The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03

ply that he has no charges against the Yates woman,
 posed of English capitalists and Jamaican planters having for its object the restora- tion of genuine Jamaica rum to the mar kets of the world. Forty-two rum dis tilleries in Jamaica went out of business in five years, and in the same period the output of alleged Jamaica rum in the markets of the world was enormously in- creased This rum was sold everywhere as the product of the little island, but it bore as much relation to Jamaica as the German potato, the French grain and the American maize from which the ethyl alcohol was distilled bears to the sugar cane of the West Indies.
 The traders found that the rum could be made on the banks of the Thames or the Seine or the Ohio in fifteen minutes by the judicious admixture of neutral spirits, essence of rum and burnt sugar. The earthquake has caused a temporary cessation of plans for the restoration of Jamaica's trade in this particular, but there is a strong movement to induce the British parliament to do something to protect this colonys valuable product from imitation. To this end the local government of the island sent a special commissioner to London to prosecute the imitators of the rum. This commissioner has already obtained many convictions in the courts of the United Kingdom and other cases are being vigorously prose- cuted.
 Portugal is endeavoring to protect the name of it's famous port wines from imi- tators to be found in every country in the world, but this Is a work of more than ordinary difficulties. The Portugese have enacted a law, howere, which limits the use of the name port to wines of the Douro shipped from the Bar of Oporto, and by operation of this law the importer may be sure that lie Is getting what he Is paying for.
 The Russian government controls the manufacture and sale of its national drink, the fiery vodka. The penalty for adulteration of vodka is fifteen years in Siberia, perhaps the most stringent of all anti-adulteration regulations. In the Netherlands, who're the famous Holland gin is made, the bottles are sealed by a municipal label which serves to identify the genuine article. New Zealand is now considering the enactment of statute which will require complete formula of all liquors imported from other coun- tries to be displayed on the package. The Cape Colony has enacted a law to prevent the importation of aduterated liquors ex- cept those travelling under their true colors.
 Germany stands foremost in the protec- ton of the purity of beers. and the gov ernment gives lessons in chemistry to the excise officers. In Australia the anti adulteration movement has progressed rapidly. The chief chemist of the con- federation reported that fifty per cent of the whisky on the market was nearly neutral spirits colored and favored to im- itate whisky, or having only a small per centage of real whisky in 1t. Two pure food laws resulted from this movement. one of which is very rigorous. Certifi- cates of purity and origin must accom- pany liquors imported from other coun- tries. There-is- also guarantee stamp for domestic liquors.
 The whole object of this movement. all over the world. is not so much to impress the public with the superiority of the genuine article. as to compel a liquor maker to offer his goods for sale under a label that tells the truth about what Is in the package.
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