El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-30

A/ How does marble dust strike
w you as food for your family
particularly for the children
What do you think OF foreground
white clay as an ingredient Of the
bread-loaf on your breakfast table,
Does IT occur TO you that pulverized
white rock OF the kind known as
barytes would contribute suitably to
the biscuits you eat?
OF course. It is largely - matter Of
taste. Most people, probably, would not
care for breadst1ffs Of such sorts
a bill is now pending in congress
that proposes to do away with the
now-governing restriction on the sale
Of mixed flour"-which ordinarily
means wheat flour adulterated with
The corn flour Ccalled "fIourine~) is
a by-product OF glucose manufacture
To a large extent it consists Of the
refuse Of such manufacture
lis Great stuff
s.Flourine" is great stuff It fur
nishes a maximum OF bulk and weight
with a minimum Of nutrimeut- Accord
ing TO the Department Of Agriculture,
q labJring man would have 70 cons sumo
150 pounds Of il TO enable him TO per
form an average days work. 1t con-
tains some RIlphate Of soda. with a
& small percentage Of free sulphuric
acid the latter being used to prevent
fermentation when the 'flOurine' is
mixed with the wheat flour.
Now. at the present time there isn't
anything in law to prevent anybody
. from selling wheat flour mixed with
"flourine." or with any other adul-
terant All that is required is that the
manufacturer shall state on his label
the nature and percentage OF the adul-
teration. There is the rub for who is
going TO buy flour that advertises it
self as partly bogus
The law today puts tax OF -FOUR
cents a barrel on mixed flour" OF
course. that is nothing But the trou-
Bile is that this tax Qevied under the
I internal revenue SYSTEM involves close
inspection of the mixing OF the stuff.
And the government agents see to il
I that statements on the labels cor
Not Much Mixed Flour.
How can q manufacturer OF mixed
! flour do business on such a basis
! The answer is that he cannot. At the
] present time there is not much mixed
Z flour on the market
II the people who are pushing the
bill can get rid Of the tax land the
! Inspection. by persuading congress To
pass the measure. much viii thereby
| be accomplished. If (by the passage
/ OF the same bid radiance can be OBJ
| tanned Of the awkard restrictions OF
the law Omade in 1889 classifying corn
flour as an adulterant. IL will be easy
/ TO persuade dishonest millers to cheap
en- the cost OF their output by introduc-
I ing into il 20 to 40 per cent of flour
{ inc" and the honest millers viii be
! compelled TO do the same thing. or else
I be driven out of business through in
I ability 10 compete in the market at
equal prices.
OF course. when once the inspection
Z is removed. adulterants other than
''flourine" will be employed II was
so before the present law came into
being Indeed. notwithstanding the
! law. there has been Of late recrudes-
4 cence of this kind Of attack upon the
principal food OF the people.
Marble Dust Awaits Demand.
Marble dust "a waste product of mar
bic yards) is stuff for which CONNER
cial uses are badly needed. But IL
/ makes an admirable adulterant OF
! wheat flour. being perfectly white. very
! finely divided, and heavy For use by
I millers. il is quoted at the present
time at s6.25 per ton.
II the bill becomes a law. there is
| bound TO be an immensely increased
I demand for marble dust as mate
rial for bread-making Likewise for
barytes. which is decidedly superior
to marble, resembling, (when
! fine-ground) wheat flour so closely
that large percentage of il may be
introduced without fear OF detection
Even i'm a pure state. IL looks exactly
like flour. and has the same con-
sisteacy and feel
Barytes is usually found associated