Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . 03; and was the DemocraticSenator in 1861-69; in 1869-70 was candidate for governor of Missouri in 1904. Folsom, Geoege, historian; bom inKennebunk, Me., May 23, 1802; gradu-ated at Harvard in 1822; practisedlaw in Massachusetts until 1837, when heremoved to New York, where he became anactive member of the Historical was charge daffaires at The Hague in1850-54. He was the author of Sketchesof Saco and Biddeford; Dutch Annals ofNew York; Address on the Discovery ofMaine
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . 03; and was the DemocraticSenator in 1861-69; in 1869-70 was candidate for governor of Missouri in 1904. Folsom, Geoege, historian; bom inKennebunk, Me., May 23, 1802; gradu-ated at Harvard in 1822; practisedlaw in Massachusetts until 1837, when heremoved to New York, where he became anactive member of the Historical was charge daffaires at The Hague in1850-54. He was the author of Sketchesof Saco and Biddeford; Dutch Annals ofNew York; Address on the Discovery ofMaine. He died in Eome, Italy, March 27,1869. Food Adulteration. The UnitedStates of America, the greatest food-producing country in the world, is suf-fering from the adulteration of food prod-ucts to an extent which it is difficultto comprehend. There is hardly an articleUnited States assistant treasurer in New of food that has not been adulterated—York City; in 1871 was elected associate flour, butter, cheese, tea and coffee,judge of the New York Court of Appeals; syrups, spices of all kinds, extracts, bak- 399. OHAKLES JAMES FOLGER. FOOD ADULTERATION—FOOTE tag powders; and yet, notwithstandingthis great adulteration of food, everymanufacturer will testify that he is per-fectly willing to stop the adulteration ifhis competitors will stop, so that he canhonestly compete with them. This was especially true in the caseof flour, and investigation in Congressshowed that very dangerous and abso-lutely insoluble substances were beingused to adulterate flour, and it becamevery well known that this fact impairedthe credit of American flour in foreigncountries. The adulteration became soextensive that the manufacturers whowould not use adulteration appealed toCongress for protection, and the law asapplied to oleomargarine and filled cheesewas made applicable to mixed flour. Atthe present time it is believed that themixing of flour has practically stopped inthe United States. This not o
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