New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-16
.ADIEU TO BLEACHED FLOUR
Secretary Wilson Of Agricultural
Department Holds il to be an
AduIterated Product.
Millers Given Six Months in Which
to Dispose of What They
Now Have on Hand.
Secretary's Ruling Arouses Indig,
nation and Will be Followed by
an Appeal TO the Courts.

Secretary Wilson OF the department
of agriculture on Wednesday an
nounced his decision in the famous I
bleached flour controversy, holding
that -four bleached with nitrogen Pc
roxide is an adulerated product I'M
der the law and that it cannot legally
be sold in the District of Columbia or
the territories or be transported in
Interstate commerce.
The secretary says in his ruling
that public hearing on the subject
was held by him and the board of food
and drug inspection, and that at this
hearing those who favored the bleach
ing process and those who opposed it
were given equal opportunity to be
heard. Then he concludes:
ut is my opinion, based upon all
the testimony given at the hearing,
upon the reports of those who have
investigated the subject, upon the lit
erature and upon the unanimous
opinion of the board Of food and drug
inspection, that -four bleached by nit
rogen peroxide is an adulerated pro-
duct under the food and drugs act"
Therefore, says the secretary, it can
not be sold in the territories or in
interstate commerce, but owing to the
extent of the bleaching process and
the immense quantity of bleached
flour now on hand or in process of
| manufacture, he gives the manu-
facturers six months in which to get
rid of their surplus product.
{ One Of the staunchest champions o
the crusade against the bleaching
process has been Mr.. Stockman of the
New Ulm Roller Mill Co. He was
one of the pioneers in the movement,
and it was from his mill that the
| department of agriculture secured the
samples of unbleached -four used in
making certain tests. When seen by
a Review reporter Mr.. Stockman said
that it was estimated by the secretary
of the Millers' National Federation
that at least IS per cent of the millers
of the country use the bleaching
process and naturally they do no
take kindly to the secretary's ruling
In fact they have raised a storm O
protest and an appeal to the courts i
almost sure to follow. ''It is incon
ceivable,' in the language of one O
their representatives, "that mlller
who bleach their -four and who have
millions of dollars invested il
machinery for this purpose, or tina
the manufacturers of this Harmless
and valuable process, will submit II
such rank and partisan injustice a
this decision attempts to perpetrate.
: Mr.. Stockman is of the opinion
I however, that the ruling will stand tn
test of the courts. as all other ruling
under the pure food law have, an
] that eventually the state laws will b
I made to conform to the position
O the government chemists.
ST. Benedict's Court, Catholic Orde
: of Foresters, held its annual meetin
4 at St George Sunday afternoon, tx
election of officers resulting as follow
9 Chief Ranger, Mic Jutz; Vice Chi
;, Ranger, George Sackel; Recorair
., secretary. Albert .Schlumberger, final
cial secretary, JOS. Franta; treasure
. Jos. .Kienlin; trustees, Frank Lang
Is John J. Stadick and William Paine
N delegate to the Little Falls conventio
Anton Altman.