The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-22
FOODS
SHOWN IN HOUSE.
Continued From First Page.

to develop the opium habit. Every
where the honest manufacturer or deal
er goes, he is met by sharp and keen
weights, -
III Calling the attention of the house
to the action Of the proprietary associa-
tion in still insisting on the passage of
the Hepburn bill, he said the associa-
tion was afraid to come out. in the open
and fight.
He read letter from the German
American extract works. in which they
told how to make all kinds of liquors.
they were especially interested, he said,
in their Old Tom gin extracts, which
give the exact taste Of the original ar
ticle. Then, still further to interest
the house, he said that this firm claims
to make any kind Of liquor out of
ethal alcohol with no liquor in it.
Black pepper, he said, is, faithful
source of .adulteration. the "filler' be-
to letter which Mr.. Mann read. Pep
per berries. he said, were made out Of
tapioca colored with lampblack.
sawdust in Coffee.
"The coffee that we drink, Mocha
and Java said Mr.. Mann. "is gener-
ally adufterated with Brazil coffee and
ground coffee with sawdust and even
Taking his position behind the tables,
Mr.. Mann began. a rapid explanation
| of every article there. - Esl..
| Mr.. Stevens Of Minnesota assisted
| Mr.. Mann and handed the several ar
ticles to him.
| lis he regular pharmacist" asked
! Mr.. Gaines of Tennessee. speaking of
Mr.. Mann. Bowling gracefully, Mr.
Mann replied that the gentleman from
/ Illinois has borne the title of doctor
4 his right to lecture before the univer-
4 sity of the house.
1 Taking up bottle of bright colore6
| cherries marked Maraschino cherries. ,
| he explained that the cherries had beer
| picked green; that they were then
bleached and colored with analine dye
and: holding up a bright colored bit OF
cloth, he said, "This cloth was dyed
with the same dye.' - =
| . s'Beeless'' Honey.
Holding up bottle with a light-col
ored liquid in it, Mr.. Mann said it was
honey, "yet it never saw a hive, much
less a comb. 1t is fresh from the glu
cose factory -
Freezin, he said, was a powder sole
to preserve meat. He admitted that
it might keep meats from spelling, but
it was most injurious to health, being
composed of sulphite Of soda and rec
coal tar dye .f> -
| A fine grade of olive oil used by. the
| Union League club of Philadelphi;
turned out to be a cottonseed oil will
An adulterant. s..
| Taking up the subject of canned to
matoes, Mr.. Mann held up three cans
I each being of different weight and we
all bought for three pounds.
- Short Weights, Too.
"The department stores of New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Wash
ington, and mail-order houses sell tn
short-weight cans,' said Mr.. Mann
which was received with applause.
Mr.. Mann said he was not engaged i
! an onslaught on the canning interest
of the country, but he insisted tia
standard cans ought to be full weigh
consideration "a Il 4 81
He insisted that If standard sizes Z
cans are made as. No. 1, 2 or 3, then tn
Gamers should put upon the can til
n number it purportsA to be- p r s#
d Passing to the cereal foods, he Gale
v attention to the difference between tt
d cartoons and. while he did not cal
r what the people bought, he insiste
It that the amount of the foods should /
y put upon the package.
/ One ,ofthes hopedsfor good result
It Of a national laws on the subject of pu,
y food, he said, is the bringing about
n on the part of the states within the
q several borders. Ts|S = =
h Mr.. Mann receivedaan ovation wht
Il he concluded.