The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-09
BETTER DRINKS
ARE COMING
DR.. Wiley Promises to In
crease Protection.
PUREFOODLAWNECESSA
Move for New Legislation to Be Re-
newed Strengthened by Dis
closures as to Patent
Medicines.

Washington, Oct 9.From Dr.. Wiley's
report OF his European investigation
made public BY Secretary Wilson, it may
be inferred that American consumers OF
imported articles, chiefly whistles, bran
dies and wines, win in the near future
get much better protection than in the
past. Existing law governing importa-
ton Is in nearly all respects adequate
and the only trouble arises after the
articles come into this country, where
they are subject TO manipulation in
crossing interstate lines. A pure food
law at home is thus necessary, not only
to make fally effective legislation al
ready passed to prevent this country
from becoming the dumping ground OF
these mislabelled and misbranded prod
ucts Of the world
Scotch whiskey is made exclusively
| from barley malt and ii used as such
all over Scotland. When designed for
export to the United States, it is sent
to a blending establishment, where it
IS mixed with grain spirits distilled
from Indian corn, imported from the
United States, in all proportions, and
the whole mixture is called Scotch whis-
1 key That is the material we have
been getting. Irish whiskey j more
apt to be pure, although it IS not made
exclusively Of malt, except in one or
two cases. Ii has also been sent to
! the blending warehouse for aduIteration
Two ways are open for detecting these
mixed goods when they come into the
United States chemical tests and ac-
quaintance with the practices Of the
different concerns. Samples have been
collected from the bonding warehouse,
which furnish standard of purity, and
with these it is possible with laboratory
analysis to detect the goods which fall
short. AS soon as regulations can be
formulated, and upon these the bureau
is already at work, the situation will be
entirely Strengthened out.
II With French brandy the situation Will
be improved as soon as that bottled
since 1898 goes into commerce, since
the French government has taken the
matter up and will issue certificates OF
origin prepared under the supervision
of excise officers. These will testify
; not only to distillation from the grape
but to the locality where it was grown
with certificate Of purity for each I'M
voice until this new product comes into
the market. the department will have
to get along by inspecting invoices, and
upon that line it is already at work.
Wines are not so easily recognized
1t is difficult to get certificates of origin
: because these are not prepared under
government supervision. Widespread
misnaming Of wines has prevailed. Buy
I, ers have taken the most ordinary prod
uct, but under names Of the great vine
/. yards and yintages of the world. II
is suggested that this difficulty might
!. be reached through consular supervision
: and legislation may be sought to au
thorize the state department to assig
its representative to this duty or specia
agents who would really duplicate thu
existing consular agents might be EN-
ployed. The situation is already i'm
proved by q tendency, especially notice
!, able among the merchants Of France ant
! Germany to cooperate with the United
States in securing more honest desig
nations in the interests of trade.
Further investigations were made re
! garding imported vegetables, and othe
!, canned foods, such as sardines allegel
to be packed in pure olive oil, whel
I they have been really packed in othe
= oils which may be wholesome, but con
/ stitute d deception. The department
viii require such articles TO describ