The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-29
BAILEY MAKES REPORT.
state Chemist Tells About Baking
Powders and other Things.

Baking powder is the principal sub
ject for discussion IN the report on
food analyses made public today by the
state board of health
OF the thirty-one samples so far ex-
amined by Prof. E. H. S. Bailey Of the
State university, six are cream of tartar
powders. two are phosphate fifteen are
alum phosphate and eight are alum
The amount of available carbon dioxide
varied from Ia to 1929. The report
says:
For advertising purposes, the man
ufacturers of baking powders do not
hesitate to make statements which are
decidedly misleading.
TT is stated in reference to an alum
powder that II is made under the per-
sonal supervision of the analytical
chemist of the pure food board of New
York and is absolutely free from am
monia, lime, alum, terra alba, or other
injurious Ingredients 1t is prOba bly,
technically true that the powder does
not contain the exact substance that
the chemist calls alum, but 1t contains
some compound of aluminium that is
practically the same.
THE powders examined were pur-
chased in the open market, and there
was no means Of telling how long they
had been put up, except by the ap-
pearance of the package. This has
manufacturer should be required to
put upon each package the date when
the powder was mixed.
LAS stated in former report, opin-
ions differ as to the healthfulness of
alum baking powders"
The report also gives a jolt to Liquo-
zone, a kind Of patent medicine much
advertised as an internal germicide."
It says:
"a bottle of Liquozone was delivered
at the laboratory for examination at
the request of the Douglas County
Medical society. Upon examination, it
was found to consist essentially of a
dilute solution OF sulfur d1oxide, and
contained 0,23 per cent of this sub
stance. This is the suffocaung gas pro-
duced by the burning of sulfur. Some
of the sulfur dioxfd had oxidized. 50
that the solution also contained sui
furic acid (oil of vitriol to the amount
of O.76 per cent. On evaporation a
strong sample of sulfuric acid was OBJ
tanned. The Hquozone contains a small
amount Of organic matter, and when
evaporated to dryness and ignited
leaves about as much residue as a cor
responding quantity of lake or river
water"
Prof Bailey then quotes the expert
ment made by Golfers Weekly on q
number of guinea pigs with Liquozone,
in the presence Of representatives of
the Ldquozone company, concluding as
follows:
Liquozone company, stated that he was
satisfied of the fairness of the tests. He
further declared that in his opinion the
tests had proved satisfactorily the to-
tai ineffectiveness of Hquozone as an
internal gernicide.
But these experiments show more
than that. They show that, in so far
as Hquozone has any effect, it tends to
lower the resistance of the body to an
invading disease. That is, in the very
germ diseases for which it is advocated,
HquOzone may decrease the chances OF
the patients recovery with every dose
that is swallowed, but certainly would
not increase them.
A number of milk samples are re-
ported upon, nothing being found in
them in the way of personalities.
s'Old Home" sorghum, packed for the
RidenOur-Bak Grocery company IS
given this testimonial:
1.-The analysis indicates that this is
an artificial syrup, made up Of glucose
and other ingredients"
The other syrup was purchased in
buII from the Poehler Mercantile COM
o. X Evidently the Lawrence people
believe in standing up for home indus
tries.
Some Heinz sauerkraut purchased in
Topeka, is reported to be free from
bleaching and preservatives.
The report on the poisonous food eat
en- at a Marysville auction sale on March
2 is given as the State Journal an
nounced some time AGO. 1t was found
that the poison was due to Dtomaines,
and not minerals. The meat had been
kept too long and had spoiled before It
was fed to the people.