New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-16
In DopsgtH' 4. saCi'hry Burran,
Nov York, Aprtl 10, l5r9.

Sir In c9n.Sn1s Of com. s"tS to t4 s SrFc s1tr
M many Of Tie Hrn1l ns,n SGI ss T uy, IT 10
uits10 d" Board II Health hes caused Analyses h'
b" made Of specimens Of Eichy and sel"ss manu.
hSniursi hN YOU, among Othcis.
The r~1lt wouLi SEEN To Indicate so Gres, Dc"
parro from the pr'p"ri,als Of The constituents %,
accepted anaySrs ~ To ~ndrr you liable for VIOLA
tim Of section II OF tho sanitary Code a. ! am
sanitary superintendent
Obviously the matter .hould eud hore, as n"
authorities declare II unlawful Ia sell a. Eicly ana
Golfers waters Of ruirply different oompo't'on'
therby decoiving the public.
About three weeks later however, very interest
Ing letter appeared In Tho Tribune. signed by |. F.
Chandler and A. A. Brcnen,an. addressed The hyeela
Co." no. on the lsb. whose Nichy hal ooen fo'n"
TO contain Of the principal ingredient, viz sodium
carbonate about 20 pr c~ut les and OF sodium chic
1do 100 per cen morr than Is required by analysis
On June O. stIl another lsttrr published. sgned
by q combination Of eight mineral water hrms' Tp-
resented by Nos TO II, on that N'chy hS' ana
ranging from so 10 50 per cent below standard IN the
principal ins~sIicnL Tho public viii remember
several Of them connection with the ntsrrrrnce IN
their business BY the Bosrd OF Health, which finally
lcsuled In the eDecnIh closing up OF their
city wells The asterng references to myself arc duo
to their mistaken belief that the first Tribune article
WINS "A paid advertisement Of mine. As meitor OF
fsct-wcn known 30 the FdltOr-I had nothing what
ever to do with H.
Their arguments and conclusions being entirely
baAed upon thoas OF tho professors, Il will suffice u r.
view that scientific letter 10 which Professors Chahdof
and Brenemsn proved 10 their own Sattsa'uoh' Iha'
yIohy wafer IS a general term not defined by any
analysis and that the Manufacturer, therefore. has the
nght 10 sell a Yicly any mix ture he pleaseS II
seems quito remarkable that no mention was made In
either letter OF the action taken by tho Board OF
Health, and that two chemists should have been re-
quIrpd 10 criticise DR.. Endemann's report, Without
even attempting to correct IT, But Is now clear TIM
their epistle intended for the destruction OF the
board Of Health and that according TO the principle
that two tiprs two makes square, the combined
weight and Influence OF the two professors was deemed
nccessay % modify nuy tho action OF tho author
tiles
Under the anablo gnise thai the public should moi
be mIs,d they write for the benefit OF persons who
are not familiar with the chemistry of mineral waters
asserting themselves AZ authorities They bcgau
by classifying Elchy a. an alkaline sailho "Ao''
Il seems they aIs not familiar with the subject o'her
Wise they would DO guided by such authorities a. Ut
Valentiner or Dr. Alihaus, who use that term "a
cIusiyely in their Balnrothrrspy" aud spas ol
Europe for waters OF the Carlsbad ard haHehosu
class, which contain q considerable proportion 0,
suInb at.s while tboy classify Nichy rs an akAlhe
water. DR.. George 4. Walton also puts h ih'o 'no
ALKALINE cluss Tho Vchy springs have beeh FAMOUS
since the tine OF the Romans and have pecn os'o wv
representative springs Of the alkaline cla~ Oh n0"
waters By all writer's.
They furthermore state that Vieby ws'er ou'y
general name and has no desnlfe meaning hH'a y,
analysis, there being sixteen dinsren' sprme' ~ -,
an ., dia,r,n, oomooston thet the springs are moi
constant and thu, tho analyscs Of the same springs
vary. Ill. A.. Ooh, n
Tbi. Nm. of reasoning vividly recalls the nsnt 0
the mIhdosisrs against the laotomstsr. wnon ues
professors could not tell what milk was, .'0su us
s.oh cav In Frsuch "vachs'' uves ansesn' MIN