Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-10
HOLD RIVAL
 EXPOSITIONS

Chicago, Dec 10.-With the open ing in the Coliseum today of the first
 National Pure Beverage exposition,
 backed by the brewing. dstilling and
 bottling concerns of the country, d de-
 termined warfare between the liquor
 and temperance elements has been
 precipitated. \ rival exposition" has
 been arranged in an adjoining build ing, within the zone of light Of the Coliseum's electric signs, by the
 Woman's Christian Temperance Union
 and the Young Peoples Christian
 Temperance Union. These determin- ed organizations will carry the war fare into the camp of the enemy, and, to counteract the literature being dis tributed by the brewers and distill-
 CTS, will circulate temperance tracts right at the door of the beverage show.
 Unless the visitors headed for the beverage show are careful, they may
 find themselves surrounded, not by
 elaborate booths containing bottled
 goods, but in a hall containing scores
 of diagrams and impressive facts and figures calculated to set forth the dan
 gers which beset those who daily with the demon rum.' Pretty girls and music and decorations galore have been utilized as allurements by the promoters of the rival eXpositions and
 a merry war is in prospect. Most of the liquor men accept the rivalry in good natured spiritand are confident that it will help, rather than hin- der, the beverage show. One exhibit in the temperance show, however, is
 calculated to brook their enthusiasm. ad that is the great map setting forth the gains made in dry" territory in the last few years.
 X national beverage show is an in-
 novation in this country, although such eXpoStions are common in Ger many and many other European countries. The show will be educa- tional, in that it will afford the pub lie an opportunity to become ac- quainted with what it drinks, how it is prepared and what it contains. Not only alcoholic drinks are shown and demonstrated, but tea and coffee take 1 their place beside beer and cham pagne By actual test the harmul- ness of many beverages slod at foun- tains as pure thirst-relieving con- coctions will be illustrated. In many
 cases the machinery used in the pro duction of beverages has been in stalled.
 It is said that of the 91.743 drinks of all varieties in the world there are 6,391 different kinds of purely alco- holic stimulants. Among the latter i beer is said to be most popular, and as q consumer of it the United
 States takes a high place although figures show that this country has a
 comparatively lower percentage of
 drunkenness than any other nation. Practically every kind of food, the beverage show promoters point out. contains more OF less alcohol. but it
 is alleged that there are an alarming
 number of so-called soft drinks that
 contain poisons much more harmful
 and deadly that alcohol.
 The government is represented at
 the exposition and has established a testing station. by means of which it will furnish an analysis of every 1, thing exhibited, The means the gov ! ernment experts employ to protect
 the people from adulterated and
 ealth-destroying beverages, unlel
 the pure food and drink act will al so be thoroughly explained.
 1 The exposition will remain open
 until December 2l, inclusive, and is
 oynactaJ tO ottrac. many fhou uSnrFS nr