The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-10-18
Caniion 40 Merchants.

ALL DISCOVERIES and inventions Of ap-
proved value, qs preservatiges OF health or
remedies for &issass, give rise unfortunately
| to pernicioss eopnterfei1s and iWltatiOns. -
The more popular the article The more eager
! Is its name, its Credentials, III external ap.
pearance are copied by unsssapulous knases,
uho, destitute Of the ability to produce any
thing useful themselves, have just su@Cient
| cunning to make capital out OF the discove-
rios OF others. 1t has been said that "hy
pocrisy is the homage which Woe pays to vr-
/ tue 1" end it might with equal truth be ro-
marked thai thu counterfsits Of valuable rem
edies are the tribsts paid BY posion mon
gers to practical science.
When the pure medical restorative, nsv 90
widely known AZ Wolfs's Schisdam Sonapps,
was introduced 80 the world under the ON
! dorsenent Of four thousand leading members
Of the medical profession, some I'VE years
ago, ito proprietor was we'll aware that it
could not wholly gsceps the penalty attached
TO oil new and ussfSl preparations. He
therefore endeavored TO invest it WITH the
strongest possible safeguard agaisst eOnn-
| tetfeiters, aud to render oil attempts 10 pl.
rate..it dif6calt and dangerous. 1t was sub
mittsd 70 distinguished chemists for analysis,
and pronoa.cs. j.y them the purest spirit
ever manufactured ltspsritS aad proper
ties having been thus ascertained, sanples
of the articles were forwarded to ten thou
sand physicians, including oil the loading
practitioners in the United States, for pur-
poses VI sx.3rment. A circular, request
ing trial q the frstssation and report
/ Of the result, accompanied sasu specicimen.
Four thousand of the most eminent medical
men in the Union promptly responded. Their
I nntu,ar. ~ In "a ~ leila vsa nj fn
vorable. Such desperation, they said, had
long been wanting by the progression, as NO
reliance could he placed OF the ordinary
liquors VI c9wmerce, oil Of y aich were more
or less adulscreted, IA. tier, fore unit for
medicinal purposes. The peculiar e1cel-
lauas apd strength of the Gil Of juniper,
which formed one Of the principal ingredi-
ents Of the senuapps, together with the I'M
allowed character of the alcoholic elements,
give it, in the estimation OF the faculty, .
marked superiority over every other diftu-
siye stimGlant as adiursli0, tonis, and Tsstor-
alive.
These satisf aetory crsdeotials from pro-
fessional men Vi The highsss saak vsrs pub
lished in condensed form and enclosed with
each bottle of the schnspps - one of the
guarantees VI lis genuineness. Other pre-
cautions ageapsI is-pd were also adopted .
patent Was obtained Tor the article, the label
wss copyrighted, fac simile Of the propri-
stor's sutogrsph signature Was attached 70
each label and cover, bis psme and that Of
the preparations were eubosssd on the bot
ties, and the corks were sealed with HE pri-
vate seal. No article had ever been sold in
this country under the name OF sohnapps
prior to the introduction Of WoHe's Schi-
edam Aromatic Schnapps in 1851; and the
label Was deposited, ~ his trade mark, in
the United itstas District Court for the
southern district ii Qsy York during that
year.
Itmight he supposed BY psrsoas aaao-
quainted with the daring character Of the
pirates who prey upon the reputation OF hon
orsble merchants by vending deletasioua
trash under their name that the projections
50 carefully thrown around the schnappe
would have precludsd the Introduction and
sale Of coupterfeits. They seem, however,
only to hnvc stimulated the rapacity Of i'm
posters. The trade mark Of the proprietor
has bean stolen; the endorsepent WHICH hia
Schiedam aromatic sctnapps alone received
from the medical profession has ksAa claimed
BY nsnda1ious handbags ; his lsbsls And bot
|. paraphfased, his circulnSs copied, and, worse
/. 1
.. posing OF the genuine contents OF his bot
ties, Asys SLED them up With common gin,
the most deletcrious Of al liquors, and thus
made his name and brand . cover Tor poi
son.
TAs public, ths medical profession, and
. che siok. Tor v1,om The Schiedan aromatic
, schnapps il prescribed as . remedy, arr
equally interested with the proprietor 10 TN
detection and suppression Of these nefarlou,
practices. The Esanine article, mAnnfac.
tured st the establishments Of the under
signed in Schiedam,s holland, 10 distilled
from barrier u the finest quality, and IA.
vored With an essential extract Of the berry
al Italian juniper OF unequslled purity. By
process unknown in the preparation Of any
other liquor, II il freed from every aerid and
corrosive element.
} Complaints have been received from the
leading trims IN many of tho Southern end
Western cities OF the sale OF cheap imitA.
tioas Of the Sehicdsm aromatic scknspps ia
those markets, andtrsvallers who are 10 III
habit Of using it ~ IN antidots 70 The bane-
, full influence Of uhwholesome rivsr water
(; testify that cheap gin, put mp in SohisdAm
bottles, i freqssnslJ palnsa Of npen ~
] uswary. The agents 81 The undsrdensd
have bssA rsqaessed to Institute inquiries u
the subject, and - forward TO him IL nADeu