The daily tribune., 1908-07-01
HEREAFTER
WILL KNOW
IT IS Pure

Washington, July AFTER today :.
all brands of nose paint sold within
the confines of the United States must
be correctly labeled. in accordance
with rules and specifications pro.
mulgated by the internal revenue
| department. These regulations.
which become effective tomorrow,
have been harmonized with the
provisions of the pure food and
drug act, with the result that dis
tillers and blenders all over the
country are up in arms and declare
that they will appeal to the courts
for relief from the obnoxious rulings
| So far as the trade is concerned, the
most important feature Of the ruling
| in this connection is the fact that
hereafter labels must appear with
out the addition of any adjective or
'rye" and "bourbon," which here
tofore have been used to describe the
kind of whiskey.
Heretofore all whiskey, whether
blended artifcially colored or aged or
mixed with other spirits, has been
marked "whiskey" on the barrels as
they have been filled aud shipped
from the distilleries and places Of
| reotification.
Hereafter what is known as
Straight whiskey," that is, an
article 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
! searsi, ..hleaded -~his,,-y"
A mixture of whiskey with alcohol.
provided there is enough potable
spirits to mike real compound and
not the semblanec of such spirits,
with the dislillant with which 1t is
mixed.
Alcohol, commercial alcohol or
high wines which have been manipu.
lated by the aid of artificial favors
colors or extracts, or otherwise. so as
to resemble some particular kind of
potable spirits will be marked with
the name of such spirits, preceded
with the word limitation.
| What revolution this will make
in the business Of rectifying or blend
ing whiskey may be imagined when
it is recalled that most of the whisk
ey now sold is compounded, blended
or initiated within the meaning of
the pure food act. and that after
today none of these products can
leave the place Of manufacture
without carrying mark which
will indicate to 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
less poisonous fluids that are passed
off as whiskey by the unscrupulous,
Such fire water has base of alco-
hol, or, more frequently. CONNER
cial aclohol," still laden with poisons
Of distillstion, or even high wines.
the first products of distillation and
unfit for human consumption. Any
or all of those in combination IL
manipulated by the aid of artificial
flavors, colors, extracts or other wise
to have the appearance, at least of a
recognized beverage. Every posi- BILE
effort was made in the drafting of the
pure food and drug net to suppress.
these conooctions. and the effort had
the hearty Endorsement of the trade
at large.
AS the law itself has utterly failed
to prevent unscrupulous concerns from
putting these poisons on the market.
1t il feared that further ruling by
the Internal revenue department will
likewise fail. There IL no explicit,
language in the law to regulate the
quantities of ingredients which shall
distinguish compound.