New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
Find Glass in Food /
In Only | Out of 100
Cases Submitted
Health Officials Blame Hys.
terra for epidemic"
of Charges

The New York City Health Depart
ment, having analysed in it's chemical
laboratory more than 100 samples of
bread, rolls, candy and other foodstuffs
said to contain powdered glass, issued
yesterday a statement in which the
"cpidemic" was attributed to public
hysteria. 80.
THE department warns the public
that unless this thing is checked by an
appeal to reason there will be a dread
full wave of hysteria that may result
in something worse" the statement
said. ut may put into the heads of
disgruntled workmen an idea that
would not have occurred to them other
wise"
Nevertheless. the Federal Food Board
IS so impressed by the apparent seri-
BUSINESS OF the situation it has called
Off its own inspectors and has sent to
the department OF Justice all the COM
plants 1t has received-there were five
yesterday, after three days lul.
Only One Contained Glass
Of the 100 samples examined by j.
?. Atkinson at the City Laboratory, in
East Sixteenth Street. in the las.
week, only one contained glass. This
was piece of cheap chocolate from
Hampstead, Long Island, and the man
who sent it to the board reported he
had bought up the stores whole stock
OF that kind of candy and had found
no more glass.
In addition to the 100 samples, there
were three loaves OF bread that con-
tanned glass. in pieces SO large they
were obvious, and therefore harmless.
These the food division Of the Board
of Health decided were purely acciden-
tai.
Fifty per cent of the suspected
samples contained only sand or grit,
probably the result of slovenly manu-
tacturc,' said the departments report
-" noticed that the bread always was
Victory bread, and that the substitutes
used by the bakers were of poor
quality, mostly chat, sometimes CON
tanning sand. As for the candy, every
suspected piece was of cheap grade.
and the sand came from unrefined
sugar. In normal times only per cent
OF the people finding grit in food would
report 1t; to-day Is or so per cent are
reporting it.
he Federal Food Board has sent US
nineteen samples for examination. Not
one OF these has been found TO contain
glass. Today some suspicious cake was
brought 70 the city laboratory; it was
round to contain hard pieces Of undis-
solved sugar.
New Cases Reported
Among the new cases reported YES
terday to the police and Federal agents
We're the following:
Mrs. Rose Goldberg. 9Gl Prospect Ave-
nue.. The Bronx (bread) Mrs. Jennie
Setford 9lS Trinity Avenue, Bronx
bread henry Schreincr. 62S Cour,landt
l94l Walton Avenue. Bronx Hour
William Ennis. 1881 First Avenue
tbread): Mary Newman, 1883 Second
Avenue CANDY Alphonsc Florcntine,
oo1 East Nlnet'eth Street (hrcad) Pa
landt Avenue. Ridgewood Chocolate cream
putts) Michael Caponc. 391 Henderson
Street. Jersey City tbread) Harry Stein
ned o. Beck Street. Bronx (breadD Jo-
Srpn Werthen. LIS Stebbns Avenue.
Bronx thread) Isaac Wcin:raub. ilni
Southern Boulevard, Bronx (breadl Fred
erick Shaut. IA Dawson Street, Bronx
(brcad. ''>
Policemen in the squad room at CITY
Island police station found glass spin
ters IN glngersnaps.
One Manhattan bakery at which
bread said to contain glass was bought
was reported by government agents TO
employ forty seven enemy aliens MS
dough mixers or helpers.
District Attorney Francis Martin. or
Bronx County, viii begin an investipa.
ton this morning of nine complaints
OF glass in foodstu,fS.