
character.
Olive oil frequently contains one-half its
volume OF cottonseed oil This cheap and
inferior oil is often substituted for the
Bread is aduiterated now and then with
alum to conceal the inferiority Of the
flour.
Cream of tartar is found containing a
mixture OF chalk, starch, plaster of paris
and acid phosphate of lime. In recent
years, however a decided change has
been noticed IN this article.
In the adulteratiOn of spices. almost
! everything on earth has been used.
Wheat starch. corn starch, flour ground
olive stones, date pits, sand, brick dust,
sawdust, peanut shells, corn meal cracker
crumbs almond shells. cocoanilt shells
and other useless materials have been
found.
Many Drugs Impure.
While the sdulteration of food draws
chiefly upon the pocketbook of the con-
sumers in the matter Of adulteration of
drugs and medicines the party In addition
is robbed OF the essential life-giving
properties intended to alleviate the suf-
fcriugs of mankind il is not the phar-
macist whose preparations may some
times fan below a prOfessed standard.
for as a rule a reputable druggist is a
man whose aim IL is to maintain the
highest standard Of excellence and TO aid
the physician in the restoration to health
where disease or sickness has produced
abnormal conditions II is certain class
of patent medicine fakes that periodical