Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-11
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Health Journal
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The following article upon matted
beverages, reprinted from the Chi
cago Health Journal, the leading
health publication of the west, is not
only very instructive from a scien-
tific point of view but it is especially y
interesting to Akron people because
of the commentator it gives one OF
Akron's growing industries:
1t is interesting and instructive TO
note the changes in opinion that have
taken place during the last 20 years
on the subject Of matted beverages,
A quarter Of century ago physi-
clans either gave way to popular
prejudice and condemned beer drink
ing in unqualified language or else
they prudently refrained from an
expression of opinion in regard to a
matter of which they knew little or
nothing. Medical scientists of today
are entirely at one with respect to at
least two propositions that bear OH
the subject at present under discus
sion. They all affirm, in the most
positive language, that inferior beer
is highly injurious to health; and
and they are likewise agreed in pre-
nouncing pure matted beverages
wholesome and invigorating.
But some one will ask, "What is
the difference between good and bad
beer, and how is an unscientific per-
son to distinguish the one from the
other?" To the first question We may
answer that a thoroughly high-graGe e
beer is composed wholly of hops and
barley malt. In answer to the secoi d
inquiry we regret to say that pure
matted liquors cannot be separate d
from the impure except by the trained
skill and scrutinizing tests of the
analyst. Knowing, as We do, from
the number of letters which have
come to us on the present subject,
that distinctly superior beer is an
| object of demand among our sub
scribers, we have pushed our investi-
cations far into the field of matted
liquors in order to ascertain what
beers were worthy of endorsement
from a sanitary publication whose
character forbids the mention in it's
editorial columns of any but the very
best and most salutary articles. We
have found, among the vast number
of matted beverages that we have
examined, few that really deserve
bygienic commendation. One of the
very best examples of such a beer
came to our notice not long ago in the
product of George J. Renner of Ak
ron, o.
In answer to the dictates of cau-
tion, we had this beverage tested in
the chemical laboratory by staff of
analysts noted for the searching
character of the examinations that
they perform. 1t is in response to
the official report received from this
body of scientists that we have in
serted the name of the above beer
in our editorial columns as being
worthy of the highest praise that the
medical scientist can bestow. The
report on this beverage which came
from the chemists above referred TO
stated, after the usual preliminaries,
thof Oh hcnIr1fn tp ond hlxy
high-grade quality had been found
by George J. Renner.
The next point that deserves en-
phasis in the present connection is
that distinctly superior article,
like the one above mentioned, is sa-
lubrfous, nourishing and eminently
conducive to robust, vigorous health.
That pure beer should possess prop
critics of such vital Importance to
every seeker after sound body re-
suits from the sanitary virtues of the
ingredients entering into its compo-
sition. They are, as indicated at the
outset of the present article, malt
and hops. The former constituent is
a tonic of thorough and approved
hygienic worth; the latter is a con-
seTVdtOT VI sITelStu. 1ORetueT tneN |
form beverage that is at once ac-
ceptable to the palate and valuable
to the human system-a beer of the |
very best quality such as that pro-
duced by George J. Renner.
When we recommend pure |
matted liquors, like the one just
mentioned, we wish to have it we'll |
understood that our recommendation |
extends no further than to distinctly |
high-grade beers. No periodical de-
voted to matters of hygiene will, if it
is true to its mission, pass favorable |
judgment on any food or drink until
after it has found but by means of |
the most trustworthy and convincing
evidence that the article in question
is absolutely above reproach. In
addition to this requirement., the
Chicago Health Journal demands of
any product, before granting it
that it shall-prove itself
to be possessed of the highest order
of sanitary virtues. 1t is only be-
cause the beverage mentioned in the
present editorial has displayed a
wholesomeness that we