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 tomorrow,
have been harmOniZed with the pro-
visions of the pure food and drug aca
with the result that distiliers and
blenders all over the country are up
in arms and declare that they will ap-
peal TO the courts for re,ief from the
obnoxious rulings.
So far as the trade is concerned.
the most impor tant 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," thai 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
not the semblance of such spirits,
with the distillant with which it is
mixed.
Alcohol. commercial alcohol, or high
wines which have been manipulated
by the aid of artificial flavors. colors
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 "imitation.''
d
the business of rectifyng or blending
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
without carrying a mark |
which will indicate 10 the average
mind that the spirits are some inferior
article.
So far as the consumer is concerned |
the most important section of the rule |
the use of the word i'm
itation" to describe the more or less
poisonous fluids mat are passed off !
as Whiskey by the unScrupulous. S'ch |
fire water" has a base of alcohol, or. |
more frequently. commercial al |
cohol.' still laden with poisons of dis |
ti,lation, or even "high wines. tle |
first products of distillatiOn and unfit |
for human consumption. Any or all |
Of those in combination is manipulate |
ed by the aid of artificial fiavOrs. 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 of 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 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.