Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-16
SOME OF
THE THINGS
WE EAT
Nearly Everything Adulterated. and
Even the Adulterants Are
DOCtOred

The cheap things are undouDted-
ly the worst, for the poor are at the
mercy Of the small local dealers, but
we are all of us eating and drink
ing dyestuff by the quart. OF 55
samples of canned tomatoes analyz-
ed by the government experts 20
were found to contain preservatives.
Eosin, red dye, is used to color
inferior tomatoes. Eighty-six out of
the 8 samples of French peas con-
tanned copper, and so did 20 out OF
43 cans OF American peas. String
beans are even worse. Canned corn
is whitened with acids. Out OF Al
cans examined, "a contained pre-
servatives. OF 394 samples OF mo-
lasses 167 contained glucose and
one-third OF them showed the pres
ence of tin. Sixty-three samples OF
maple sugar were adulterated with
glucose.
One sample OF honey labeled 10
per cent common syrup and 20 per
cent extract honey. was found on
analysis to contain no honey at all
but So per cent OF glucose, colored
with coal tar dyes. Two hundred
samples OF candy contained para
fine. Candle grease is particularly
prevalent in caramels, chocolates
and molassep candy.
A kind learted woman invited
company OF Italian girls who worked
in a candy factory TO a Christmas
party. She had an entertainment
and Christmas tree for them, and
among o'her things was a box OF
fine chocolate creams for each one.
When they went away every child
left her box OF candy on the chair
behind her.
"Why, aren't you going to take
your chocolates?" said the surprised
hostess.
"oh. no." they said in a chorus.
I'VE make those"
Chocolate creams are vanished
to give them that nice, e,glossy coat
ing, and gumdrops and sticky candy
are colered with red and blue ami
line dyes.
Our butter gets It's nice yellow
color from coal tar dyes, to say
nothing OF the oleomargarine in IL.
Ninety-iive per cent OF all samples
OF butter submitted were adulter-
ated We are eating practically no
pure butter Most of the jams and
jellles OF commerce are adulterated
with glucose and coIored with coal
tar dyes. Eighty per cent OF the
cream OF dartar examined by the
government contained alum. starch
and calcium sulphate. Coffee IL
made from all sorts OF things, even
from the sweepings of bakeshops
A large quantity OF coffee was held
up recently because II contained a
large proportion of common clay.
One manufactures OF mustard has
yellow ochre sent TO his factory by
the ton. Mustard is dyed with a
poisonous form OF coal tar dyes. In
pepper factory one man has moth
ing TO do but wheel dirt, that be-
ing the cheap and convenient form
OF adulterant used there for ground
pepper. No man can say what he Is
eating when he tastes pepper,
The variety OF things found In Il
make the head swim. The include
red sandal wood wheat. corn, buck
wheat. aniline dye. grain hull, rice,
pea, and bean shells, cornmeai,
sago. cocoanut shells. olive meal,
lnseed meal. sawdust and sand
One may think TO get around this
fraud try buying pepper whole, but
get 'apioca dyed with lampblack.
The same adulterants, with the ad
dltlon of gypsum, tumeric. charcoal
bark ana few other things are
found In spices. Ground rock en-
Iers In our baking powder and hus'
bands complai1 because the biscuits
are heavy There is tormaldehyde
In the milk and We speak of an in
scrutable Providence which removes
the babies One of the meanest
ways of aduneration is of black
berry brandy, because Il is bought