The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

chemical experiments brought in, and he told the committee that he was go- ing to make them four different kinds of whiskey without the use of any whiskey.
 All he had was a bottle filled with ethyl alcohol, a tube containing car amel or burnt sugar for coloring pur- poses, and some water and some ha- voring extracts. He began mixing up the stuff, and when 1t was colored he poured a bit of fiavoring extract into graduate and handed 1t out. This, gentlemen. Is Scotch whiskey, little dark in color, but Scotch" Prof Wiley said.
 The graduate was sniffed at. snuffed at. and tasted at by some. All who could judge agreed that it was mighty poor substitute.
 But I'm not a professional reeti- | her.'' Professor Wiley said. The connection smelled like newly paved asphalt street, but Dr. Wiley. after a sniff or two. declared it had | the smoky smell" of Scotch. Makes Booze ''VNhIle You Wait" | Bourbon and rye were next made | from the same stock, with the excep- ton that different fiavorihg extracts | were used.
 l The bourbon and rye each had age 1 ing oil" dropped in which made the ! mixture look a bit more like red | whiskey. and Dr. Wiley said the stun | was fourteen years old" The final | experiment was in making brandy from the same stock as the others.
 After final warning that the inter nal revenue officials may not be noti-
 fled of the experiments, Dr. Wiley re-
 iterated his assertion that there was hardly bottle of pure Scotch whiskey
 in the United States, He said the
 greater part oi it was adulterated or ! e. ,ts.f& aI.a
 he had done in his experiments.
 The real Scotch whiskey is most
 delightful whiskey" Dr. Wiley said
 That peculiar smoky taste 1t has is
 because the matted barley Is dried over
 fires of peat, and the taste is largely
 the result of casks in which 1t is placed I am told that sherry casks are the fa-
 yorites of the distillers. as much as
 fifty shillings being paid for them. ]"
 Dr. Wiley had a lot of canned peas
 and corn. but the committee thought 1t had had enough of demonstration and
 he did not open them pr. Wiley as sPrestidigltatOF.
 Dr. Wiley produced three bottles oi
 catsup. much after the manner of tho . prestidigitator pulling rabbits out ol
 silk hat.
 Here have three bottles of catsuI
 which contains no adulterant, he de clared. T only wanted to show tha ' it IS poSsiDle IO put oP thiS aItiSA' , \ without the use of preservatives,"
 He told the committee confidential,
 that he had never made bottle O. catsup in his life, but that he knew . what he was talking about when h. { said it would not ferment If properI!
 put up
 ' Just as the committee was gettinl !. ready for the ripple talks" pr. Vile!
 insisted on telling what he termed hi o duck egg story"
 5 He said his bureau had learned tha v in the early spring months in Chin; Q millions of duck eggs are broken, an, . the contents put in casks with bora, ! to preserve them and shipped to thi a country for the use of confectioner . and bakers. Under the powers con
 ferred in him by an act of Congres e forbidding the shipment Into the Unite e States of adulterated foods, Dr. Vile
 barred the mixture of borax and duo l. eggs He said 1t was generally al -- evil-smelling mass at best, and tha
 he did not believe 1t was the right kin k of stuff to bring in.
 d Dr. Wiley is going to make two O V three more talks to the committee dur d ing the next few days on the sam .- subjects.