Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-09-28
FALSIFICATION ON WINES.
Fresh Evidence that AdulteratiOn Is a
Common Practice i'm France.

WASHINGTON, September 24.-The sub
ject OF the adulteration, coloring, and fall
sification of French wines in France occu-
pies considerable space in the--latest vol
ume of consular reports issued from the
State Department. Consul Wilson, of
Nantes, in communication dated at
Rouen, April 18th, acknowledges the re-
ceipt OF dispatch inclosing protests of
the Chambers OF Commerce of Bordeaux
and Cette-against the wine reports from
the Consulate, and says: II have had no
reason to change the opinion expressed
III the reports referred to in reference to-
the Justification of wines in France" He
adds that this Justification is carried on to
considerable extent, and that portion
of the falsitied wine is sent to the United
States. No better evidence, he says, can
be furnished of the existence of this prac-
tice than the establishment by the French
government in the interest of public health
of the well-organized laboratories for
the analysis of wines and other liquids
which are distributed throughout the prin-
cipal towns of France.
Consul Roosevelt, of Bordeaux, in a let
ter dated April 10th, incloses the transla-
ton of an article published in La GirOnde
of that city on the artificial coloring OF
wines in the department OF Aude, which
is the substance OF 4 petition from the syn
dictate of wines and spirits OF Narbonne to
the Minister OF Justice against the artifi-
cial coloring OF wines, and in favor OF an
immediate and energetic check of what is
denominated "a commercial fraud" In
this petition they say that naver have the
wine trade and the proDrietOrs been SO
flooded as they actually are now with
prospectuses, circulars, and advertisements
extolling powders, liquids, and other pro-
ducts fit for the artificial coloring OF wines.
They name a number of these substances,
among them "roussillon concentrated"
vegetable concentrated extract, "Lyno-
line" 'deep black hue" vegetable red,
grape caramel" ..Bordelaise hue" and
'Bordelaise colorant." They say their in
tention is not to act as denouncers, but to
warn proprietors and traders against the
eXtollers Of adUiterations. La GTOnde, in
commenting on the petition says HIiun-
dreds of hOgsheads daily arrive on our
market filed with the product condemned
by the petitioners"
A note from another report of Consul
Wilson at Nantes says that he is credibly
informed that the publication of the
monthly reports of the municipal labratory
at Paris is to be suppressed by the project
of police oSthe application OF the society
Qf wholesale wine merchants. This labora-
tory, he says, has proved most efficient
preventive of the adulteration Of food and
drink, and the suppressian OF the puhliea-
ton OF its reports Icy the wine merchants
is, he thinks, evidence against the bona
fde nature of their declared willingness to
aid in the suppression of the traffic IN
adulterated and falsifed wines and LIQUORS
Consul Peixotto, of Lyons, reports
the total vino harvest of Franco for eea
70 be G79, f$i,. i gallons, u product less
than the harvest OF 1881 by Il, sol 1856 gal
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