Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-01-04
A SHAMEFUL TRUST TRICK.
TO DECEIVE THE PUBLIC AND
MAINTAIN THEIR EXORBI-
TANT PRICEES.

An article has recently been going
the rounds of the press, in which the
purity and value Of Calumet Baking
Powder is attacked, and in which Il
test performed by the representatives
of the Calumet Baking Powder Com
pany IS branded as ''fake.'' This
article appears as solid news matter,
but ie, in reality, an advertisement
paid for by the baking powder trust.
This sneaking form of competition is
just what might be expected from a
corporation whose principal stockhold.
or, the man VINO directed it's policy,
was indicted in Missouri for the brib.
cry of members Of the legislature tc
keep on the statute books Of that state
a law giving it a monopoly of the
business of the state, and whose so.
called Legislative AGENT D. J. Kel.
", is now q fugitive from justice,
for the same offense.
Calumet Baking Powder has been
for so many years the standard Of all
that is good in baking powder that its
purity, or the fair, moderate price
asked tor it, needs no defense. There
Is just one fact that will bring this
point forcibly to the readers mind.
This state, in CO.. mon with nearly
every other state in the Union, now
has very stringent pure food law,
which, in no uncertain terms, prohi-
bits the manufacture and sale Of any
food substances Injurious to health
and prohibits commercial fraud. Cal
umet Baking Powder complies with
the pure food laws of all states.
The trust complains so bitterly
about the test performed by the repre-
sentatives Of the Calumet Baking
Powder company because it demon
strates the nature of the residue left
in food prepared with the cream Of
tartar powders This test shows
without the use of chemicals the en-
ormous residue of Rochelle Salts, the
principal ingredient of a Seidlitz Pow
der, left In food prepared with the
Trust cream Of tartar powders. This
is due to the fact that chemical re-
action takes place in the process of
baking. When the acid and baking
soda are united by moisture and heat
the nature OF the original materials is
entirely changed 50 that the sub
stances which remain in the food to
be eaten are very different from those
which composed tho baking powder
before baking. Food prepared from
these so-called high grade cream OF
tartar powders does not contain any
cream of tartar, but it does contain a
large percentage Of Rochelle Salts,
which is formed by the chemical COM
bination of THE cream Of tartar and
the soda. Every Doctor and every
Druggist knows that cream of tartar
and baking soda united chemically
become Rochelle Salts, as stated in
tn United States Dispepsatory.
There is not the slightest evidence to
dispute tLis scientific fact, and yet
in the blind advertisement referred
to the Trust has the nerve to attemp,
to make the public believe that the
residue in their baking powder Is per-
fectly healthful.
DR.. A. Warner Shepard, formerly
Health Officer of Brooklyn, said: 81
have not the slightest doubt that the
mental and physical health of thou
sands is permanently injured by the
excessive use of Rochelle Salts in i'm.
pure beer, bread and other forms Of
food and drink. It Is certainly a fac
tor in the alarming increase Of
Bright's disease Of the kidneys, anc