The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-27
There's a Differenee.

There's a Difference.
The definition of blends is not made
broad enough to include neutral spirits
made from mOlasses and reduced to pOta-
Ole strength. This article, the President
says, cannot be labeled as whisky; it is
rum.
The President takes DR.. Wiley and other
chemists 20 task for a fundamental en-
rOr' as To what the name whisky has
included i'm the last one hundred years,
and also expresses the opinion that Mr..
Bowers makes too nice distinction in
his deductions.
II he said, speaking of the opinion
OF Mr.. Bowers, thigh wines at from 14O
degrees to 100 degrees. when reduced 10
potable strength and containing a small
quantity OF fUSet oil and Favored 10y
burned sugar are whisky as he has
found, then the mere Improvement i'm the
process by continuous distillatiOn, so as
10 give product of from loo degrees 10
lsS degrees proof and still further 10 re
duce its fusel oil, is not TO change its
whole nature or to make what was gen
uine whisky imitation whisky because
of a slightly reduced trace of ingredient
The distinction is too impractcable, i'm
my judgment. for the execution of the
law"
The President thinks such an order as
his decision cOntemplates cannot do IN
Justice
To Prevent Frauds.
Those" he says. .'who make whisky
spirits cannot complain it, to prevent fur
Their frauds, they are required TO use a
brand which shall show exactly the klnd
of whisky they are selling For InaL
reason, it seems to me fair to require
them to brand their product as WHISKY
made from rectified spirits or whisky
made from redstilled spirits, or WHISKY
made from neutral spirits as the case
may be; and. if aged in the wood, as
sometimes is the case with this class OF
whisky, they may add this fact.
''The public viii be made to know eN-
actly the kind of whisky they Duy ana
drink If they desire straight whisky,
they can get it by purchasing what IS
branded straight whisky II they are
willing TO drink whisky Of neutral splills'
then they can buy 1t under brand snow
ing 1t, and if they are content with a
blend of flavor made by the mixture OF
straight whisky and whisky made OF neu-
trail spirits, the brand OF the blend upon
the package will enable them 10 1uy anu
drink that which they desire rms Was
the intent of the act. II INJURIES no MAJ >
lawful business, because it only insists
on the statement of the truth on the label.
Must Label Goods.
eff those who manufacture W lisl1y made
of neutral spirits and wish 20 call IL
whisky without explanatory phrase
COMPLAIN because the adGluOn OF Aeu-
tral spirits in the label takes away sg Iill5
of their trade, they are without a Just
ground, because they lose their Llaue
merely from a statement of the fact
The straight whisky men are reLeNeu
from all future attempt TO pass OF hSu-
traI spirits whisky as straight WHISKY
More than this, III straight whisky OF any
other kind of whisky is aged IN the Wool
the fact may be branded on the pack
age. and this claim to public IaVof may
truthfully be put forth go
..Thus the purpose Of the pure food
law is fully accomplished in respect 70
misbranding and the truthful branding
Differs With Roosevelt.
The decision follows lines of conclusions
reached by the Royal commission OF
Great Britain, and reverses the NerdlcJ OF
former President Roosevelt former AT
torney General Bouaparte, solicitor zen
eral Bowers, and DR.. Wiley, chief or the
bureau of chemistry The hoOseNeil-
Bonaparte-Wiley order denied the use OF
-he word whisky in branding TO an
li0uor except straight whisky" the Whis-
ltv which is aged in charred oak casks.
LIr. Bowers extended the use Of the WORD
10 liquors made Of 'recLlfleu ana us
titled spirits President Taft goes a step
further and includes blends ana WHISKY
made from neutral spirits
Celebrating his conclusions, the Pres
ident says:
After am examination of all the evil
dence, it seems to me Overwhelmingly es-
tabIisned that, Tor hundred years the
tenn whisky i'm the trade and among
rhe customers has included all pOtdDle
Huuor distilled from gram thaI me
straight whisky is, as compared with tte
whisky made by rectificatiOn or redis-
tHation and flavOring and coloring mat
ter. a subsequent Improvement and that
therefore, it is a perverslon Of the pure
food law act TO attempt now TO limit
the meaning of the term whisky 10 Inal
which modern manufacturing and taste
have made the most desirable variety