Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-03

~ factory to be seld.l BLOOMFIELD
street. HobCken.
A World reporter found the factory
in the basement of a dilhpidated brick
tenement house on q side street within
3 block OF the Hoboken city hall. Epter,
ing the basement, door and Cropping
along q marrow passageway Uttered with
boxes, the reporter finally found Kim
self n q dingy, dark room, the floor oil
which was almost paved with bottles.
A blond young man wearing ,speotaeles,
in reply to an inquiry as to where. the
proprietor could be found, answered:
"He isn't here much, but if You want
to buy l can tell you all about the
BUSINESS" f4
Without giving the reporter an oppor.
tunity to dispel the idea that he was o
capitalist the young man !sBid that he
was o chemist and in Germany had been
Tor many years engaged in the.manufac-
ture OF bogus champagne. He talked
very gliblys OF his special fitness to CON
dnct such aIbnslness. and was very frank
in telling !of the tricks of the trade,
evidently Aopl3gd that if his nearer
should be induced to purchase the fac
tory he would retain him &c manager.
vt is 9 common thing to make artih.
cial champagnes, for the majority oil
people don't know the difference he
said. s.They do 1T IN France, and I car
safely say that allof the genuine article
made in the world can be drank IN one
Fday,""sn5ld III d5iW aaaE tSaEfgca <
HDo you initiate the imported brands q
he was asked. , $50 + q As.syg
a0f course We do. Why, an Ameri-
can won't drink American champagne
and the fewawho do would pay as hightt
price Tor it as is charged for the i'm
ported brands. In Germany and Franc,
they don't initiate q brand to make i
sell. When they do this 1t is to ge'
higher prlces. aBut it I'VE. did notlcsl
onr manuiaeture imported we could moi
get half as much as We do for it." I
Most of the champagne in stock Dor,
tables that were fao.similes of those or
Observation-Disclosures. .nrppsei 10 .:
most popular at this time. In genera
appearance the bottles are similar 4,
those In which the genuine wine IS sold
The only defect in the bottling Of th,
wine by which cit could be uiotectet
as IN limitation ia INC theIicork, whlci
does not bear, the makers mark
and is squeezed and denied, Liz,
soda water bottle corks, by reason o
imperfect machinery. 1t ia not too mucl
to say OF the contents OF the bottles
however, that the majority ofsthe people
who frequently drink sparkling win,
would be deceived, and an imitation o
one we'll known brand would pas
muster at table with all save "a connois
iseur.
Catawba orr some other sweet wine i
used because In the manufacture OF tn,
counterfeit champagne i reIuires les,
sugar than others. California wine il
preferred on this account aud because !
is 30 cheap, costing when bought by til,
barrel only about 46 or 90 cepts q gallon
Five quarts OF the champagne are mad,
from a gallon OF the California wine. Tn,
wine is drawn off in a big tub, TO whlct
ia added enough g~ranuiated sugar u
bring 1t up, TO the proper degree o
sweetness. Chemicals ARE employed Il
nentrallzc the acids OF new wines and Il
produce the desired bouquet. For ad
ditional havoring various oils are used
one or all combustion Of them for eaoi
brand, snch as cherry for EVeuYs Cliqao
and silleryt q apricot for Heldsieek.
After the sugar has been dissolved thu
"AA 10 ultCkCu BLU tu6u CUhERee
with gas, as is done with coda water
and is then bottled under q pressure o
eighty to- 100 pounds. The process il
very simple and mot more than two
hours are required. for sbettIing, forty
gallons. The labtes are affixed to the
bottles and the. gold and silver Toll wrap
ped around the corks and necke. Then
the bottles are packedinl old boxes il
which ohaE1p-ss. Was hi poSsed; aid
which are bought in small quantities al
~tenIcents each. There is such a trade in
bogus champagne,th that there aresone j OF
two firms ip this city who make atspeeial.
ty Of initiating the genuine tables, which
are weliexecuted and are sold at d low
price.f eaGfA liz 10 dsi ;539t6 aI4jsEG
This table of actual expenses was made
mp for the reporter Of case ola dozen
bottles, ~ A4a.m-y ssgauq8g-
box and . IL
Bottles at ~ G. nts &C
Gold foil. wire, and labela........aa..... IL
Labor. 40
sugar .!.t..s. $500. III
[Eiavoring and chemicals. ...I42
Xotal.-.s-. ...-.....s.... ..-.. -. S2.6i
I'm addition to this must be added
rent, fuel, and alloRance for carriage, and
Q sum for the interest on money invested
Tor the apparatus and the wear and tear,
This particularifaotory lie offered for sale
at $1,000. and ,s1eompiete new outfit
could probably be purchased for even