The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-01
eUININE AS A CAUSE OFF WAR.
BROOKLYN Ia gle

Brooklyn Eagle.
india, Java and Bolivia have become
involved In a trade war over uufnine and
as India means England. while Javs
STANDS for Holland, the triangular strue--
gle is likely to be interesting. Holland
declares that 1t owns the only real, genu-
and ths bottle brand of quinine
anu tnat II comes from Java England
insists that the Indian variety is the bet
ter brand and that the JaYanese article
Is 49, aenclent as fever cure. Bolivia
pretensions of both countries. saving
that the Indian and Javanese varieties
are merely transplanted weakIings from
the native forests
10 this triangular battle of the real
qulnlhe another issue may be Joined with
Germany at it's head. The German chem:
ISIS, oeplorlng the high prices and heavy
beegS placed upon real quinine have long
peeH Trying to produce 1t artificially-
Syhthetlcally, they call it. They have
succeeded so well that most OF the chean
9uinine sod in the United States is artt-
hciai. According to the chemists Who
manufacture it, the artificial drug iS
Just as good as the real but most physi
c!anS insist that nature is a better chem
tst than the Germans and decry the imi-
tation brand The artificial ouinine-
which, like nearly every other new mod
uCt is one of the derivatives OF coal tar
mas however. grown to be such an i'm
Portaht manufacture that Germany IS
athlhS a good deal of interest i'm ire enc
cess The German government there
Iore, considers itself affected nv tha
quarrel among the three countries pro-
ouclng the genuine drug and has insti-
tuteo campaign having for its obiert
the demonstration of the alleged fact
mat the Bolivian and Peruvian forests
are worked out that the Indian varietv
goes not contain true quinfne and that
oL "a IaVanese article is so poorly prepar-
eu mat IT cam never show two SAMPLES
allke incidentally to this three sifed a.
TACK there has been presented n neat
summary of the advantages Of the mi
nine produced by the coal tar tree. which
rior. anu 9upe-
The quarrel over the quinine question
Is really based upon the question 81
which country shall supply the drug
market OF the world with quinine Al
present London is the chief market for.
the Indian and South American nrod
uctS-a Ithough some of the latter Is han
uicu IN new Worthwhile Amsterdam is
the principal mart for the Javanese
PIaIld. berlTn does large business in
membered that quinine. is an elaborate
product. There is no such thing as a oui
nine tree, for instance The drug is Oh
talhed from tree Known variously as
SlHchoila OmcinalIs. Cinchona SuccIru-
pra, Clnchona Calisaya, etc The first
enumerated might be translated as coz
nclai Qulnine," the second as Red
J Jo C!uliIne' and the third as Cali
The tree from which the ouinine 10
produced is an evergreen which some
mihes grows to height of eighty feet
Inc tree Is valued solely on account Of
Ine medicinal properties Of its bark.
winch has been known since 1898 as a
valuable tonic and febrifuge-or fever
cure. At first il was known as cincbona
PARK, because the wife of the governor
81 feru, the countess Of Chinchon. was
t me i,rst person of note to be cured by