Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24
PASS PURE FOOD BILL
Vote on This important Meas
ure 240 to III. Az
GREAT INTEREST DISPLAYED
Straight Whisky Advocates Badly
Routed.
THE DEBATE WAS EXHAUSTIVE
representative Stanley Makes Whis-
key while You Waitn-Anothsr
Milestone Toward Adjournment
THE DEBATE WAS EXHAUSTIVE

| The House late this afternoon passed tho
| pure food bill by a vote OF oso 20 ~, r.-
greater part of the day was devoted "a
| argument on the measure. and of tho a.
oate that on the whisky question was tha
most interesting. The Sherman smend
ment was adopted. The effect OF the Cher
| man amendment is to remove from the cate.
| CORY or misbranded articles food In pack
| age lorm unless the contents In weight Or
| measure are misstated II stated at all
Inc friends of straight" whisky were
| routed by the friends of the rectif,ers hv
a vote OF "a to 76. defeating an amendment
orered by Mr. Richardson OF Alabama I'm
pehalf OF the makers of straight whisky
| Not in a long time has the House been
| treated 10 SO exhaustive and instructive
| DEBATE on an article Of commerce as n
was treated to by the representatives from
southern states in whose districts whiskv
| Is made and rectihed
Mr.. Richardson told how STRAIGHT. n,,ts
Ky was made. its color being secured frnn,
the charred oak barrel into which II Is ,ut
ana aiter remaining there number of
years is bottled in bond the green stamr
| OF the government being the pledge OF its
purity.
Mr.. Champ Clark of Missouri wanted !.
distinctly understood that he was in favor
OF liquor that had both a colorins and
sWeeteninE material in it, not only be-
cause OF its paIatabilty but because ,h.n.
| must necessarily be a diminut.on of the
amount of whisky that would GO into the
stomach.
There were 1o0.oo0.0ao gallons OF imita-
ton whisky disposed Of consumed and sold
in the United States last year uttie
more than 100000 gallons in its or,cinaI
integrity was consumed by the peopie of
the United States. As a practical iln,s
tratlon OF misbranding adultera ton he
said: Let us take an empty quart bottle
ana put in 1t one thimbleful of eicht-vear-
old whisky and set beside ii another ouart
ootde filled with eight-year-old whisky.
NOW what does the rectifier do? He takes
a half pint of fresh new whisky right from,
the still and puts it into the quart ootfie
that contains the thimblefui of eight-year-
Old whisky and then ne pnts I'm his 5iffera,t
ehemicaIs and drugs, his oils, his fiayorinx
his bead and hfs aging and an these thin.s
between sunset and sunrise and marks n
etght-year- whisky and IT goac IN Tho
country as such"
In reply to a question he said ne wante1
TINS KIND OF whisky marked blended whisky
anu the substances stated. He said he
was trying to make the whisky men mt
the truth on the barrel and make them
label their products correctly
Mr.. Stanley Ky) here interrupted to
eXpialh mat when you put white whisky
INTO d charred barrel you cannot go there
the next day and draw out red LIQUOR, nor
can you draw II out next month or next
year"
Talked for Rectifers.
Mr. Sherley (ky) in behalf Of the reo.I-
fiers held the attention of the House az
he explained the contention of the two
whisky camps the distillers and the recsI-
fiers. Among other things he said:
Now what makes the purity of whisky.
and how is 1t made? Whisky may be made
or corn, rye. barley or various other grains
Its quality depends upon the quality OF the
grain the quality of the yeast the clean
illness of the mash tubs and the proper dis
There of ho
internal revenue law that looks to an In
spection OF the grain to see whether Il In
pure grain or a musty grain: not a line
which looks to see whether the culture OF
the yeast be a proper culture. whether
II contains bacteria which are not proper.
There is not line to that when the
whisky Is distilled IL is properly distilled
so as TO get rid of the first run or the last
run over, which contains the worst ele-
ments in whisky.
There has been a lot OF talk about neu-
tral spirits, about cologne spirits as IL
that was some bugaboo to scare people II
the gentlemen knew anything about the
manufacture of whisky they would know
that the purest ingredient in ii is the neu-
trail, or cologne spirits. 1t constitutes from
9S to 90 per cent of all whisky. and IT Is
absolutely pure. 1t contains the medicinal
property in whisky. The more of ethyl
alcohol. which is the neutral spirit you
have In whisky, and the less of fusel oil,
the purer whisky you have.
"If you want to legislate for purity, you
ought to undo instead of piling up more law
There IS not a bottled in bond man WING
does not advertise, The government guar
aptees the purity Of my whtskey See the
green stamp of Uncle Sam
Mr.. Stanley Breaks Loose.
The speech OF Mr.. Sheriey brought Mr..
Stanley, Kentucky. into the arena In front
of the Speakers desk to demonstrate how
the ''biender" makes blended whisky.
He very much in earnest and with
high-pitched voice said he stood before the
House in the name of the health of he
American people, in the name OF honesty
In enterprise and business, just much
for honest whisky for everything else
Mr.. Ryan, New York. sought to interrupt
him, but he waved him down by saying
that he would not yield to anybody. lie
said he had no objection to anybody blend
ing two kinds of whisky, but he did object
to making whisky while you wait. Then
taking a bottle from the table he pourea
1t into graduate and said: Here Is Q
quart of alcohol. one hundred proof strong.
IL will make a bowling derxish out OF an
anchor1te. 1t will make a rabbit spit In
bull dogs face. 1t is pure alcohol and
under the skill of the rectifler he will put
In little coloring matter and then q tit
tie bead Oil Gllustrating) drop that In
X. Then ! get little essence Of bourbon
whisky, and there is no connoisseur in this
House who can tell that heAish business
from the genuine article, and that Is what
eoloring matter Is not harmful say thar
the caramels are not harmful but / say
that the body stock of the whisky I made
is rank alcohol and when IL gets into man
1t is pure hell"