The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-02-23
LOUISIANA MoLAssEs.
The Use of Lime and Sulphur as Clarifying
Agents Not Prejudicial to the
Health of Consumers.

The subjoined extract from the re
port of the February meeting of thu
Louisiana Sugar Planters Associa
tion, as published in last weeks issue
of the Louisiana Planter, will be read
with interest by all producers and
consumers of and dealers in domestic
syrup and mo1asses:
president Mccall said that the FIRST
business before the meeting would be
the reading of the report made by
Prof. r. e. Blouin and D. d. Colcock,
who recently made an additional trip
to Washington as delegates from the
Louisiana Sugar Planters Associa-
ton and the Louisiana. Sugar and
Rice Exchange, respectively, to make
further effort to get some satisfac-
tory ruling concerning the use of sui
phur, ETC., in the manufacture of sugar
and molasses as affected by the pure
food law. The report of Messrs.
Blouin and Colcock was as follows:
AUDUBON PARK,
New Orleans, La, January 20, 1907.
Hon. Henry Mccall. President. Louisiana Sugar
Planters Associations, New Orleans. La.
Dear Sir-As members of the COM
mittee appointed at the joint conference
of the Louisiana Sugar Planters AS
sociation, the Louisiana Sugar and
Rice Exchange and the National Mo-
lasses Re6ners' Association, we beg
to submit to you the following as the
result of our mission to Washington,
d. c.:
First, we called upon Mr.. Wads-
worth, chairman of The agricultural
committee of the house of representa-
tives, and presented our case and he
told US that he considered that We had
an impregnabIe case.
After this we had an interview with
the secretary OF agriculture, Hon.
James Wilson, and DIR. Harvey w.
Wiley, chief chemist OF the department.
of agriculture. At this interview
we presented and contended for our
claims for the use of sulphur as at
present used in the manufacture of
syrups, sugars and molasses In Louis
lana. Congressman Broussard, In
whose hands we were, presented this
case very ably and numerous questions
were propounded to the various MEM
bers of the committee.
The secretary requested Congress
man Broussard to prepare brief
covering the details of this interview,
and stated that at some future date
the whole matter would be considered
and a ruling would be given.
After this interview we arranged for
another interview with the other two
secretaries who have charge OF the en-
forcement of the pure food law, and as
we had already appeared before the
secretary of agriculture be did not
deem his presence necessary at that
time. The interview with Secretaries
Shaw and Strauss was rather short
and brief, and uns satisfactory.
After this, affairs as we had left
them were fully gone over with Com
gresham Broussard, and he promised
to look after and conduct a eontinu-
ance OF our demands for justice and
equity under the ruling of this law in
w ashington, and we assure you that
this has been left in able and COM
petent hands, the committee having
provided Congressman Broussard
with the data and details necessary
for the continuance of our efforts.
Since returning, We have deemed it
expedient to solicit your aid and good
Offices in requesting the state board Of
health, OF which DIR. Irion is president,
to conduct series of experiments
along the pathological, physiological
and chemical bases as TO the benefits
derived from the consumption OF our
syrups and molasses resulting from
the use of lime and sulphur as clarity
ing agents, and We earnestly request
that you, in yonr official capacity,
bring this,matter up before Dir. Irion
and seek the aid Of the state board of
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