The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-12-01
TIE WHISKY HUNT.

or on evil becomes too great, commu-
mites are i'm the habit OF organizing
hunting parties 10 exterminate It.
Thus in Australia rabbit hunts were
numerous until the pests were re-
! duced. In Texas prairie dog hunts re.
lieved the country of these pests.
Wolf hunts. bear hunts and hunts
of many kinds, including snake hunts,
were of frequent occurrence among
the pioneers and in this manner the
nuisance or the menace was removed.
The Federal government IS not at
tempting TO oxterminate whisky. II is
rather attempting 90 protect this
great treasury filler by pursuing the
misuse of it to its hiding places fer
/ rotiug DC out and putting O stop to it,
Illicit distlicrs are being conti1u-
| ally hunted by deputy marshals. Boot
| laesCrs, peddlers and all those Who
carry ON an unlawful traffic iu &c. are
continually being run down and pun
iehcd
And now comes the big game, the
owners and sellers Of proprietary med
icincs. Millions of gallons of bit
tors," "tonics," etc, are manufactured
and sold to the public, especially in
communities where whisky has been
voted out, and these contain nothing
but the cheapest and vilest sort OF
whisky with perhaps a dash of qui.
nine or some Disgusting drug thrown
in to conceal the fact. A fashy label
on each bottle warns the public that
none Is genuine unless 1t bears the
name Of Fakir & Co.. who pledge
their honor that the concoction "is
pure vegetable compound" These
people are violating the Federal stat
utos and against them the govern
ment is about to proceed vigorously.
The old topper who finds himself in
q "dry" town or community is asked
to try this or that tonic" or "bitters."
lie does so and Is delighted TO find
that It does the work Of whisky quite
well. 1t makes drunk come" It gives
the proper headache next morning. II
wrecks the nerves and compels the
sufferer to cry out, No more for Tom
my" "Its to the water wagon with
Tom" and these solemn promises are
kept The usual time-until after three
o'clock In the morning Of the same
day.
In this manner communities that
vote out whisky often exchange the
open and licensed barroom where
competition, as in all other business,
has a tendency to provide better LID
uors for the purpose of attracting
trade, for the tonic or bitters that is
whisky of the vilest kind. There Is
often as much drunkenness and more
harm done with poisonous drugs.
Dealers in these alleged medicines
will be compelled to pay retailers IL
censes which means that the contents
Of the bottle or jug Is whisky; which
means that It cannot be sold in places
where the sale of whisky Is prohly-
tied. This will be n stunning blow TO
n great evil and no doubt the cases !
will be fercely fought because the in
terests involved are great.
While engaged in this crusade |
against mean whisky that is being |
sold under the guise of patent medi- |
cine the government should inter |
view those wholesale houses that |
have rectiher's license. nomnally for !
the purpose of blending. but really |
for the purpose of doctoring it with |
poisonous drugs and mineral sub |
stances. The chemist selects popu- |
lar brand of whisky. A barrel of spir- !
it's is emptied into great vat and |
into this is thrown quantity OF |
drugs most powerful and poisonous. !
When this combination IS properly |
mixed n barrel of the popular brand |
is thrown into il for the purpose oi |
giving the compound a flavor and a !
name. In this condition the conoction !
is something like carbolic acid, but
it's proof is reduced by the addition
of several barrels Of water The rosul,
is that the one barrel Of good whisky !
that goes into the warehouse of the !
rocuner comes out to the public in
creased to ten barrels or more and |
this poison is scattered about TO dehle |
and dobauch those who drink it
This is the only country on earth |
where these outrages are permiJto-.
Even in Russia the vodka drunk by |
the ex-serfs must stand the govern
ments tests We are the only ciyl-
lied people who would tolerate such |
a thing as cmbalmed beef and equal
ly vicious food adulierations.
We are beginning to pay the pom
atty for our rascality. The markets
of the world are closing against us