The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-05-07

great m, asuie to the wealth and reputation of
that grand State.
| 1t IS needless 10 say that there is no license
| there to be paid by the fruit grower. Upon ire
| Quent and pressing rtqnesls OF Cali"rhil ana
| North Carolina grape growers, ana III ofder 10
| foster an industry which will do Tor temperance
| more than all the prohibitive laws, the Federal
| government now exempis from duty me grape
| brandy used to fOrify sweet wines up 10 IL per
| cent of alcohol, putting thereby the grape grow
| ers of this country about the same footing as
| their foreign competitors. whose wines forlhed
| up To 10 per cent. with spirits OF all KINDS, pay
| duty wine only.
When the government thus endeavors to pro-
| tect a national industry against foreign compe
| titiOn how are we 10 judge the conduct OF
| legislators who, in their own State, where this
| industry has the best chance TO develop, would
enact or not repeal ch laws as impede or letter
| its development.
AS some of you gentlemen may not be &C
Quainted with the different processes OF wine
making, a few words ON the matter may not be
here out of place. Clarct AMI Burgundy wines
and all light red wines are made hy ltrinen'ing
the grapes Juice, skin and all, without any addi-
ton OF spirits.
For sauternes, hook and all light wines, the
juice is extracted from the grapes and fermented
alone in casks No spirits added.
Port, same process as clarei, with that differ
ence hat the Juice is drawn off from The fer
meniing Vat hen only hall the natural sugar
has been converted into alcohol, and then, in
order to keep the Juice from lermrnting more
and losing all It's sweetness you have 10 add
spirits IN sufficient quantity to raise the alcoholic
strength up to 10 per cent me icImcni ion Of
hal the suga! having produced only aboutG pr
cent.
Sherry madeira and Ill sweet vines. inc'u-
ding "rang" wine, rre made also by checking
thr Term tntslon with spirits.
l. Span and Portugal grape growers are
. ~. 81, i
hr ndy thus obtained to Their port or sherry
! Wlou' paying any duty or license. ~ CtiI-
tornil and many other S ales Ell Y the SAME
priv -, w, the fruit growers OF Fiorda, r.
specially request you not to leave Us amy longer
III state OF inttrluriy
You may ask how | and several others man
age to make and sell wine under HE present
law without paying any license We have been
allowed to do SO by broad Interpretation OF the
law, or perhaps because as lar as ii concerns the
direct producers, the law has been considered
unconstitutional. !, Tor my part, have judged
it 10 be
did not want, however, TO run the risks of
setting oul more vines or establishing plant
for the disillalion of some Of my wine without
a better protection by the law, and il is for that
reason that | apply to The Legislature OF Florida
for more definite legislation.
Now a few words more about brandy. Every
one knows that every day We receive from other
States The vilest kind of alcohol disguised under
the names Of gn. whiskey, brandy, etc, eic,
while il is in our power to dislil the juice of
our different fruits and thus obtain "A Wholesome
article instead of poison. Yrs, gentlemen, a
"poison." Tw" or three years ago the Academy
of Music in Pa,i>-a body the competence Oi
which nobody will denv-wantd To Test The
pelnicous effects of The numerous kinds of alec
hnl manufactured in France and GERMANY. For
that effect rtaln quantity Of alcohol 0t wheat
corn, rye, potatoes and wine was given daily to
several dogs re peciIvely, and while all The dogs
Whi' h had taken different aicohOls Of grain and
potatoes died at few days intervals, the dog
served on diet OF alcohol If wine (brandy) had
gained several pounds. THIS i, fact from
which we must infer that all alc0hOls, The So
called pure " whtsdey not excepted, are more
or less harmful, while brandy is beneficial TO
health
Give us The means, gentlemen, in the making
OF grunge aca7ae TO lOrlily The same with the prod
uct obtained by the distlIa'ion OF orange Juice
in The making of port and sherry TO use our own
grape brandy, instead qf sending North or West
for spirits which, no matter how refined and rela
lively pure il may be, is not a spirits of wine
and when added To the latter constitutes an
aduleratiOn.
Give us the only means TO make PURB VINE
Besides the use of brandy for i0rit, ing sweet
wines, allow us 10 put on the market an article
which will surpass ANYTHING We have under the
name of COgnaC or California brandirs Since
ply lloxera appeared IN The vineyard OF she Cog
nae district the quantity of pure brandy n
France has constantly decreased, SO lha. now
there is very little il any, imported in America
although the imp 'rtaii"n If so-cdled brandy has
not diminished. Some T. ,iiurnia houses make
and sell alreadv n much better article than what
is now being imported; but | tell you gentle
men, We can. here in Florida, make a grade Of
brandy which beats all California and French
brands.
After the phylloxera had destroyed our vine
yards in the Coynac district, tried all the light
wines OF France and Spain in order to find a
substitute tor our lyhi Charente wine" but
this without any satisfactory results; all The
brandics obtained from the disabling OF these
different wines had peculiar taste not recalling
In the least iha, OF our fine champagne On, best
grade of Cognac BRANDY When n lew year,
ago tested HE cambIlny OF Florida wine tor
brandy making was literally aslounled, and
Will not h' stale Ia That O'ner count nv on
earth Can produce brandy OF such excellence
as that obtained by the distllaion OF Florida
wine.
For all the reasons herenhOve given, anil
knowing, as do, your devotion to the INTERESTS
OF our State respectfully solicit the right tor
all fruit growers TO Turn any part or the whole
OF their crop into wine and t. di>tii, il they
choose, any part or The whole OF this wine with
out pay ing any State license.
EMILE DUBOIS
Surgeon General Wuudward, u s. Army.
says OF the results OF chronic malarial poisnn-
l Z: ID .sOrder of the kidneys frequently com.