The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-25

good, and sustained every claim
that he made.
Could he preserve grapefruit
He could. There was the EVIL
dence before their eyes, perfect
as in its natural state. Coulo
he retain its natural flavor?
Taste it, eat of it, and truthfully
answer and his claim was
proven. Would it keep, SIX
month. a year? Yes, and IN
cans at that! What, tin cans!
Yes, tin cans, enameled such as
all the high class producers have
adopted. Here was a can that
was year old; he had witnesses
to the date it was canned, and 1t
was kept in one of the hottest
buildings that he could find. NO
attempt had been made to keep
it in a cool place, in fact every
effort had been made to find the
hottest spot in that building
He would open it now and let
them be the judge as to whether
it had kept or not. 1t was
opened and the contents found
as sweet. as richly favored, as
that made the day before. Nor
were there any marks OF the
acid on the tin. Here, for COM
parison was a six months jar OF
the grapefruit. completely COW
cred with pure alcohol, yet it
had spoiled and the top layer
Of fruit was of the consistency
of a sponge, unfit for human
consumption.
But the juice of the grape
fruit, that contains one OF the
strongest natural acids known to
science; would tin keep that
For answer he opened another
can. the same age, and babe
them taste and observe the in
side of the can. The juice was
perfect and the can was bright.
He spoke of fruit salad, mix
, ture of grapefruit, orange and
. ,guava; would that combination
also preserve its natural flavor
and be delectable to the palate
! Another can was opened and
, again every statement made
good.
:, Wonderful. How did he dc
it. But that was his Secret
They could taste and see; he
would explain every operation
from field box to shipping box
hut the magic fluid that wrought
these wonderful results hi
would not tell. No, there wa:
no "benzoate of Soda" he woulG
, not use that for moment. saw,
in only one product, the grape
: fruit phosphate" and the only
:. reason it was used in that wa
, that his experience, he regretted
to say, had shown him that tn,
average soda fountain, in cit,
md village was so unsanitar,
;. that this product would not keel
{ when it came in contact witt
the old, rancid syrups in tn
syrup cans that are rarely clean
ed. but, in chemical parlance
: would break down. not tina
his "phosphate' was impure
:. that would keep tor years as h
q had proved, but the "ferment
y of impurity was already in tn
a syrup cans to start their deterio
:, alton.
q Finally company was organ
), lied. 1t would have been littl
It trouble to have had the capita
il stock oversubscribed many time
e by men who saw the possible
d ties and who were looking 10
e good investments, but Langley
II idea was not to put this in tn
e hands of the monied men. II
n had undertaken the work 70
5, the benefit OF the growers an
It the growers were the ones
IS reap the rewards. They wer
e the ones who lose on the "culls
e theirs to win on them, but lk
IS all tillers of the soil. in off year
g their income is small, but at las
their income is small, but at las
l. enough gathered together
It start manufacturing. Some CAV
g money, some material, Other
t. labor and tile plant was bull
e machiery installed. and wor
ID commenced.
r. Its product was a succe:
Z from the. start. Wherever it w;