The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

WASHINGTON. u G. MAY n
Shall Imitation whisky he marked
limitation 10 a question which
will soon be dccided=oncg more
finally by President Taft
Something aver 70 pet gent nf all
the whisky consumed In the Unit
ed States Ia neutral spirits eol1red
aud favored 10 Initiate that article
Ahont $4,000 900 gallons af genuine
whisky are distilled each year
About % nee. opo gallons Of neutral
spirits are also made each year The
genuine whisky ls Distilled ffpin hiEh
grade grains The neutral spirits
can be made from anything from
sOrn stAika TO aAwduat A large
part Of tho 60 900 900 gallons
Of whisky produced each year
Ia sold by the diaullers 10 the
rociifiets. who mix It With the
neutral spirits, 80 some Of the init
tntinn whisky on the market con
talna same whisky, a iafsef part
contains mono
Determined that whisky made u
neutral spirits, celotrd and eith tho
fiaynrink extract shall not be lshcl-
81 imitation or compound, tho
manufacturers u this prpsiart have
carried ga a three year Naf since
1906 aEslnst the goyerumsnta en-
forcement Of the pure food law. The
hiainrs o. this var is niss u the
nast Remarkable IN the history VI
ans effort by tho government 10
make it, laws effective Three
times al apinion has taan handed
down by an attorney general ai the
United States. ana twice By tho
president ai the uniiud statea and
fvire hf Federal Judges Al ,hsse
deeisisns ucre unfayofablu to The
dlatiliass
When TAFT became president tho
effort 10 s.7eurc an executive inter
vsntiau vas renewed and Vas sar-
cessfal During she sssana wsek In
March The case was frapsusd BY a
hearing 1t the White Hnasa. and on
April : final arrumeHta Hefr pre-
sfuttd 1t spccial hsafiuE before
Solicitor aenerpi bowers ai the d.
paftmeht II Justice When AIT
Bowers maker his frlaft President
Taft Niii aeaia determine The guess
iinn q imitation whisky -eiiiier sup
portink or fererrinE the decision
81 his lsfedeeusa1r.
This fight q the diriiiilaK later
rsta hsgan sven tefefe the pure
food law Vas passed. Fuf II years
previous 10 ia IaasAgc regularly
cssnnised iolsl,y was maintained 10
and ., Il the boast II
Warwick n Hough. their attorney.
that he. and the Interests ehich he
we're for years the iarr-
at fasfsr IN preventing The passage
u ths psfe food law. HaaEh is stin
IN ciiafse
The first decision that imitation
whisky vas imitation whisky eas
rsndsted In 1905 By bf. II. W.
WILEY. chief chemist u the aefart-
inent If agriculture. Mf Carey II
the treasury department. ard = n
d North. nov director Of The cen
a.s Another decision ess by q
board u seven state pure faod an
aiyista supporting pr wiley.
The fistlllers pfotrstsd They Esi
tho question transferred 10 a board
Of the secretary q axfi-
culture. its .oiicitor. NJ. NeCahe.
and Assistant Secretary Hayes H.
fore this board made rs report tho
ease vas appealed directly to the
president. Mr. RooseVrlt heard ar
Fumentz and put the matter W 10
Attorney f;ensrni nonaparts
IN 1901 Attorney General npnn-
pafte rendered his first decision He
held that there was a difference be-
tween genuine whisky and the lsni-
iatipn product. and uphold WILEY In
his contention that the imitation ar
tirie Ought to he 20 marked
Mr.. HouTh and thu distiiilnx In
iercsts asked for a rchearIns u the
casr. and II was rcheard. After a
whiie Attorney General nonapar,e
eavc another opinion the aaine a. his
FIRST,
The dissiiiins Interests then
sought relief IN the courts ana asked
tbs government 10 cooperate In a