THE HOUSE OF WALTER BAKER &> CO. 



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there has grown up one of the greatest establishments in the world, 

 the house of Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., an establishment which 

 competes successfully for prizes in all the great industrial exhibitions 

 of the world, whose influence is felt in the great commercial centers, 

 and whose prosperity promotes the welfare of men who labor under a 

 tropical sun in the cultivation of one of the choicest fruits of the earth. 

 Before proceeding to describe the methods of manufacture used in 

 the Baker Mills, something should be said on the importance of select- 

 ing only the best raw materials, and of treating them in the light of 

 modern science and without sophistication. 



The three associated beverages, cacao, tea, and coffee, are known 

 to the French as aro- 

 matic drinks. Each of 

 these has its character- 

 istic aroma. The fra- 

 grance and flavor are 

 so marked that they 

 cannot be imitated by 

 any artificial products, 

 although numerous at- 

 tempts have been made 

 in regard to all three. 

 Hence, the detection 

 of adulteration is not a 

 difficult matter. De- 

 signing persons, aware of the extreme difficulty of imitating these sub- 

 stances, have undertaken to employ lower grades, and by manipulation 

 copy, as far as may be, the higher sorts. Every one knows how 

 readily tea and coffee, for that matter, will take up odors and flavors 

 from substances placed near them. This is abundantly exemplified in 

 the country grocery or general store, where the teas and coffees share 



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