The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-24
WHISKY AGED ten
YEARS IN Twenty
MINUTES is AFRRUD
Experts in Dairy and Food Con-
vention Criticise Present
Loose Method of Government
Inspection.
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Whisky that can be made ten I
years old in twenty minutes Is
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Pure whisky was the topic Of dis
cussion at the dairy and food commits
sioners' convention at the state capt.
toll, ST. Paul, yesterday morning, ana
the speakers agreed on two reforms
that should be inaugurated at once Tor
the benefit of whisky consumers. All
whisky should be required kept IN
bond under governmental surveillance
until properly aged, and should be
bottled in bond, SO that when it reaches
the consumer it would have the gov
ernment's guarantee of purity.
E. H. Taylor Jr, of Frankfort, KY,
severely arraigned the existing gov
eminent laws with regard to d1stlller-
les as unfair and putting premium
on dishonesty. White the legitimate
distiller is holding his whisky in bond
and keeping it until it natures and be-
comes pure and ready for commerce,
the bogus manufacturer is flooding the
market with adulterated and unaged
whisky.
r. c. Stoll, Of Lexington, KY, took
practically the same view of the sub
ject He traced the history of distil-
ling in Kentucky, which began with
the settlement of that region. The
government supervised the making OF
whisky, and guaranteed It's purity
while in was in the barrel, for it
watched every step,s and did not cease
it's vigilance until the tax was paid
and the whisky released from bond.
But it was easy to adulterate 1t after
it left the bonded warehouse. The only
way to guarantee the purity of whisky
to the consumer was to have it bottled
under government surveillance. rms
was permissible under the law OF 1877,
but the distillers needed better faclll-
ties for bottling in bond. There should
also be law requiring the branding OF
every package of imitation whisky, so
that the purchaser would know what
he was getting.
Twenty Minute Whisky Is Fraud.
whisky that can be made ten years
old in twenty minutes is fraud" de-
clared Mr.. Stoll 1--WE need law pro-
yiding that every barrel of imitation
whisky must be branded for just what
it is and not go under false colors.
When you go into a drug store to get
whisky on a doctors prescription you
want whisky, and you have right to
expect it. Whisky made from prune
juice and spirits, or rock candy and
peach juice or green tea, raw beef and
alcohol, may be harmless, but it is not
honest when it is sold as whisky with
out explanation"
E. H. Taylor Jr., of Frankfort, KY,
severely arraigned the existing gov
eminent laws with regard to distiller-
les as unfair and putting premium on
dishonesty.
1.-The bogus whisky makers" he said,
"are menacing the public health and
poisoning the principles of commerce
and building up great monopolies
without hindrance. They put into
whisky anything from blood to carbolic
acid and no questions are asked. Sub
stitute whisky goes into the market as
genuine The bogus whisky is made
into eight-year-ol whisky in eight
minutes and it floods the market, while
the legitimate product is held in bond
while it natures and becomes pure and
ready for commerce And while the
legitimate distiller is keeping faith
with the public by holding his whisky
until it is right, the bogus manufac-
turer is flooding the market with adul-
terated and harmful whisky and get
ting itch in a hurry and no one tells
him to STOP
DR.. T. B. Wagner, superintendent OF
the Corn Products company, delivered
an address on Corn Products and
Their Purity" that was principally q
defense of glucose and corn syrup on
the ground that the supply of cane and
sorghum syrup produced in the coun-
try was inadequate to the demand. He
advocated corn as the logical substi-
tute, as it was typically an American
product and eminently adapted to adj
vertise American industries.
H. B. Gurler, of Ke Kalb, ILL.,, read a
paper on DAIRY Products in which
he strongly urged reform along the
line of greater cleanliness in diaries
and COW stables.
Stable Should Be Clean.
"a stable for milk COWS should be as
clean as a Kitchen" he said. Milk is
contaminated by filth quicker than any
other food. In the line of enforcement
of cleanliness among diaries commits
SionerS have more room for develop
ment and work than can be accom-
plished in a generation. We are con-
Stunning more filth in milk than in any
other article of food, thing I might
say in all other articles of food put to-
gether.
Prof. M. A. Scoville, director Of the
Kentucky experiment station, told how
the dairy station was conducted and
gave interesting statistics of results of
experiments.
The president announced the following
committees:
Rulings-George K Hutchinson, Penn
sylvania; A. III. Jones' Illinois; J. @. EN-
cry Wisconsin,; Horace Ankeny Ohio: A.
c. Kaufman, North Dakota; H R.
Wright Iowa. and Alexander Mcpherson,
Idaho.
Standards-M. A. Scovell, Kentucky; r.
2. Doolittle. Michigan; j. II. Shepard,
South Dakota; E. N. Eaton, Illinois; Will
tam Frear, Pennsylvania; A. L. Winton,
Connecticut; Richard Fischer, Wisconsin;
S. S. Ladd North Dakota; ]. o. La Bach,
Kentucky; julius Hortvet. Minnesota;
Nomina tions-M A. Scovell. Kentucky;
Moroni Heiner Utah: r. E. Doolittle,
Michigan.
The forenoon will be devoted to a bust
will be that of the committee on national
food law, and it is expected to bring
about much discussion. Most of the food
workers, however. are agreed that no ar
bitrary action shiuld be taken as to anti
septics until the results of the expert
made known. Upon the election and in
stallation of officers the national associa-
ton will adjourn.
The delegates spent the afternoon in
Minneapolis, where they were entertained
by the Commercial club of that city.
| special trolley cars via the Como Harriet
| line. On the way they visited the state
agricultural farm and state university.
Arriving in Minneapolis they were taken
to the flour mills, and also Inspected the
creamery Of the Minneapolis Milk COM
pany. Trolley rides to Lake Harriet,
Minnehaha Falls and the Soldiers home
occupied the remainder OF the afternoon
A dinner at the Commercial club termin-
ated the days entertainment.
This afternoon the st. Paul Commercial