Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-14
New Law Was Enacted With knowl-
edge of Its Effect on Certain Grades
Of Winesar-Proeesses BY Which ci-
der and Other vinesars Are Manu-.
factured--None Of Exceeding Purity.
Special i, Times Republican.

c0lOfeu vinegar. some vi tHsHA has g
made raid on the state food and dairy
commissioner. They thought surely
there must have been "a mistake on the
part of the legislature, but the dairy
commissioner has assured them that
| there Was no mistake at all and that
| the amendment was quite Intentional.
The lawgenacted at the last session
introduced by Senator Newberry and
known as senate file 31S, carries this
clause, and that clause is the law in
twenty one other states besides Iowa.
The factiis, the vinegar manufacturers
of the state have been making; acid VIM
tegars apd selling them to the people as
pure apple cider vinegar by the addi-
ition Of burnt sugar as the coloring
fmatter. One particular concern sold
| it for years as double apple cider vine-
gar.
With the entrance Of the pure food
laws it Is up to the thrifty housewife
to learn something about the nanufac-
1ture of foods This is what the state
food and dairy commissioners says, at
least. Under the pure food law, as
amended last session of the legislature,
there are six kinds of vinegars. Most
housewives have not known that there
were more than two kinds, good and
bad. Very few know that there are
many different grades OF sugar. Under
the pure food law amendment vinegar
means apple cider vinegar or vinegar
made from the juice OF apples, which is
allowed bya process OF fermentation to
turn into alcohol and by a continuation
Of the fermentation to turn into acetic
acid. 1t Is then vinegar. Some times
the vinegar manufacturers dilute It
with water Ordinary apple vinegar
and the state legislature fixed that as
the standard for all vinegar. It is the
acetic acid that makes the vinegar. /,
4 AnotherIkind Of vinegar is that made
from grape juice by the same process.
It may be said that In all vinegar the
process Of making is that the sugar
first turns to alcohol, and then to
acetic acid Manufacturers take low
grades OF sugar, add water and allow
1T to fernent till 1t makes alcohol and
then turns into vinegar by the acetic
acid route. Glucose will do the same
thing, and so there is sugar vinegar
and glucose vinegar.
i Another kind is designated malt
vinegar which is made by the same
process from barley. or other grains.
1t Is made out of sour beer in plain
language. A sixth kind is known and
designated as spirit vinegar, distilled
vinegar or grain vinegar. Malt vine
gar is, made without distillation. Spirit
vinegar is made with distillation. Ac-
IN a Init 1oRr NV
the pure food law 1t is the product
made by the acteous fermentation Of
dilute distilled alcohol"
The six kinds Of vinegar recognized
by the pure food law are therefore:
Cider vinegar, wine or grape vinegar,
malt vinegar, sugar vinegar, glucose
vinegar, spirit vinegar.
It is the last named vinegar that Is
the cheapest to make and 1t Is color
less. It looks like water and some
times cute manufa cturers fool the pub
lie by calling It white wine vinegar.
But It is up to the thrifty housewife
to learn that different vinegars have
their different uses The spirit vinegar
contains sometimes IL to Is per cent
Of acetic acid and the cider vinegar
contains only: per cent. Grocers
sometimes buy q barrel of the spirit
vinegar and then add a barrel Of water
thus making two barrels of vinegar
Of the same strength as cider vinegar.
The pure spirit vinegar is too strong
for table use because of the acetic
acid. It Is just the stuff to put up
pickles, tho for the pickles being
mostly water when mixed with the
vinegar the water comes out Of Nthe
pickles and mikes with the acid and
since the pickles and vinegar are in
about equal proportions when the mix,
ture is complete the acetfc acid is only
about the strength Of cider vinegar. If
cider vinegar is used in the first place
the strength Is only half what It was
at the start.
After all there need be no fear Of US
ing spirit vinegar or malt vinegar or
glucose or sugar vinegar. Cider vine-
gar Is more often made Of the culls
of apples and apple pears and the like.
They include all the wormy apples
which are always considered good
enough for vinegar and the worms are
never taken out. The vinegar made
from barley or corn or sugar is cleaner
than cider vinegar II a person wants
to be fastidious about worms and
things, The purpose Of the pure food
law is to enable the housekeeper to
know just what she IS buying and II
coloring matter is allowed in vinegar
it is easy for her to be fooled.
Judge Zell Roe has sprung a sen
sation with a divorce proof ceremony
which is proving very popular to
those tender lovers who cannot see
thru the early welded bliss to the
clouds beyond. Judge Roe has added
these sentences to his ceremony:
DO you. Mary, solemnly agree that
you will never bring an action for di-
vorce against John except for statt1
tory .offense ~
There has not vet been single an
swer in the negative to this question
either from the blushing bride or the
backward bridegroom.
It may help to hold them together