The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12
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Neatly Fotir-Fiftlls ofSttie Water
Used 5Iin Virginia is for 55
Medicinal Purposes.
STEADY GROWTH & PEc TED
Production During Last Year
Is Fell E',.: 4O Of, Cso ty a,c:rabt'l1y iii &
IS Several State, However. |

fspecial q e rhs ~, i. t,lsr,a ton.,

III *! Especial TO- The rr..:,, Is - spa tci.) 8
a w sHINGT ON s6 August The ar,-s
Snual buletlnfo Of the production OF mineral
!, waters In the United States during the
I. year 1905 shows that the trade was fairly
prosperous, Tho report, which was pre-
4 pared BY Myroii w. n ller, trea tx Oily
lof those springs which produced waters
i that were sold and are husa clnssed as
commercial sprltigs.,!3 Ell (. n
The production during the last year
fell or conslderHbl u In a number OF those
States which have been clnsscd as lead
E1r1g producers, the decrease being espe-l
cially marked In N ewS Y ork, Il Call fornia
n and Ma ssachusetts!Ss On the other hand,
the output has largel y Ii increased in In
diana, Minnesot Ia, Pennsyl vanla, Tonnes
\ see and Texas, and to- O. lesser extent In
many other States. 3;3 II
Hi IN 1906 for the first time, the attempt
I was made to diffcrentiate table and mes
4 dicinal5 waters and to present ia ustlcs3
Z az to. the use OF 4 springs. res6rts and
for bathing. IT Is difficult to draw e line
4 between table and med lcinnl waters. h as
many are used & for both purposes, and
4 the shipper often has no. means OF de-
gter1nining the proportion applied to each.
1nsnearly all cases the estimates OF the
owners have been taken and where these
have not been furnished the waters have
4 been classified acco riding to composition
\ or price Where the price Is the basis
4 OF classification. the locality has 0lso3
been sldered. IL Med icinal wat ers In the
X North rarely bring less than rs centsGa
Y gallon. but in the Southern States much
water, selling even as low az 10 cent %Ry
gallon or less, Is used for medicinal pur-s
A poses. NJ as Ii Ii NJ = }s sS
Future Of the Trade.
Tho trade outlook, Judging from the!
4 figures, would appear to DO airly prom,
rather than sudden expansion. sa Tho peo-
pie ale rapidly being educated to- demand
better public supplies. ana II these are
not promptly furnished. recourse will &un-i
sdoubtedly be had to spring waters for
q table purpose g. S II Is, gg In fact Il In III the
#use OF such waters that the most rapid
Increase Is to be expected. or course, as
apurer public suppl ca are introduced 4 the
& local demand for table water falls of !.
but usually this IS more than counter
balanced BY s Increased n demands # else
where. Not only VII Ia b 8 water be
extensively tilted where tho city, sup
&extended TO those 4 clt les whose supplies,
though not contaminated, are sunsightlyi
y BY reason Of sediment or qistasteful be-,
cause OF algous or weedy growth. N
Few, 81 { any, coln tries can surpass the
United States inIg theHyartetyg OF II Is min
eral wa ters and In their med cinal proper
Ties. Their possibilities are very great
md Will undoubtedly be more extensively
used and apprecta ted as time goes n on.
4Unfortunately tiff for the mineral water
trade ut least. TIL American people are
little given 10 the mi r,eral water treat
Ement alone TO bring about AN Increased
use Of springs for therapeutic purposes.
attractive resorts 81 must 3 be .s provided
4 This has been done In many Instances.
with the result that at some places az at
4 Hot Springs. Ark, the attendance rivals
OF even oxcels many Of NJ the famous
European springs. Tho use Of mineral
waters for bathing purposes, especially
in connection with sanitariums has
already become s4of II much Il import ance.
and will become more 30 in the near;
waters for medicinal purposes will un-
Bdoubtedly increase az the therapeutic
value OF American waters becomes better
known. esS.fs tsj y 9i2 4. 53 ,s;}' s s
&S The effort fot the Agricultural Depart
ment to publish accurate analyses OF the
leading spring waters 4 n oW sold on the
market should do much to improve the
mineral water trade by furnishing &physi-5
!, clans and Others with accurate Ainfor =.
I1Htlon BIB " fCoIt'kNooalAo1L8 :.
sential for the successful treatme Of
disease by mineral wa ters. 81 W rs ,3sis
Virginia Mineral Waters. lfs
z. There was a decided increase in the
mineral trade OF Virginia In 1905 over
THE previous year; the B out put increased
and the vail o. owing TO the
Increased price per gallon, nearly doub led.
y The difference Is probably 4 to be at
8tributed to the natural DEVELOPMENT OF
the business, Nearly four-fitths Of the
water Us used for medicinal purposes,
A Nineteen OF the springs are reported TO-