Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-10
oUINIyE AS A CAUSE OF WAB
Triangular Trade Dispute Concerning the
White Drug.

s"s"ar traue dispute Concerning the
White Drug.
| Brooklyn Eagle.
India, Java and Bolivia have become
involved IN trade war over quinine,
and as India means England, while
Java stands for Holland, the triangular
struggle is likely to be interesting.
Holland declares that 1t owns the only
real, genuine, blown In the bottle brand
OF quinine. and that il comes from Java
England insists thar the Indian variety
Is the better brand and that the Jayapese
article is deficient as q fever cure. Bolivia
with Peru to back her-laue BIS ut the
pretenaions of both countries, saving
that South Africa is the home of the
tree from which quinine is obtained and
that the Indian and Javanese varieties
are merely transplanted weaklings from
the native forests. To this Triangular
battle OF the real quinine another issue
may ne Joined with Germany at is head.
me German chemists, dsplorine the
high prices and heavy duty placed upon
real quinlne, have long been trying to
produoe 1t artitioially synthetjoally.
they call it. They have succeeoed 30
well that most of the cheap quinine
sold IN the United States il artificial.
according to the chemists who mann.
facture 1t, the artificial dug ia inst az
GOOD as the real, but most pbysioians
insist that nature is better Chemist
imam the Germans and decry the imita-
tion brand. The artificial ouinine-
which, like nearly every other new
product, Is one of tho derivatives of ooal
tar-has, however, grown to be such an
important manufacture that Germany
Is taking good deal of interest In liz
success. The German government, there.
lore, considers itself affected by the
quarrel among the three countries mo.
ducing genuine drug and has insti. |
tated campaign having for Its object |
tne demonstration of the alleged iact |
That the bolivian and Peruvian forests
are worked out, that the Indian variety
does not contain true quinine and that
the Javanese article is 80 poorly pre.
pared that 1T can never show two SAMPLES
allse: incidentally TO this three. sided
attack there has been presented neat
summary of the advantages of the ami.
nine produced by tho coal tar tree
which is said to be strong, standard and
The quarrel over the quinine question
y realiy based upon the question of
when country shall supply the drug
~ ono Worlu WlGn QutninB. AT
present London is the chief narl,e, ~
The Indian and Souh Ainerisonn nroS.
lcts although come of the latter IL
handled in New York-while mater.
lam is the principal mart Tor The
laVanese brand. Berlin does a large
business in the artificial product n
Ihould be remembered that ouinine ia
70 elaborate product There. Is no sucb
ning as quinine tree, for instance
me drug is obtained from IL GO known
'arlously as cinchona otiicinalis. ON.
mona suooirubrs, cinchona caljsaya.
80. ihe inst enumerated might be-
translated as 'official ouinine.,i thai
econd as red juioed quiniue'' and tbe
nlrd rs "calisay quinine.''
Inc tree from which quinipe ia n,o.l
uced is an evergreen, which sometimes
rows to height of so feet The tree !, ,
valued solely on account of rbe
iedicinal properties of its bark, wbiol
us been known since 1888 as a yaluab a
,nio and feprifuRe-or fever cure. Al .
rat 1t was known as cinchona bnrk a
ecause the wife OF the governor of
cru, the Countess of Chinoon. was the
rst person OF note to be Cured by the !,
rug. r 49,, = - |