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the greatest effort possible to prevent food officials from enforcing the 

 law against the bleaching of flour. They have employed, at great cost, 

 the best scientific and legal talent that could be had in this country, but 

 the officials have so far won in every case tried, the most important of 

 which is the one known as the Kansas City case. It was hard fought 

 by both sides and the court found : 



"1. Flour bleached by the Alsop process contains added poisonous and 

 deleterious ingredients, which render the flour injurious to health. 



"2. Flour bleached by the Alsop process contains a substance known 

 as nitrites, which reduces, lowers and injuriously affects the quality 

 and strength of the flour. 



"3. Flour bleached by the Alsop process is mixed, colored and stained 

 in a manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed. 



"4. For these reasons flour bleached by the Alsop process is adul- 

 terated within the meaning of the Food Law, and that the character of 

 the adulteration is such that no statement upon the package or label will 

 bring bleached flour within the law. 



"Practically the above decision has been reached by several courts, 

 both State and Federal, and it is not likely that these decisions will 

 be reversed by the higher courts." 



Before the above court decision was reached the millers of the State 

 insisted that much bleached flour was being shipped into North Caro- 

 lina and sold in competition with their unbleached product. The De- 

 partment made an examination of the flour shipped into the State and 



RESULTS OF THE 



>, 



I. 



Material and Brand 

 from Label 



Manufacturer or Wholesaler 



Retail Dealer or Party Who 

 Sent Sample for Analysis 



"I" 



10556 Flour, Kruso ..- Acme-Evans Co. .Indianapolis, Ind. 



10564 Flour, E. Z. Bake .[ do 



9875 Flour, Columbia do. 



9916 do do. 



9526 Flour, Osofine do. 



9985 Flour, Sifted Snow. 



9984 Forest King 



10066 Flour, Eldean.. 



10928 Flour, Choice 



10570 Flour. 



.do. 

 .do. 



The Allen-Wheeler Co., Troy, Ohio. 

 Alexander-Parks, Martinsburg, W. 



Va. 

 Amandt Milling Co., Monroe, Mich. 



10604 Flour. Rob Roy ..do. 



9849 Flour, Lotus do.... 



9536 Flour, William Tell .Ansted-Burk Co., Springfield, 



9511 Flour, Aiiender's Best AUender J. H., Roller, Mich... 



O. 



9983 Flour, Eldean.... Allen-Wheeler Co., Troy, Ohio.... 



10128 Flour, William Tell Anst«d-Burk Co., Springfield, O.. 



10125 Flour, White Fawn.. Antietam Mill Co., Frankstown, 



Md. 



Littleton Feed and Grocery Co., 



Littleton. 

 Matthews-Weeks <fe Co., Rocky 



Mount. 



S. J. Stallings, Littleton 



W. A. Hewitt, Durham 



W. J. Fite, Charlotte 



McCall & Conley, Marion 



....do 



G. C. Lovill & Co., Mt. Airy 



Johnston Bros. Charlott* 



Geo. J. Hales & Bro., Rocky Mt. 

 J. H. Culbreth & Co., Fayette- 



ville. 



Pearsall & Co., Wilmington 



Davidson & Wolfe, Charlotte 



Adams Grain & Provision Co., 



Charlotte. 



J. H. Wilson, Bryson 



Davidson & Wolfe, Charlotte.... 

 White-Flowe-Morrison Co., Con 



cord. 



