The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-01
NOSE PAINT
MUST Be PURE
PROVISIONS OF PURE FOOD AND
DRUG ACT TO BE EX-
TENDED.

WASHINGTON, July 1.--After to-
day all brands of nose paint sold
within the confines of the Uni ed
States must be correctly labeled, in
accordance with rules and specifica-
lions promulgated by the internal
revenue department. These regulations
Which become effective tomO row,
have been harmonized with the pro-
Visions OF the pure food and drug ac.;
With the result that distillerS and
blenders all over the country are up
in arms and declare that they will ap-
peal TO the courts for relief from the
obnoxious rulings.
So far as the trade is concerned
the most impOr iant feature of the rul-
ing in this connection is the fact that
hereafter labels must appear with
out the addition of any adjective or
descriptive word" This eliminates
rye" and Bourbon" which hereto
fore have been used to describe the
kind of whiskey.
Heretofore all whiskey, whether
blended, artificially cOlored, or aged or
mixed with other spirits. has been
marked ''Whiskey" on the barrels as
they have been filled and shipped
from the distilleries and places of rec
tification.
Hereafter what is known as
straight whiskey," tina, is, an arti-
Gle that has been aged by time and
not mixed with other spirits will be
marked "whiskey" and only that.
Blended or compounded whiskey will
be marked on the barrel in letters
at least one inch long burned into the
barrel. blended whiskey."
A mixture of whiskey with alcohol,
provided there is enough potable
spirits to make a real compound, and
with the distilant with which it is
mixed.
Alcohol, commercial alcohol or high
wines which have been manipulated
by the aid of artificial fiavors. cOIors
or extracts, or otherwise. so as to re.
semble some particular kind of pot
able spirits will be marked with the
name of such spirits. preceded with
the word limitation"
What a revolution this will make in
the business of rectifying or blending
whiskey may be imagined when it is
recalled that most of the whiskey now
sold is compounded, blended, or i'm
itated within the meaning of the pure
food act, and that after today none of
these products can leave the place of
manufacture without carrying a mark
which viii indicate 30 the average
mind that the spirits are some inferior
article.
So far as the consumer is concerned
the most important section of the rule
demands the use of the word 'im-
itation" to describe the more or less
poisonous fluids hat are passed off
as whiskey by the interruptions. Snch
fire water" has base of alcohol, or.
more frequently, commercial al
cohol.' still laden with posons of dis
ti,lation, or even high Wines the
first products of distillation and unfit
for human consumption. Any or all
of those in combination is manipulate
ed by the aid of artificial flavOrs. col
ors. extracts or otherwise to have tse
appearance at least, of a recognized
beverage Every possible effort was
made in the drafting of the pure food
and drug act to suppress these con-
coctions. and the effort had the
hearty Endorsement or the trade at
large.
AS the law itself has utterly failed
to psevent unscrupulous concerns
from putting these poisons on the
market. it is efared tnat a further
ruling by the internal revenue depart
ment will likewise wall. There is no
explicit language in the law TO regu-
late the quantities Of ingredients
which shall distinguish a compound"