Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-31
THE LABORATORY
OF NATURE
WITH MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.
The Stubborn Facts
From Official Documents.

The bod front shown by the Apnllinars Com
pany, the pioneers and lead Dg msnufsctdre o
spslkng table waters from the tucts of springs
IN feIend ny thAlr improved mineral water" ant
their colossal efforts to impose it upon the msrissl
Ie%ps az natural water pure and sim PIE pc "a ar
to over ride facts by opinions and to defy cheica
They paid little attention they t, the chsrse'
brought .gansI them; hut still thy di snmm mo,
ne is " Doctor Of medicne) + make AZ
nasspf But as
not QUE OF shem declared the bottled water to oe
ppHe Not ens or q th Sa':' n"' - -
They indirect md ansIied opan,hotsi ans
"es italy" substantially" etc. and even praised
Such Indirect and qualified opinion: are only q
sentie way Fl stating that the bottled water las
q VIII the following documentary evidence before
be fairly said that H. peculiarly 94sPosen
Seems to be abu dainty sustaiIed."
Tap5eaTs Il ON tn. Statements Of their chem
l. Tha. they have treated the water meth 'dcally
for many years, in the manner described by me last
3 That Torrey and Eatons analysis Of imooried
water taith u-h the spring has wedkene correctly
hal II natural water a. taken from the <priag
will not keep, being liabe to smell or sulphurettei
1Hat the rae sod to the pubic contains A PER
cent soId and s s set mr. g@s es min
'hs.,giag snd d.s to :. it og an -,
Rhnuld Ut natural mineral Niters be bottled with
out any ad iilon whatever: D, MT the solid sub
sns of ss
wholesome is ne arlS one half of the snm total!
0Mery: forty per cent cen artciaaly ip,ro
glad to- learn from the Uonsui's dispatch tn at
ton intend to omit the sating of the water winch
they ex,ort TO Il g U"lted States 1t shout TIL re-
for. substantially agree with the last determination
If the sofia ingredients of the spring. and tue Oh o.
of Customs m,H, perhaps. now order such an anal
ysis and a,certain whether it does so agree How
ever. If the question eau now be determined by an
analysis Why not before. instead Of ttccs JerFi"o
dance of TIE sailed article in the market why not
aha re that, too
One Hundred and Fifty Per Centum.,
Su b .lse excess of carbOulc &C al can onl, be
INTRODUCED 10y means of . certain process. ani the
process d.rays conrerts any natural product into
1hss site tn, they have solved the problem Of
Int IN. m.facturers of m;nerai w.tors ' o al,
toyed that problem. 1t is their speca ty, aud tue
Al oi arts eompany has only adopted their carbon
tab water Ia physical iuaposs,bility. unless the
bo11ng is actual, cone in tn nows!s Of the earth
lists appears to be the French soda water machine.
which has received the trade name Of "beyerag
car Donating compressor aad can be- seen daily in
ore. alton at my mandatory Such apparatus is
not necess ny In bottlng natural mineral water.
from its very pr at springs it must inferred
tat the waters manipulated therefore arti-
The fact that they collec. their from
merely cheape''s ths pr ocess: bat a mineral
vvatev. to be natural Ina all respects.
must he bottled just as taken from tn e
spring. as nature made ut, and not as
the French or amy, other soda water
machine makes 1t. Artificial waters are a,.o
sse Lila ~ natura'-the process makes them arti.
fetal Artificial ice Is SD Olutely natural but
the proc SIS "a reduction Of temperature) mai it
artificial The use OF costly machinery Of this char
scter proves conclusivey that il s employed for the
purpose Of ncrt ssipg the m-rcsnt lie value Of tn >
Water Hence their water, being an improvement
uaon na,ure. has lost all claims to cons er .ton
natural mineral water, am ihe frantic efforts Of
ths company to pass it a such seem TO prove that
he aIne. The artitic al butter in the mineral
watfr hne," bestowed upon it by one of their Otca
chemists. about lS months ago, was pretty well
chosen.
The success of the Apollinaris Company in sscur-
Ing favorable official decisions under which they
import their water free of duty q natural water
is certainly astounding in the face Of ths facts an
the segment adoption Of their process aud tactics
by mary ether foreign springs has resulted in the
ioes of hundreds Of thousands OF dollars to the tax
payers OF this country.
CARL 81. SCHULTZ,
MANUFACTURER OF MINE.AL WATERs
1t SEQ BRO. d,r0u.