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Show A FICHT FOR LIFE. Shall wi DriT Rlunr Po:un from Our Itr.kl( THbl? AI.I M AD AMMONIA IX OUR MtKAI). A nuisance that troubled England lift y years ago is now rapidly spreading in this country, that is putting alum in the bread we cat. This question is causing a great deal of discussion at tho present moment, as it is revealed that alum is being used as a substitute for cream of tarter iu baking powders. A story is told that a very largo per-couiagH per-couiagH of the baking powders sold on the market coutdin either alum or ammonia, am-monia, and many of them contain both ; these pernicious drugs. Much timelv aiarin is felt at tho wholesale u.so of alum in bread, biscuit nnd pastry. To young children, growing girls, persons oh we.ikly frame alum bread eateu morning, noon and evening is the most j harmful. It is the small quantities I taken at every meal that do the mis- chief. Alum is cheap, costing hut two or three cents a pound while cream of i tartar costs thirty cents, and the high I price of cream of tartar has led cheap j baking powder to be made of alum. It, ; Urn reader wants to know something of the coirosive qualities of alum let him touch a piece to his tongue then reflect how it acts on the tender delicate couts of the stomach. Following is a list compiled by the Sciui ','c .inu ricun, of the nluiu and ammonia baking powders that have already been te; ted: ati.antmj r. iruj. i;oval. cook's FAVoKITK. SCIOTO, cuow n. sn.vn; spook. CliVSt'AL. MLVKH STAtl. DAISY. SNOW HUlrT. DAVIS' O. K. SOVKKEKitf. DRY YEAST. STAli. CKM. STATE. ' (iU)HK. STANDARD. keston. t?r ilowi:ii. I'KAKSON'S. W'ASIII.N;tuN". VElUECriON. VMM'SOIt. I'KKI(I.KS8. JUT'S (ilt.U'E. 1TUITY. CRYSTAL. There are, in addition to the foregoing forego-ing list from the tiriinlijic Ammeaa a number of such powders sold in the western that were not found iu the eastern stores. Following is the list to date: Calumet, - - Contains Alum. (L'aluuie; liakirg Powder Co.. Chicago;. Foreit City, - Contains Ammonia Aiuui (Vouwio Bros., Cicve.'and.) Chicago Y.;st.Coutains Ammonia Alum (Chapman & Smith Co., Chicago.) Bon Lou Coataius Alum. Hotel, - Contains Ammonia Alum. (J. C. Grant Baking Powder Co. Chicago.) Chica-go.) Unrivaled, - - Contains Alum. (Spragues, Warner & Griswold, Chi- cuirn. One Spoon, Taylors. Ammonia Alum. (Taylor Mfg, Co., St. Louis.) Yaroall's, - Contains Alum. (Yarnall Mfg. Co. St. Louis.) Shaw's Snow Pulf, - Contains Alum. (Merchants Mfg. Asso., St. Louis.) Dudsun & lliis, Contaius Alum. (l)odson e; Hils, St. Louis.) Shepatd's - Contains Ammonia Alum. iWui. II. Shepherd, St. Louis.) Bain's, - - - Contaius Alum. (Meyer-Bain Mfg. co., St. Louis.) Mouorch, - Contains Ammonia Alum. (lleid, Murdoch ct Co., Chicago.) Snow Ball, - - Contains Alum. 1 Bengal Coffee & Spice mills, Chicago.) Giant, - - - Contains Alum. Milk. - - - Contains Alum. iW. F. McLaughlin & Co , Chicago.) Fcho, - - - Contains Alum. ; iSpencer Bluing Paddle co., Chicago.) ; Kalhfell's Purity, - Contains Alum. (Kalbfell Mfg. co., Cliic:-.go.) Rising Sun. - Contains Ammonia. il'bo'ui.t Chemical Works, Chicago.) While Rose, Contains Ammonia Alum. (Globe Coffee it Spice mills, Minneapolis.) Min-neapolis.) Wood's Acme, - Contains Ammonia. (Thos. Wood & Co., Philadelphia.) Andrews' Pearl, Contains Ammonia. (C. E. Andrews & Co., Milwaukee.) Harrie's Favorite - Contains Alum (11. II, Harries, Minneapolis.) Fidelity - - - Com ciris Alum Solar - - Contains Alum (Sherman Bros., Chicago.) Putnam's Bern - - Contaius Alum (Wells, Putnam it Co. .Chicago.) China "T" House - Contains Alum (Noah McDowell. St. Paul, Minn.) Twin City - Contains Alum (J. K. Ferguson, Minneapolis, Minn.) Hercules - - Contains Ammonia (Hercules Baking powder Co., Sau Frautu-iro.) Climax - - Contains Ammonia (Climax Baking Powder Co., Indianapolis.) Indianap-olis.) , Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is reponed bv ail auihor.tics ns free from Ammonia. Alum. Lime or any otloT adulterant. In fact, the purity of this ideal powder has never been questioned. |