The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
STATE, CHEMIST
 TESTS COCA-COLA
EXHAUSTIVE OFFICIAL REPORT SHOWS CAFFEINE ONLY STIM-
 ULATlNG INGREDIENT.
Amount in Glass or Bottle Less Than in Average Cup of Tea or Coffee. No Trace of Cocaine or Other
 DeIeterious Substance"

Montgomery June 2-(speciaI) )-Among the many experiments and analysis which have engaged the recent attention of pr. E. B. Ross, state chemist, and his corps Of efficient associates in the chemical de- pertinent of the Alabama Polytechnic h. stitute at Auburn, the exhaustive exami- nation of samples of Coca-Coa taken from syrup purchased in the open mar ket, together with the official report made regarding this well known beverage, is certain to be of genuine widespread in terest throughout this state.
 This official report of Dr. Ross to- eether with the thorough and exhaus- ' tive analysis made by Prof. Emerson R. Miller, who holds the chair of pharma- ceutical chemistry at the University of Alabama, absolutely answers every ques- tion or controversy regarding this drink and makes possible the thorough under standing of the entire matter, while at the same time 1t presents the ingredients of this beverage from the careful view point of an eminent authority whose only and every care is the welfare of the people of the state of Alabama whom he has served so ably and so well.
 As a result of this examination, in the future every Alabamian who cares to drink Coca-Cola will have the satisfaction of knowing exactly what he is drinking.
 Alabama Foremost in Reform.
 III lit wave Ol WHICH ndS swept over this country regarding the proper labelling of drugs and the careful selec- ton between pure and deleterious or adul- terated foods, Alabama has been in the very fore of the Southern States. For this reason, the experiments which have been made by Dr. Ross, the State Chem ist,i and his colaborators, are not only of great interest but of tremendous import ance to the welfare of the commonwealth and pertinent to the health of its every citizen. Perhaps because of the many who drink Coca-Cola, the reports which have just been made are even more in- teresting than some of those regarding the analysis of some of the more com mon necessities in every household for to the average American citizen, 1t is the luXuries rather than the necessities of life with which he is chiefly concerned when demanding the absolute purity which has made this present epoch a veritable modern reformation.
 Regarding Coca-Cola and It's ingred- ients the reports of the State Chemist and the professor of pharmaceutical chem istry do not deal in glittering generalltes. On the other hand they confine them selves absolutely to the findings result ing from the exhaustive analysis, which 1t was admitted was several weeks in the making and from several samples pur- chased in the open market, that the ques- ton of whether or not Coca-Cola is harm less might be absolutely and definitely settled
 Happily for those Alabamians who have @ for years been among the patrons of this drink, the analysis proves that while the chief and the only stimulating ingre- dient in Coca-Cola is caffeine, the amount used in the making of a glass or bottle of the beverage, is about the same in quantity as the amount of caffeine con tained in cup of tea coffee of aver age strength
 
 ! I In the report made by Professor Mil her, he states that the amount of caf- 1 feine was from 1.25 to 1,29 grains to the ] fluid ounce of syrup As is we'll known. or may be easily demonstrated by watch ing any soda fountain clerk, the amount of syrup used in the making of a glass of Coca-Cola Is not more than an ounce and generally less. The amount used in bottling the beverage is also about one ounce, making the average amount of caffeine in a glass or bottle of this well known drink about one grain. AS the reports of the most eminent and recog- nized chemists in the country show that the average amount of caffeine in an ordinary cup of tea coffee runs from one and three-quarters grains of caf fene to over two grains the relative fn 4 jury resulting from the drinking of tea or coffee compared with that of Coca-Cola must be obvious to the most casual and disinterested persons.
 As to the presence of "cocane or any other deeterious substance" Professor Miller after this most careful and ex- haustive analysis states that he was un- able to find any cocaine or other injurious substance.
 No Trace of Cocaine or Harmful Drugs
 In fact after stating his inability to find any deleterious substance, Professor Miller says that he found the only stimu- lating ingredient caffeine. The ,r eFAfr, fR (NA1a according to the analysis of the worlds best chemist, is about the same amount as is found in a cup of tea or coffee of average strength.
 Having disposed of any question of CO., eaine or other injurious ingredient and having determined caffeine to be the only stimulating element, Professor Miller signs his name to the analysis and at the same time ends any doubt or uncertainty regarding this widely known beverage and it's effects upon those who drink 1t.
 As for pr. Ross, the State Chemist, he endorses and conours in the report of Professor Miller, making 1t an official document as well as lending the weight and influence of his own name and rep utation that the question might be set tied definitely for all those who are in- terested concerning this drink.
 It is stated that pr. Ross, the State Chemist, and his associates are now en- gagged in making exhaustive analysis of many of the foods beverages and other materials now sold throughout this state and that the reports of analyses will make possible the thorough understand Ing as to the injurious harmless in- gradients of these materials on the part of the Alabama purchasers. For this and many other reasons, these experiments which may perhaps be postponed dur ing the summer months, are universally conceded to be of the greatest importance as well as of vital interest to every citi- zen in this state.