The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-04
REFUSE USED FOR FOOD
The Material Used for Certain Grades
of Canned Goods.

In selecting the material for the best
grades of canned fruits it is necessary
for the employees to remove the peels
and cores of the various fruits AMI
also all the decomposed and worm-eal-
Ell spots These peels and cores and
worm-eaten -spCts-worms included
together with ali the spoiled parts Of
apples, pears, peaches and every other
kind, are dumped together and made
into a general Pulp From this pulp,
made of the refuse of all kinds Of fruit,
is turned out a marvellous variety OF
different brands OF highly colored and
tempting looking bottled and canned
goods From this same pulp congion-
Grafton is made pure apple jelly,
pure currant jellv," alleged plum and
ounce jellies and jams, apple butter,
and no end of different kinds OF pre-
serves and pie material. 1t makes little
difference rs to the appearance and
taste of the pulp or principal ingred1-
ent. The favoringS and chemicals |ill
make I'D for all former deficiencies in
aDpearance or lack of resemblance to
the fruit it is supposed to represent.
mention fruit just by the way of il
I~ustration; the same conditions are Trle
in the manufacture of foods Of all 9TH
er classes. The residue is always made
into marketable authorizations, if not by
the factory that turns out high class
brands then by an associate factory an
other name for the purpose OF protect
ing the name of the actual manufacture
or Some of the big packing houses
cOllaborate with lower grade houses,
supposedly run by other firms, tGat
utilize all the stock rejected by the big
firms, and market all inferior PRODUCTS
cast off by the firms that are so cal-
tious Of their reputation Wornoao
horses and mules, and those crlppi"c
or otherwise injured so as to lncapacl-
tate them for service as beasts OF bur-
den. have beer butchered and the meat
served in restaurants and on free lunch
counters as roast beef, cOrned beef, beef
stew. etc HOOfs of horses and cattle
are used not alone for the manufacture
of CLUES and mucilage, but often Tor
making a yiScOuS substance which, 1t
is claimed is used in manufacture OF
the lower grades of gelatines and lel-
lies An enormous amount Of cheap tel
ly is made in Chicago from soused
pigs feet and other meats, glucose and
fruit refuse chemically treated and S'T-
en- names of different fruits DR. Leon
s. Waters, expert in food chemistry
recently said that hogs livers were
dried, baked, powdered and mixed with
chicOry and coffee essence and soid as
ground coffee
But even the residue of the factories
- o,+Fioiont - anDpaSa the pGlnIn
hunger for the lower grade foods. 1t Is
a fact that pickups from tn city stress
the cast off products from big comnnls
sion houses and the gleanlngs IRON
the sewers are often employed in pr0-
luce manufacture under Americas re
system. From sea moss Is
made a ~gelatinous substance kno"n d
aga-aea Mixed with a small amount OF
pulp from cast away frult, d ilCIis
starch and gelatine, it is dyed and flaw
pred to resemble different xmas U
frrit products, and is labeled straw
berry, cranberry, raspberry, apps
ounce, etc. Old bones from n aliey'
are ground into dust which IS utlii"e'
principally as Il fertilizer, but sometime,
is mixed with -four. 1t las Deen clai'1et
that leather from old boots and sho3'
gathered from The streets ana scldl
niles is chemically treated, mixed Will
chicory ground and made into a cleVe
imitation of coffeethe kind tant IS csu
ally drunk by sailors and orkm IL
logging camps. More and more IS ]
becoming so that nearly everyth'n'
thrown into the streets and alleys 0
American cities is turned into FOCUS
Foods made from loathsome lfas
are, of course, not conducive 10 ionseE
ity, nor healthful constitutions ous u !,
donoar is not so much in these as
the ingredients used in giving them LII
appearance of legitimate goods Sue
powerful sweets as s~accharine, possess
ing three hundred times the sWeeten
ING strength of sugar; glucose and pc
tent chemicals and colorlngs are ell
ploved in making these adulteratioh
possible and exceedingly proh'aoi7'
Public Opinion.