The Washington times., 1907-06-30
BAR BENzOATE
FROM PICKLES
SAME AS PIES
Pure Food Experts Max
ing Inquiry Into KetCh-
ups and Syrups, Too,

various condiments, are going 70 cost
more money after this season.
They are going 10 cost a good deal
more, in fact Likewise, those OF them
which are put up in glass bottles and
jars are not going to look half so pretty
as heretofore
There may even be a total failure of
the pie crop, II is forecasted by some
manufacturers, though a less pessimistic
view is taken by folks who view the
situation from a more disinterested
standpoint. Anyhow, it is going 10 be
bad enough. The 60-degree segment
that now costs 10 cents at fashionable
places and at the dairy lunch counter
IS altogether likely to so up TO Is and 10
cents and other things in proportion.
Grave Danger Impends.
Il is all because OF the pure food
boards ban OF aniline dyes and ben
zoate OF soda. This benzoate Of soda
calamity has BEEN alluded TO heretofore:
but too much cannot be said of the
gravity Ct the disaster that impends
Moreover, what has been consectural
until now, is made a certainty by the
developments of the last twenty-four
hours. The worst is coming.
The edict against aniline dyes and ben
zoate of soda thereafter referred 20 as
l. Of - has been signed up by Secretary
Wilson for some days. Yesterday II re-
ceived the official signature of Secretary
Straus of the Department of Commerce
and Labor. In a day or two il will be
signed by Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou. according TO authoritative re-
port, and then IL will become effective.
The joint approval Of these three Sec
retsries, or at least of a majority Of
them is necessary before PRONUNCIATION
Of such regulations.
Good for Their Complexion.
Aniline dyes are what make ketchup.
preserves, pickles, condiments and other
things put up in glass jars have such
bright, fresh, appetizing complications.
They look so fresh and natural because
they are dyed. Their complexion Is
about as original as that Of soubrette,
Anyhow, the chemists have been figuring
on whether these dyes, whose basis is
coal tar, are good to be introduced into
the human system, and have decided in
the negative. Likewise as 90 B of S,
which has been found to have somewhat
the effect of embalming huid. II is
served especially with ready fruit pies
These patent insides are very wonder
full The other day the pure food board
was listening to a battalion OF pie max
ers from Boston and outlying points in
the pie provinces, who were explaining
the mysteries of the business.
You see. it means revolution to out
law the accepted and established pyff-
lings system" explained a man, whose
establishment turns out no less than
'l73,5S6o00 newly minted pies per annum.
Now What Is "PyfIing7"
DR.. Wiley looked furtively az his col
league, DR.. Dunlap. of the pure food
board OF experts Each secretly won
dered what on earth pyfflings might be.
Or. Dunlap passed the furtive glance
on TO the stenographer who was report
ing the hearing. She wasn't wise" TO
pyfflings, either, and made a desperate
series Of pothook jabs at her notebook
IN the effort TO cover up her confusion.
Nobody was willing to admit that a new
curve had been pitched TO him, and the
hearing went right on. the pie men
accepting pyfflings quite as a matter
OF course, and the Government people
not daring to confess their ignorance.
"Yes, the pyffling industry. gentlemen
"A
enterprise. American pyfflings are
known in every land and on every sea.
And they are made possible by 3. Of s.
The food-Iaw folks hdgeted and were
obviously worried. They began 10 Won
der il they were about to strike down
the fair fabric Of the national mos
perity with blow in the dark lust he
cause they didn't happen TO know what
pyflinss were. But the pie man went
right ahead.
"Pyfling" Joy of Epicures.
The worlds standard, the heusekeep-
er's friend. the bakers reliance abso-
lutely pure, safe in every climate the
delight Of cOnnOisseurs. the low Of eni- |
cures, and the inspiration of the true
poet-this, gentlemen, is the American
pyffling-made possible only through the
benehcent preservative properties of b. |
OF S."
This was getting serious. one more |
effort OF that sort would be certain |
to cause a fracture somewhere. The
empyrean was getting raggedy. An
other shot at it be fatal
DR.. Wiley started TO ask what If |
meant, but caught himself. He hated
to acknowledge ignorance. DR.. Dun |
zap not having been in the business so !
long wouldn't have minded confessing
II on any ordinary matter; but, really |
10 confess uncertainty about pyffings
seemed good deal like interrupting the |
a low Of eloquence TO ask the speaker II
ne wouldn't just recall the name of that |
foreign party who discovered America.
StenOgrapher to the Rescue.
The stenographer saved the day. She |
waited till the pie orator got a bit wind /
ed ana stopped for the applause, when I
she piped, in frightened voice: !;
Excuse me. out will some of Won
gentlemen please tell me What pyfhings /
are?''
1t was out DR.. Wiley and DR.. DUNLAP /
sat tight and never blinked. They lust 1
listened while the Plymouth Rock pie |
purveyor explained
20. that's the trade pronunciation Of
pie Filings. Z"
And the two boss chemists looked
neither TO the right nor to the left. but
straight ahead.
But all this is depression. The edict
against B of S and aniline dyes is to
be punished soon, and the understand
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