Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-05

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The Milling and Grain News is au-
! ehorlty for the statement that there
WIZ be no more seizures of bleach4d
HOUR in this state or other states till
. there has been a test in the courts If
the ruling made by Secretary James
Wilson, The greater number of the
seizures have been made in Iowa -four
having been taken at the girls indus
trial school at Mitchellville. at The
army post in Des Moines, and a num-
Der of other places.
Milling concerns have raised big
fund with which to prosecute the mat
ter in the courts TO determine whether
or not bleaching -four is against the
provisions OF the national pure food
law. State food commissioners will not
make any ruling on The matter till the
courts have ruled On Wilson's decision
There are a number Of processes by
which flour is made white or bleached
Taking oxygen out of the -four is what
/ bleaches il. This is done by different
processes. One is to Internationally dis
| charge an electric flame near the -four
There are chemical processes also and
all Of them are technical and compli-
Gated
! 1t Is claimed by nillers that the
bleaching process does not add or de-
4 tract from the food value Of the -four
1t is claimed that tests made show that
in the majority of cases the bleached
-four makes slightly larger loaf. This
difference is so slight, however, that
1t can not be detected outside Of a
laboratory The great claim Of the mill
Ing concerns is that they must have
their flour of uniform color SO that II
will make bread of uniform color and
they can not do this unless they bleach
the flour. Northern spring wheat and
i soft winter wheat mako the writest
unbleached -four Rev Turkey or Kan
sas varieties make yellow -four while
Nebraska yellow berry makes still vel
lower -four and the drum wheat
makes the darkest yellow -four
The miller claims he is forced by the
demands of the trade to have all his
-four white and yet is forced to buy
wheat wherever he can get it. SO UNI
less the bleached -four ruling of secre-
tary Wilson is knocked out they claim
they never will be able to supply a
uniform grade of -four and all the
housewives in the country will be
kicking because their bread is no,
white like it used to be.
The big conference of progressives
at Mitchell, s. D.. has attracted much
attention among progressives in Iowa
The progressives in South Dakota
passed resolutions in which they as
sumo that because the state for sew
eral years has stood by the progress
sive cause that is now the declared
platform Of the republicans of that
state and on that basis they invited in
all the standpatters. Many of the
. standpatters seeing the handwriting or
the wall came into the fold and the
few who are left with Senator Kit.
redge on the outside 1t is claimed will
not be able to make much Of a fuss
in the coming congressional elections
The battle Is fought and ended in thai
state and Information is that the
standpatters will make no effort Of any
consequence from this on.
While there is no doubt In the minds
OF progressives in Iowa but that this
state will stand by the progressive
cause In the next election it is recog.
nized that the standpatters are gath
ering their forces for fight again. IN
spite Of the fact that Iowa is coins
more progressive each year and the
handwriting on the wall is plain thew
Twill carry on the old fight,