New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-02
MINERAL EATERS
ART1FcIAr VS., NATURAL THEIR USE AND
ABusE-soME SUGGESTIVE FACTS ron THE.
PUBLlc-rHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
MEDICINAL AND A TABLE. WATER.

PUBLlc-rHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
MEDICINAL AND A TABLE. WATER.
TO che Edttor Of The 7rf6uMs.
Sir: So long ago as March 90 last, there appeared
IN The Tribune most rcmsrkable article under tho
caption OF Natural aud Artificial yichy,' In is
opening sentence Il deity introduced the name of the
Board Of Health, purposoy, think, TO mIslcad tho
reader. and In the figures and statements which
followed, referring 10 Medelna Spring Waters as
sold by manufacturers OF this city, IT showed tho
results OF number OF analyses made for comparison
all OF which would have passed unnOticcd as a
recent Nprnting OF tho whole Pald advertisement
90 the form Oi a erculsr as iona hdo article IRON
The Tribune, The OBVIOUS purpose beng 10 eNal;
the waters OF one manufacture at the expense Of all
"'' ''"''' AN UNFAIR COMPARISON.
II Is apparent from the tone OF the article that
third parry not directly interested, was employed To
FOR the purpose Of publishing the chemical analyses
Of waters purchased In the open market In comparison
made sr n, o. OCCASION c SIh res stress IS aid on ne
word natural IN its employment ~ describe MIN
eral water. This term Is properly used only when
when drank at the springs. PROFESSIONALLY water
ceases Do be natural mineral waor when II Is eN.
PTseSted for %an %He OF sucie%S Earb5 70
Piled to mineral waters, has been used 10 thIs case
merely catch word 10 mlsload tho public; al e
s a5s e." DO shown on fuller consideration '@'
cent year, and the Increase !; almost entirely duo TO
the sale OF these waters as thrsquenching beverage
extent that would have been Impossible II the springs
from which those names derived had boon the only
oR IS pSsSo to S ta R0s G better aftGe hsn
could be obtained II the original waters were i'm.
The names yIchy and Settlers have become house
hold terms with thousands who neither know nor
names cannot be trade-marGcd nor copyrighted. and
there Is no fixed COMPOSITION TO BIO ss-iS2cd 10 the
products which bear them.
THE CHARACTER OF SUCH WATERS
The names yiohy and settlers are applied ordi.
n1rly to two classes Of waters, both Of which are
that Vlchy Is richer in alEa carbonate Of soda than
IA common salt while In Settlers the salt predomlnsss
In Settlers. The OF the waters beverages rests
s@S tcas OP er al s TS sy @
digestion by ncutralizing the excess OF aid IN the
they sre rendered. paistabio and stimulating When
mixed with wines they neutrai!ze the free acid and
to s liberation Of Sa @ acid These waters
used very freely in summer especially and II Is wei
system Il the mineral ingredients were in excess.
The effect Of carbonate OF soda In largo doses is to
Gs SSsa ySars a. SJ he osoU 81 SsTg car
Donate of soda in lager beor was investigated by the
severely eOndemned (Brookyn Health Report lso5
Tho sale Of highly alkaline waters TO be used as
same objection Public opinion has already ranged
itself with medical authority in Prelerrng tho weaker
huber, to the stronger and less saio natural Vchy
water; II is Just this public pressure which has
Ing the formula Of natural VIcby by reducing the pro-
portion Of alkau.
Natural Ychy water and any product which claims
10 closely Initiate It must be regarded as medicinal
water exclusively and not As a beverage ana NO.
X a tas Sh u S naTa w SnS The
pro portion Of carbUna'e OF soda n IL Is 50 high uat
Of physician. Tho average medicinal dose oi this
salt Carbonate OF Soda IS ten grslnA one small
tain such dose. Used as beverage it Is liable 20
introduce into hs 5! stem SuSSHag OF 1aA lar
III. w Mqs T Of the S sdTpo sc641 aco IS made
10 say that considering the large quantity Of these
% % o W sso the 10 @s " x hama a ana
have the manufacture Of mineral waters plared under
warned not 10 drink natural waters or direct !mIta-
lions Of them except By the advice OF physician
S sS R0 nIn % wa T II d need and uses
large quantities" OF table waters Of mldcr charac
agents for certain diseases should also bear label
F. oe g' SUCH ana water gor a nd 70 @vo
ts consumption without restraint may result in grave
is separate and special place and use. aud 4 Mr..
schultls Vchy or other waters are 50 compounded as
ihcn ss have said above they should be clasSrd
a. medicinal waters not as table waters AMI their
n 6sn+ b1s a e that OF any 0S er sSi
and not heavily charged with mineral ingredients as
~
and deserves 10 be unmarked.
We protest against nvidous comparisons SIT
forth the artlce referred TO- We prepare mineral
for M OF the table and &c general bever
ages and consult tho public health and taste IA
Inc composition Of them.
tSgnHd.l
BOLEN q BYRNE.
Ais to 4c3 Fast Fifty fourh.st
DYRNE BROS.
n75 Snrng-st
HYGETA SPARKLING DISTILLED WATER CO.,
$40. 351 and $50 West Twelfth-st
s. A. LUDIN,
Al and 40 Eleventh ave.
ITGHTE & BRO,
500 East Seventcenthst
JOHN F. MEYER,
62s Westinghouse.
NETWORK ROTTt1NC CO..
100 and ICE Sonth Flfth-sve.
wFYMANN BROS,
S4l sINth.st