The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-12

of time. Condensed milk In cana fs extensively used. but that lacks a good deal of being fresh milk. even when we get the best.
 If all that is claimed for the new process is true, the advantages are almost incalculable. For one thing, the cooks and the housekeepers will always have the mAns at hand from which to make a pitcher of pure, fresh milk at few minutes' notice without depending on the milk man. We are told that this powder will not only keep indefinitely in cans. but that it will keep good for several days after the can is opened. Keepers of cattle win not stand to- lose anything, but rather will gain by the plan. for they will sell their supplies of fresh milk to the miik-drying plants. and will be in no danger of having it spoil on their hands.
 One of the greatest advantages to be derived from this discovery. if it fs completely successful, will be the furnishing of the powder to soldiers in the field or on the march. for 1t will not only be more palatable than the condensed milk now in use. but will be better and more easily prepared. A soldier could carry in his kit. without adding perceptibly to his load, enough of the powder to keep him supplied with fresh milk on the longest march. and even when stationed in camps or quarters it would be great convent enee and q welcome addition to their rations. We should think 1t would also be almost equally good in the navy. Tn short, if there is no mistake in the Swedish chemists claims the discovery is certainly an important one.
 It strikes us that there's q possibil- ity in connection with this discovery that may lead to complications. No great invention or discovery stops at the first step. but all are more than apt to be extended and anplihed far beyond the original scheme. Now. Is 1t not at least possible that this pro- cess will be carried a littis further, and that some wise chemist win in- vent powdered whiskey and powdered beer, which will be as good as the real stun just from the bottle? We know that there are, or are said to be. beer tablets which can be carried in the pocket, and from which real beer can be produced. but they are nothing to what the powdered article would be. If powdered booze can be produced as successfully as is claimed for powdered milk a man can carry enough in his vest pocket to build the biggest kind of a jag, and small can of it would furnish joy and exhilaration enough to supply q fishing party or picnic for a day.
 Wee are not sufficiently versed in the intricacies of the law to know whether this powder would come un- der the ban of the prohibition laws or not. A law forbidding the sale or giving away of vinous, spirituous or malt liquors could hardly be made to fit this powder, for 1t would not be liquor at all. and how could 1t be so declared? And even if the law could be made to prohibit the sale of it. how could 1t be done? offlcers of the law would hardly venture to open and ex- anime the contents of all the cans in a grocery store, and the grocer would not be compelled to have the cans la- belled "whiskey powder" or Deer pow der" as the case might be. and might sell booze right under the nose of the prohibition enforcer and the latter not be put wise to what Es going on. And a druggist. if so inclined. can sell the powder in cans labelled headache powder" and probably not be far from the truth.
 As we have said, we foresee 6 mum. Der of complications in connection with this discovery. but even if 1t never applies to anything but milk 1t will be among the important inventions of the age. for 1t is a matter that comes down to avery home and individual, as well as to armies and other large bodies of men. It is to be hoped that Dr. Eskenberg. which is the name of the alleged discoverer. is not deceived and is not trying to deceive others.