The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-15
LITTLE IMPURE RHINE WINE,
EXPERTS BEI.IEVE DIR. SCHLAMPvS
AN EXCEPTIONAL FRAUD.
His Statement That Most Rhine Wine 10
AdulterAted Like His Secuted BY
Connoisseurs-His Wine D0esn't Como
Here, Anyway--Opinl0ns on His Case.

COnn0lSSeure-HS vino U0eAn't Como
Here, Anyway-Opinlons on His Case
Yesterdays cable news Of the convtc-
ton Of DR.. Schlamp Won Hope aus Nierstein.
at Mayenoe, on the charge Of adulterating
his Niersteiner wine, was read and discussed
with considerable interest both by the wine
trade and by men who like good wine from
the Rhine country Every person ap-
preached by the reporter had read the
news in The SUN.
Every one hailed the Doctors conviction
with gadness. primarily. After that their
thoughts varied according as their tenn
permanent was Of the pessimistic variety.
ready to magnify livery sign Of woe, or OF
the optimistic sort, which distils the soul
Of goodness from whatever evil appears.
II fear it Is only too true that there is a
great deal OF Rhine wine adulteration
done on the other side of the water said
a son of the Fatherland who runs trade
paper here And said another intimately
connected with the trade:
@Of course there Is adulteration every
where, il a person is not particular with
whom he deals or il he is always willing
to take something that is offered him at
price which in itself ought to make an in
teigent man suspicious. But all the
same l believe man e chance OF getting
unadulterated Rhine wine is better than his
chance Of getting unadulterated American
whiskey, by u great deal, taking just the
ordinary run of places;
There's plenty Of chemically made old
believe that there is a great deal Of adul.
terated Rhine wine sold here. Our well
known dealers obtain their wine from
houses whose names and reputation are
a guarantee that their wines are genuine"
Ashbel p. Fitch. who was educated in
there, said that to him it appeared that the
conviction Of DR.. Schlamp was not thing
to be despondend over, but on the contrary
was one Of the most hopeful Of signs
betokening. proper protection against
The form of DR.. Schlamp's name indicated
that he was a man Of good family, and
his title of doctor, which over there could
only be obtained at university, carried
the suggestion of his good standing still
further Mr. Fitch said. Yet the Govern
ment had prosecuted him, vigorously and
convicted him, which indicated that the
| Government was alive to the danger OF
permitting any adulteration OF the wines
fore, in his opinion, entitled to high credit:
| And the incident itself should be welcomed
with a glad heart. by those who liked Rhine
wine, az indicating that Rhine wine obtained
| from reputable dealers might be drunk
! in confidence that its purity had been prop
erly protected by the German Government.
man who was residing temporarily in
! Stuttgart at time when the Government
was holding a sale Of wine from vineyards
which it owned told an incident OF his resi-
! dence there as bearing upon the safe
guarding Of German wines by. the Gov
eminent, and also illustrating how some
adulteration might be practised by the
| inscriptions.
He talked with a representative Of the
Government regarding the purchase OF
some Of the wine, and was told frankly that
| the wine he mentioned was too light tosstand
| the ocean voyage to this country.
The Government agent told him that II
was good wine at the time, but was very
| centage OF alcohol, and that he would find
| that by the time he got II here 1t would have
turned sour. The inference was clear
that a man wanting to DO @ might buy yt such
wise treat them and then send them abroad.
A discriminating purchaser Of Rhine
wines said that he believed that a person
patronizing welI-eetablished and reputable
receiving adulterated wine, but that one
| buying "well-lnow labels" at a corner
store at bargain prices need not be
surprised to learn sometimes that he vas
| getting something else than what the
statement that Dr.. sohiamp declared that
most Rhine wine was like his own, this
mans answer was simple and direct. :,
-The people trying the case clearly didn't
believe the doctor. Neither do
Gazette said that everybody in the. trade
would welcome the conviction OF Or.
Schlamp, as he was evidently one OF the
rascals in the business. The speaker said
that go far as he knew or could find out
none OF Dr. Schlamp's wine came over here,
! uplaoo II M under other name,
The list Of importations did nof contain his
| name, 80 the inference was that his VINE
did not reach America unless the doctor
exported it under some name not his own,
| or unless some OF the large exporting houses
bought his wine in bulk and bottled 1t under
| their own labels. Justice Truax, con-
| nosseur, said that he did not believe that
| much adulterated Rhine wine was sold In
The Government used every endeavor
| to prevent the adulteration Of the wine.
and he believed successfully. Some years
ago the Government caught producer
adulterating his wine, prosecuted and con-
victed him, and punished him severely:
were put upon an ordinary quality OF wine,
the Justice said, but the wine was Rhine
! wine Just the same there was this degree
Of Misrepresentation, but 1t was not adulter-
alton.
He said that the Prussian Government
owned vineyards in all the important wine
growing districts of the Rhine country,
and that it was possible to get wine WITH
the Government label which guaranteed
the wine to be what 1t purported to be
whether the product Of poor year or
What happened to wine bought in bulk
in Germany after it got to this country
the Justice said, Of course no nobody Knew New
haitian Club, for instance, purchased itt
Rhine wines direct from the growers, &C
that it takes very few chances OF adul
terated wine.
In mentioning Johannisberger, Justice i
tod OF story he r once setse
to Paris, on which the Princess asked NJ
Jules Janin for his autograph JaniI
wrote her a brief note in which he sale
that he should like the case OF Johannis
berger Of - (mentioning famous vln
tage) very much, and signed his name. III
got the wine.
Mail Thief Caught With Marked Money
PROVIDENCE. R. l.. May l4.-Abrahan
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