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Show hMKitjWHyrtajTlLIU IU illiHI lilt H IJII.IHI II lllilj A Sf fUNGENf FOOD LAW. Pfoillbits the Use of Arsenic or Alum in all Articles of Diet. Tlio law ennctod by the Mfssoiui legislature, leg-islature, which prohibits' tho manufacture manufac-ture or sao of niiy nrticlo intended for food to or bo usod in tlio preparation of fo:d, whioh contains nlitin, nrsenh', nin. iiionhi, etc., places tliat stuto in tho lead n tho innltoi of eanllnry legislation. Laws restricting the use of nliim in. bread have been in foco iu England, Germany nnd Franco for many yearn. Iu this country in Minnesota, "Wisconsin, "Wiscon-sin, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and asv-eral asv-eral other stales, direct legislation In reference to tho talu ot alum baking powders has also been eirocted. In severnl sev-ernl of llioio states tnclr sale is prohibited pro-hibited unless they nro brnnded to i-how thai they coiitnlu nliim, nnd iu tho District of Columbia, under the laws of cot gross, the sale ol bread containing alum has been mado Illegal. Following nro ilio linincH of thobrnnds of linking powder sold hi thin vicinity which nrofhown by recont ntinlysiB to contain alum. Housekeepers and gio-ccrs gio-ccrs eliould cut tho list out nnd keep it for reference: Baking i'owders Containing Alum. K. C Contains Alum MbiiT. tiyJaquM MiiTr, Co , Chiiiao, CALUMET ConlniiiH Alum Mnnf. Iiy Cnliinict linking I'nwitcr Co., I'lilcnuo. PERFECT Contains Alum Mnnf, Iiy I'ctfctl linking I'awtlcr Cj., M. Louis. SALT AIR Contains Alum Msnf, liy"Snlt Air IMklng 1'owilei Co , Halt l.nke Clly. HOME Contains Alum Mnnf. by Home Unking Powder Co, Ban I'rnnclico. Ill addition fo theso many grocers sell whatthoy call thoir own private or special brands. These powders nro put up for tho grocer, and Ida iinmo put upon up-on tho labels by manufacturers of nlum powders. The manufacturers, it is said I ml their eirorts to maiket their goods n this way giently nided by the niubl-tion niubl-tion of tho grocers to sell n powder with his own name upo tlio label, especially as he rnn mako nu abnormal piofit upon up-on it. Mnuy grocers, doubtless, do not know Hint the powders they nro tints pushing aio nlum powders tho sale ot which would he a misdemeanor under tho law rcfened to, It is quite impossiblo to give tlio names of nil the nlum baking powders. They uru constantly appearing in nil Eort.'i of disguises, under diHercnt names and at all kinds of prices, even ns low- as (Ivonud ten conts u pound. They can be avoided, liowovor by tlio houiokeeper who will bear in mind that nil baking powders sold at twenty five cents or les per pound nro liable to contain rilum, na I'tiro cream of tartar powder cannot ho produced at anything like this price. |