Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-31
What the People Eat.

The food Inspector in Chicago has
made the discovery that much Of the
food sold in that city is adulterated-
in fact rank poison, and published his
findings to put the people on their
guard. The question naturally arises,
is the same class of goods sold else
where any better? Here is the list ::
Catsup-M Manufactured in so many
ways it would make your head swim
some stuff is about one-tenth tomatoes
and the rest apple peelings and cores
ground down, colored, etc. Salicylic
and benzoic acids are used to preserve
this grade of catsup.
Baking Powder Common aduIter-
ant is alum.
Mustard Coloring matter called
turmeric often fused.
Canned Pineapple, Strawberries,
-Salicylic acid used; also coIored
with coal tar dye, and IN some in
stances glucose is found.
Ice Cream-Made of condensed skim
milk, gelatin (glue) and colored with
anilIne dye.
Pepper-Certain cheap grade con-
taine1 60 per cent cocoanut shells,
peanut shells and olive stones.
Candy-Coal tar dyes used; also
sediment of oleo oil is made over into
confectionery which can be chewed
for year and not dissolved or reduced.
Paraffin and terra alba also used.
Strawberry Jelly-Coal tar dye is
used IN certain samples.
Plum Jelly-Colored with coal tar
dye.
Raspberry Jam-Improperly labeled.
Currant Jellies-Not currant, but
largely apple juice; some domestic
brands colored with dye.
Strawberry Preserves-Badly label
ed and weight questionable Clover
eed used.
Sugar Corn-Some grades contain
"fller," which is doubtful food
value.
Strawberry Extract-A certain
brand is coIored with coal tar dye
Lemon Extract-Same complaint
Vanilla Extract-Foreign colorlng
matter, and made of Tonca beans.
Thread Suspicious sui
phites and water found in some
brands.
Coffees-Many bands adulterated
beyond human conception. | am not
yet ready to tell all | know about
coffee
Tea-It is unspeakabiy bad in many
cases; foreign substances used, in
cluding coIoring matter. Ch cap tea
is poison; look out for it.
Prunes-Both dirty and preserved
with indigestible ingredients. Better
grades are all right.
California Pears-Look out for sui
phtes.
Fruit Extracts for Soda Fountains
Highly celored.
Crushed Fruits-Likely to be pre-
served with acids.
Artificial Ice-Made from exhaust
water of engines, claimed to be dis
titled water ice.
Canned Salmon-Some cheap brands
are catfish with cotton seed oil and
aniline dye.
Flour, burned sugar and
cocoa; some cheap grades contain the
sediment of oleo oil.
Molasses Candy-Paraffin, glucose
and starch.
Beer-Rice and corn and salicylic
acid.
Sausage-Meat scraps filled with
flour and coated with paraffin and red
pepper and preserved in borax.
Hamburger Steak-SuIphite pre-
servatives make old meat look bright
red and the preserved cannot be
tasted, but is changed to sulphuric
acid in the stomach.
Lard-Stearin bleached with chemi-
Gals and made from dead and diseased
animals and cotton seed oil.
Honey in Comb-Eighty per cent
glucose Glucose Is fed to the bees
and they put it in the comb and seal
it up.
Maple Sirup-Glucose and extract
of hickory bark and melted brown
sugar.
Cherries of gelatin and for
malin and favored with oil of bitter
almonds; preserved in glucose and
salicylic acid.
Vinegar-Muriatic acid, tauric acid
and burned sugar.
1t is my purpose to drive all of
these adulterated products out of
Chicago and to add to this list as new
frauds shall develop.
Our Team Goes to GAINESVILLE.