New-York tribune., 1905-02-19

the olive oil on the market is adulterated- AS
rule oil labelled as imported" IS adulterated
far more than California oil OF etghty-thres
samples Of 'Oiive oils bought In the open
market by government chemists in the year
1903. greater percentage Of foreign" oils had
been dOCtOred than Californian. Not mUcn adul-
t6rated olive oil comes through the custom
houses. for the taking IS done in this country.
Most of the Italian OIL for example. IS shipped
here in bulk, where the adUlteTatOr mixes IN u
quantity Of fake" oil. and then labels the
product with a high sounding foreign name
Lard oil. sunfower Gil, poppy seed OIL, maize
and sesame oil are also used in fixing m
ported olive oils"
In havoring extracts the aduI;eratOr Is able
to deceive the most experienced housewife For
example, The extract of vanilla is counterfetted
by n substitute known 10 the trade as vantlin.
made chiefly from Il decomposed product OK
cone bearing trees. Another substitute IS ths
extract of the tOnka bean
The art OF adulterating coffee has been per-
fected to such q degree that even the couee
beans are cOUnterfeited- being moulded out OF
paste and then COlOTeG- Inferior cofIees are
faced" or coiored according 20 the brand T.
Waller, in The Analyst states that SOuln
American coffees are often exposed to higa
moist heat. which changes their color from
green TO brown. thus forming imitation Java
coffee mills OF yeho" Genre s!ieslih 1lue. .
chrome yellow. burnt umber. Venetian red, drop
black, charcoal and French black Cnicory -
also used i'm ground coffee, but. according 10
Dr. Wiley. cereals. peas and beans are now
more commonly used. Other adulterants are
cassia seeds cocoa husks acOrns and hogs
liver Imitation coffee beans are made out OF
wheat flour. moulded by machinery, and then
roasted. This industry is a business by itself
Here is a typical circular letter sent out by one
concern to coffee dealers all over the country
and reproduced from a government report
Sir: I send You by this mail sample o. '.irnita-
coffee" This is a manufactured bean ana COM
posed of -four. You easily mix 10 per cent OF
this substitute in with genuine coffee th&t ranges
in price % 2a cents and IL VIII improve the
flavor of the same. Ii granIl9tes the same as
coffee. l. you deal with Us It will De in strict con
fdence- =,
This IS s. coffee superior substtute) IS packed
I'm barrels. BY the of our bean you can IN
crease your profits to IL cents pound Iry
sample barrel Price Ili2 cents pound. net; ten
days No attention 10 postal cards
1 would rot show angles 10 employees
Tea is colored and faxed in many ways
In facing teas TruSsian blue. indigo, turmeric.
pIumbagO. gypsum and sOapStOne are used For
eign leaves are also utilized such as grow in
many streets on shade trees. among which are
the hawthorn. box elder, chestnut. sycamore,
rose. plum. elm, willow, beech, oak, ash, bircn,
poplar and raspberry. Starch is mixed with
cocoa, capsiCum with ginger, Hour with mus
tard, ground olive seeds with white pepper,
ground redwood with red pepper and powdered
tale with powdered sugar.
Beer is made largely of glucose and
fixed with salicyliC aci1 Most of the cheap
U-hiskey sold in this city contains no whiskey
at ALL but is q concoctiOn of cologne spirits
prune juice and other Ingredients