Deseret Evening News | 1903-01-24 | Page 8 | Should Alum be in Baking Powder

SHOULD ALUM ALII BE BEIN IN BAKING POWDER The Tho Question Being Decided by State Senate Committee SAID TO rIO BE VERY HARMFUL Local tin Ho 50 III IIII I Kill 1111 New tood glut If II It Condemn Alum Some of the local baking powder man have f much ona ley lost lest their product bo ln designated as 89 one of ire impure foods for In the thu new hare puro food bill that It bU tire tho suspicion of Chairman the tho author of thu hut Wll and the tho other utho of the tho senate committee UI era em mid commerce For tire the purpose of matting something of air Investigation the held helda a ft yesterday nt at which State Food Commissioner wits was present by invitation Chairman stated that a 0 local manufacturer hail approached hint Him with tire the warning that If Iris his new bill con contained a it clause prohibiting hio use o of alum In baking powder ho ire would de tic defeat feat It Just an a he hail defeated n a visit elm liar measure In Itt tIre the lower loeP house two years yearn ego ngo Senator tove explained that since the manufacturer BO 0 concerned he thought he lie woUld tracer ascer ascertain tain inn whether or not alma WAs deleterious ious bus OB as n a property In baking baiting powder Mr Helner Heiner said It wail vaa decidedly so and at the request of tire the committee went On to state that loath load cd eti up with adulterated goods that the pure food requirements in thin juts state tatO were so loose that manufacturers ship shipped shipped ped food stuff hero that could COUll not flat pta pern be sold In the eastern states Mr Helner said that hat when ho at itt attended tended the pure food congress In iii the east last year ear he made careful Inquiries lea ies aa as to tire tho Stature nature of alum and was waa assured by the best authorities there that alum wan very Injurious to take Into the stomach and that Its presence In halting baking powder was not to be toler tolerated uteri Senator Love that the tho fair fairest est eat way to treat tire manufacturer anti and tire the consumer was to require the lie former to label their baking with alum alumna na no one of Its Ingredients All tire the mem members bern bers of the committee concurred In inthis this thin Idea hut but further discussion was ryan postponed until Tuesday afternoon when the bakIng powder will be given givena a hearing