The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-13
MINERAL WATER A
sY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

there are that do. It is probable that
more than half q million people WISH
the medicinal springs OF the country IOI
a period Of at least two weeks In the
South these resorts become the SOcld
headquarters during the summer and the
aliurements CT the seaside can never
take their trade away. Elsewhere the
sea has been shown to be q greater draw
ing card for the vacatiOnist than the
mountains. Ali the social world remsW-
bers when the Greenbrier White was the
great meeting place for the Oeaus anI
bellies of the North and the South. But
those romantic days have passed Win the
| generation that knew them
1t has been estimated that there are
10. 900 springs in the United states WnOse
waters might have a commercial value.
If every city in the United states useo
as much bottled water, in prOpOFuOn 70
the population, as do the cites OF Mn
neapolis and St Paul IL would take tne
combined flow Of all these to supply the
demand. It is the heavy use OF tapie Va
tiers in these two cities, supplied from
| large springs close by that makes Mih-
nesOta the premier wateT-producing state
Some three centuries ago the world did
not understand where all the water ina
supplied the springs Of the earth came
| from, and men began TO figure Inat they
would go dry. But HALEY, the eminent
| English scientist. who discovered Ihe
great comet which bears his name us
1red out that The evaporation from the
sea was sufficient to supply All the
springs and streams OF the Worlo SO
long as the process went on, ana SluCs
then mankind has rested easy on that
score
1t is a peculiar fact that the mineral
waters of the country are never constant
in the amount of mineral they contain;
Under the pure food law the mineral
water trade has been carefully WatCheu
for evidences Of m~isbranding- In many
instances waters have been seized that
! a. - --A.----a m 70 cha branded STATE
ments, and yet the vendor was perfectly
| Innocent of any evil intent Analyses
made ten years & might well nave
| shown everything just as claimed, Out
since that time there may have been
such q deterioration as to Tender II a
very different water Often waters viii
be strong of mineral at one time and
weak at another, strong in a dry season
and weak in a wet season. 1t Is TINS.
variableness Of mineral waters that mas
led the physician to prescribe drugs pos
sessing the same properties instead VI
the water itself. though there are many
waters for which It is difficult for them
to offer q substitute.
HydrOtherapy, or water cure, mas a IA
vorite in the therapeutic world for many
d year. A recent case possesses conslo-
cradle interest. A New York invalid was
told by his physicians that his days were
numbered and that he had just as wei
prepare for the inevitable. One OF them.
however, stated that If ne could drink a
gallon Of a certain kind Of water every
day for two years he might get we'll lie
tried il, and after drinking $50 quarts
Of water in two years was pronounced en-
tireiy cured Of his malady-
There are many curious things IN the
) mineral water world. LOgaBspoTt, IND
1 boasts of a well that produces Two on
ferent kinds Of water. The only other
American well or spring Of this sort Is IN
Hamilton county, Ohio, about Is miles
north.of Cincinnati. Even Alaska has It's
mineral springs in profusion, and one OF
p them has already been opened up IN q
! commercial way. Its rOduc has gained
considerable repute as q table water,
Y Shenandoah county, virginia mas q
spring which is known as the Powder
spring, and its water has such a strong
s burnt-poWder smell that many persons
driving along the nearby turnpike hold
their breath and accelerate their speed
when passing it.
There has been some stir among min
eTal water men over the tariff on i'm
q ported mineral waters. II was the Wlsf
{ Of the domestic producers that higher
tariff than that levied under the D1ngle1
1 law be imposed on the foreign waters Blu
e congress has not seen fit TO adopt Jnell
recommendations down TO the present
writing. The only difference in the new
o schedul and the old Is that water IN
! ported in bottles must hereafter pay &
: duty on the bottles as well as on tbs
4 water itself. This viii probably mean it!
shipment in bulk to a large extent. j
ii will take a duty Of eight cents a gallon
= 1t is said that there are no springs II
: D lAt AAlAEA OLdLEE NaAaA al " AAA6AAAg oNA
cessful as a resort without the accom-
paniment of horse racing, gaming, etc.
whereas in Europe these things are no
at all essential An instance IS cited o
I a great New York state resort, who's
name is familiar in every household in tn
k land. 1t was the summer political head
quarters of the Empire state in year
gone by, but the anti-racing campaign ha
put an end TO its prestige and to its at
, traction for the people who have time an
Il money at their command. Consequent,
there is now a bill before the New YOrl
e legislature for the purchase Of this grea
+ resort by the state. OF course the initia
: ted understand that the owners find IL a.
: investment shorn Of its profits since II
race tracks were closed.
n Perhaps the most famous springs ar
). those at Baden Baden, Germany. Their
are % of them. and they have thei
in the beds Of granite. This is said to b
the best example Of the health resort pa
excellence in the world. People frOr
every part Of the globe visit it. and the
leave millions of dollars behind then
d The great bathing establishments Their
e give more than a hundred thousand bath
a year, about two-thirds Of the bather
being men. 1t is the belief of those VIII
have studied the resort systems Of Eur
y ope that they could be duplicated &
y, America If the proper methods Of ex
pIoitation were used. They are certai
that there are many springs in Americ
10 which possess every advantage Of climate
quality of water, accessibility and al
Effectiveness Of scenery that IS pOsSeSSe
by the European spas.
b, copyrighted, 1909, by Frederic J. Haskin
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