Evening star., 1923-04-18
FOOD INSPECTION
METHODS ADVANCE
Chemist Explains New Way
of Handling Eggs-Notes
+of Business World.
BY j. L. ROY LIE.
Dispa;ch TO The Star.

SPECIAL Dispatch TO The Star
NEW YORK April IS-How would
you like to be responsible for the
rigid inspection of o0.o00.000 eggs a
year? That is a part OF the job which
has fallen to DR.. Clarke +. Davis,
chief chemist Of the National Biscuit
Company. He is the doctor who pre-
scribeS all the ingredients that go
into the cookies and crackers con-
eumed by millions of people through
out the United States every year.
In the last five years. said DR..
Davis TO-DAY. there has been much
advancement in methods of food
PREPARATION. Many people have an
idea that gelatin is not high in food
value. That is not the case.
Pure Selatine is exceptionally. high
In nutritive value. 1t took US 1--WE
years to produce gelatine that would
contain the most nourishing elements
and that would be free from the
deleterious substances SO commonly
found in this product. The company
now uses about 100000 pounds of
seiatine a year. People have come to
like marshmallow coating on sweet
cookies. Pure marshmallow contains
nothing but pure water, sugar and
the best OF gelatlne.
Peculiarly enough, since wartime
there has been an unCeasing demand
for sweet crackers. sugar waters and
bakers products generally. We con-
sumo in our plants about thirty tons
OF pure chocolate a day, to say moth
ing of the great amount OF sugar,
fiavoring extracts and molas ssea'
We found by scientific investiga-
tfon that eggs placed In cold storage
deteriorated despite the most exact
scientific care given them To over
come this deterioration. and 80 AS TO
have an absolutely fresh supply of
eggs at all times. we developed d
meteorological process of sterilIzing
the eggs and freezing them automat- =
icaIly after they are taken from the
freshly broken shells
Constantly we are called upon TO
supervise. classify and measure for
specification -four produced In all
parts of the country. The average
runs in two grades. hard and soft.
Experiments and tests show that the
most lucious of gingerbread is made
from soft -four and that hard nour
makes the best soda biscuits and prod
ucts Of that character
$4,000, 900 Project Done.
NEW ORLEANS. La. April IS
This city is preparing for the formai
ing Lake Ponchartrain with the
Mississippi river, which will take
place May s. The project cost
sz0. .0o1, 900 and is expected to add
materially to the foreign commerce
handled through this port.
New Sugar Refining Firm.
NORFOLK, Va. April 1S.-Sorfolk
Sugar Refinery Company has been
organized with $3,500,0o0 preferred
stock and $500 shares common 2tock
and will build a large refinery here
Fireworks Business Booms.
ELKTON, Md. April IS. Victor
sparkIer and Speciality Company is
sold out in its fireworks production
OF everything it can manufacture up
to July. 1t will be the biggest year
In the company's history.
Music Roll Plant Planned.
BALTIMORE, April is. - Piano
player music rolls will be manufac-
tured here in a 100000 plant to be
established by the Acme Music Roll
Corporation. organized with James 5
Stevenson as president.
Push Coal Mining Plans.
BECKLEY. W. Va. April IS
George l.. Miller Of Beckley and Hill
ton w. Robertson and Francis A
Crawford of Washington. ID. c., have
plans for mining several hundred
acres of coal land in Fayette and
, Raleigh counties. They have char
tered the Chippewa New River Coal
Corporation, with 81, GOO, 900 capital.