The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-10-11
The conversation turned to good old
ourteen-y car-old whisky, American

car-oid whisky, American
brand
"uumph!" said DIR. Wiley. "rll make
va some fourteen-year-old whisky in
five minutcs."
Turning to his chemical apparatus,
the doctor took Il bottle of alcohol,
some burned sugar and other things
and five minutes later had concocteI q
beautiful red liquor. which lie passed
around. All pronounced it fine old
whisky.
ut isn't whisky at ALL said DR.. Wi
ley Its the stuff that is often called
whisky. BY the use of what is known
as 'ageing oil the greater portion of
the stuff labeled 'fourteen-year-o
whisky is made in less than fourteen
minutes"
Hams Smoked While You Wait.
AS member of the governments
pure food law commission, sitting at
New York during the latter part Of
September, DR.. Wiley adduced the fact
that hams may be smoked while you
wait. One witness testified that his
house used patent smoke for max
ing smoked hams. This is sort Of
paint, with which the ham Is smeared.
giving it the appearance of having
been cured in the dear old smoke
house ut home. as your grandmother
used to do 1T.
Directly as a result of DR.. Wiley's
Investigations some very astounding
facts regarding the true identity of the
stuff we put into our stomachs from
day to day have been brought to light.
Just one item will s.fiice here. Your
stomach may be too weak to stand
more. The patient and long suffering
mule that pulls the garbage cart past
your door is more Important than he
looks. Do not scorn him. Next year he
may be silent. alas. in death. and you
may be eating his hoo.s netamorphos-
ed-stupendous c,lange.-into pure ap-
pie jelly" OF pure peach mar alade."
But the fact tlat YOU are eating the
boots of the Iaeuact male is not the
most serious part OF the proposition.
The coloriny matter used to deceive
" Ou llllO lJlC 'stl GU llule
for Il peach or apple product is the Sc
rious thing. That is what does the
damage.
DR.. Wiley has estimated ana deciar-
ed that about 60 per cont CT the man
ufactured fools sold in America con-
tain deleterlons substances introduced
for the purpose OF dece.ving the public
as to the true character of the product.
'Barnum mace Il colossal fortune re-
marked DR.. Wiley on Il recent occasion,
"by acting on the principle that the
American people like to Lee huinbugged.
To be cheated, fooled, bamboozled, ca
jolcd, deceived. pettfogged. den,a-
goguad. hyDnotized. manicured and
chiropidZed are privileges dear to US
ALL"
Even the operation of the new food
law, if rigidly enforced, will not rob
the American people of their cherished
privilege of being humbugged if they
continue to believe the statements Oh
some manufacturers that certain drug
are good for their health, but the law
will reduce the humbuggery very APP
preciably by insisting upon the proper
labelling of all products, so that if one
wants pure apple jelly he may buy 9
jar so labeled and if he prefers mule
hoof he may go around looking for q
label to indicate the animal.
1t should be remembered that the
new law relates not only to food, but
to liquors and medicines, so that there
must be government inspection of ev-
erything that goes down the human
gullet provided that it is sold from
state to state and thereby comes un-
der the head of interstate commerce.
Uniform Food Law.