The sun., 1906-12-31

the national alcoholic beverage 'Usauebaugh.
now whlskey. has been dIstnied by pot stus Il
certainly was 20 made when /, was hrss known as
: Irish whiskey and Scotch whlsksS.' and must
hold that 70 be Irish and scotch whiskey now
the spirit must be obtained In the same methods
by tho aid of the form of stIn known as the pot
still. Tho produce OF the patent still. Unmixed
with pot osni whisksy. cannot be Irish or Scotch
whiskey. although made In ireland or Scotland;
the patent stln not used to obtain spirit by the
method known a. Irish or Scotch. A. TO tho
material 70 be used 70 produce Irish or Scotch
whiskey. II must be such a. has been always used
in the Irish and Scotch form Of stin commonly.
This nnd from the evidence have heard, u in
Irish whskey barley malt as to about rs per cent.
and a. 70 the rest Of the mash barley wheat. oats
and rye. or any Of them: and IN Scotch whisley Il
10 wholly barley malt. There is q distinct direr-
ence in the material used produce Irish and Scotch
whiskey IN the pot stIl, but the material used 10
produce spirit in the patent stll Is the whether
10 be produced In ireland or In Srotland.-
The accused liquor dealers had sold
fluids produced by a patent still from
a mash consisting to a large extent Of
maize. to which a dash of whiskey made
from barley malt in a pot still had been
added and thesecompounds the Magis-
trate held not to be Irish and Scotch
whiskeys respectively. The mixtures
were worth about half as much as real
whiskeys, and the court held their ven-
dors to have infringed the law. OF
the practice OF selling substitutes for
whiskey Mr.. FoRDHAM said:
The misrepresentation with regard to Irish and
Scotch whiskey has become very usual and It's
adultcration by the addition to It Of patent still
spirit made largely from MAIZE has been gradually
Increasing for years. and the result has been taken
by the unsuspectng public. to the benent Of the
distliers dealers and retailers until the so-caed
blenders have dared 10 concoct and place upon
the market and sell to the retailers raw new patent
still spirit with dash of Irish or Scotch whis-
key In it as Irish whisGey and Scotch whiskey.
The retailer has in fact sold this effort of adutera
ton 10 the public under the description by which
II was sold to him.
Itis limo the fraud upon the public In the matter
OF the sale OF whiskey was stopped. and though
doubtless these prosecutions are very costly to
those who engage In them, tho Information OBJ
tained and published In the course OF the hearing
of these two summonses is most valuable. and the
result of this trial seems 20 mo TO AFFORD ample
justification for the prosecutions"
DR.. WILEY found that "the mixing OF
the Scotch whiskey with grain spirit is
quite a general practice both for home
consumption and for export" and he
could not find that "any genuine malt
whiskey without admixture Of grain
spirit was bottled for the United States. "
That is, the mixture Of patent still spirits
with real whiskeys, which Mr.. FoRDHAM
declared not to be whiskey, is the stuff
that passes here under the names of
Irish and Scotch" 1t is not held
that this blend Of liquors is harmful or
that il Is not palatable, but it is not
the Scotch or Irish whiskey which men
call for and pay for.