The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-10-30
YHB EBgLYERA7ES WHISKY I
"ueC,IE JOHN" SAYS WE ARE NOT
CITING CLEAR QUILL.


RaGSa7 GSsss 9Aefact Can BE Remedied.
Ma ED1TOR: YOT announcement in
the S.sseEpEiSe Of last week to the effect
tIaKE eGuIMmaicatiOn with the above
csQ4ifa WOnId appear this week, may
haEe ssl ssNne to suppose that a positive
alslS sxsEl answer to said question was
aSosT1 Ia 3Se given.
TtF aM s,lca, would say, that this ar
ne5eiS msse iateaded to answer the ques-
tiGN S34snGteIy, but on the contrary, is
mesaasT Suggestive, with the hope that
sanset &e6HE iatGrlned person may &c
Urn@gasX fss sffcr a more satisfactory So
IuthM-
WHISKY, as is doubtless we'll known, is
the ur&Yss.f AE dislillatiOn from grain,
ro0ty ami tsfsT materials, such as beet
TOOt. pgsQanss, heahs, m0llasses, sugar,
etc, esN4 @,ss sseing produced from barley
aftpr IL gnRs been matted. "MOnonge-
haIa, nx1Ae IN Pennsylvania, and that
fr0na B.saFtsm County, Kentucky, are
eOnsF5lFyzsI tSpe best brands Of the pro
duct 5n tESis cou1try.
DsuSSIess whisky, in its pure state, as
II CuYIaas 1Iasn the still, is, III some sense
and tn scAM. extent, useful i'll the arts
and I'm usasSnSae, but to what extent in
meGlcisss, 1IIaiamities widely differ. But
wFralsar IL has medicinal qualities or
not in 5As pssre state, it is a well recog-
nizgE Fart. Gsat pure whisky is, as a
rItle, CS2 Of the question. 1t is not ac-
eessis,st. 9a fir, .0rdiuary mortal who falls
SICK
" Exsyp whisky would be a boon or a
blessFsl5y 20 the sick man at a certain
crisis tf Bis disease, that boon is denied
him, avgi2g 81 sfae fact that somebody
has zdtIESsx7.ssi tlle whisky!
Webster says: 'Adulterate cor
rupt, GE&Eas va Esake impure by an ad-
mixture 0S baser materials; as to adul-
teraa. HluOfs S the coin Of country"
Theia lgr s,S&s dis significant comment:
''The asflslteration of liquors, OF drugs
ars3 of eYen bread and beer, is a common
brit u seanIialOusUrine
Ntsx41F is good authority. He terms
the aihRYSgHff0n Of liquors crime, and
his view cOiacideS with that of
the EAW-zzahing bodies Of nearly all, il
not tswiss 2li, the states of the union.
To ar9MiR anything of value under
false pEetemES, is fraud. Fraud is a
crime, psznislaBEe Ia the state of Ohio,
by fine aRG Imprisonment. Adultera-
tiGn az HqEE Ss for the purpose of gain,
by plaRiAg Ga Slse an article of less
value G2saq Is recsgesented upon its face.
This amaQRts ts fEavd, and as such rem
ders tIEa pCxpetza4Os' thereof amenable to
the sfatIEe az fra,xjs-
The stnfntes Of Oslo, section 1928 and
section SlSS ct SEQ. to 1915. inclusive,
are very GaN aHd explicit on the subject
Of aGluI6esagSan- These statutes provide
that wh0EeC sells any adulterated pro-
visions. wEletAer for meat or drink, with
cut making tSe condition Of the same
known ta dse hGyer, sInli be fined not
more tisau City dollars or imprisoned
twenty &ags Or bath. Also, that no per-
son slTkH Gaaafactnre for sale, offer for
sale CT seSf any dulg0r article of food
which il asIasSesated. The statute then
goes ON tli tseIlBe the term drug" as
usetl i'm uIIs act, which includes all med
icines 6S Internal or external use; and
furtIYSnSMx explains when articles
shall he tbaeHlsd to be adulterated
Wifi6a She meaning of this act.
The saDe sfainte then provides for
compelling nlem,mfactuTer Or seller to
sell sE4s75[eDt fnr a sample for analysis
whe& appIiel 10 Ior that purpose and the
VaSns tlSxeGf rendered; and provides fur
tlss llat the manufacturer or seller who
reEpSes IN w comply on demand, upon
ctnvicfi1 hbeE1sof, shall be fined from
twenty-five TN one snlRired dollars or i'm
prisGnsl SnRn thirty tC one hundred
days sr sash, besides being liable for all
neeesi7zyy utRss and expenses incurred
in Inspecting and ,analyzing such
liqu0sS 0w t5FIR@s-
Ndg, ws EsSo0s Ses.i that the law makes
the sEHss6IEaGOa .Ot liquor crime,
AMI FT,Ei&ss AMPLY for the punishment
OF Eae cFfnISsKGs upon conviction, and 1
prOeset t4 iEaNzire again: Who adulter-
ates wS6a&Ys Who is the guilty
party. Wfa is tie criminal?
A. txY e8oe hei1g asked as to the
WhereahRts&S &S Sgis father, replied: "He
is eitsser In Gre koRse. at the barn or
somewhere else"
lean give ia equally explicit answer
to TINS questIGn, as follows: It is either
the manufacturer. the jObber or the re-
taikE-
WHISKY, being manufactured article,
OF eOsnse, is Gnst found in the hands of
its maSHE, IT thea passes through the
egalaT rAnHnels Of trade, as any Other
eOHinaOAilE- Siz,, the wholesale dealer
and IastsE uw RtSIl dealer.
In nearly sA csEs such goods reacl
the cWlszDSey through these channels
my 0tnGY TUU@ being exceptional
Rhich establishes the rule.
Ncsw YgdFIt az these three peoDle adul