LABELS OF BAKED BEAN SAMPLES. 1115 



The can was badly corroded. Salicylic acid was fouiid in the beans 

 and copper was also present. The quantity of the latter was large, being 

 88.9 nig per kilo. Lead was also present, but there was no zinc. There 

 was no copper in a sample of the same brand (No. 11001) bought in 

 Nebraska. 



No. 1077G. Old South Beans. Boston baked beans. Potter $ Wrightlngton, Boston, 

 Mass. One can of this sample was bought frqm Browning & Middleton, 

 610 Pennsylvania avenue, and one from Estler Bros. & Co., 1301 C street 

 SW. Price of each, 15 cents. Tho label was : " Old South brand Boston 

 baked beans. Packed and Avarranted by Potter & AVrightington, at Bos- 

 ton, Suffolk Co., Mass., U. S. A. All goods bearing our signature are first 

 quality and are warranted in every respect. Potter & Wrightington." 

 " It is a thing all Yankees know 

 That beans with brown bread always go." 



The can was badly corroded. No preservative could be identified 

 with certainty. There was no copper in this sample, though it existed 

 in other baked beans put up by what is apparently the same firm (Nos. 

 10953 and 10774). Neither was there copper, but lead to the extent 

 of 18G.O mg per kilo was found. This was undoubtedly due to finely 

 divided solder. 



No. 10950. Boston baked beans. Amherst Packing Company, North Amherst, Ohio. 

 This sample was bought from Ilagan & Gilkisou, stand 60, Riggs mar- 

 ket, and cost 15 cents. The label was: " Boston baked beans, Amherst 

 Packing Co., North Amherst, Ohio, U. S. A." 



The can was slightly corroded. Salicylic acid was present. Copper 

 was found to the extent of 6.6 nig per kilo, and zinc to the extent of 2.8. 



No. 10951. Baited beans. Burnham $ Horrill, Portland, Me. This sample was 

 bought from C. F. Montgomery, 1506 Seventh street NW., and cost 15 

 cents. The label was : "Extra quality baked beans. Packed at Portland, 

 Cumberland Co., Maine, U. S. A. Burnham & Morrill, Portland, Maine." 



The can was slightly corroded. The beans contained no copper or 

 zinc. Lead to the amount of 66.0 mg per kilo was found, possibly from 

 finely divided solder. This sample showed evidence of containing a 

 large amount of salicylic acid. 



No. 10952. Baked beans. Wayne County Preserving Company, Newark, N. Y. This 

 sample was bought from J. H. Huugerford, 1334 Ninth street NW., and 

 cost 15 cents. The label was: "Extra quality baked beans, the Wayne 

 County Preserving Co., Newark, Wayne County, N. Y. Established 

 1866. Packed at Newark, Wayne County, N. Y." 



The can was badly corroded. Preservatives could not be certainly 

 identified. There was no copper or zinc, but lead (69.2 mg per kilo) 

 was present. This might have been in the form of solder, and very 

 likely was, at least in part. 



No. 10953. Boston baked beans. Grocers' Packing Company, Boston. This sample is 

 a duplicate of No. 10774. It was bought from J. H. Hungerford, 1334 

 Ninth street NW., and cost 15 cents. 



The can was badly corroded. Salicylic acid was present in the beans. 

 There was some copper present, and in fairly large quantity, 7.5 mg 

 per kilo (8 mg per can). It was also found in the duplicate sample. 



