The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-01-11
IMPURE BOOZE
BETTER THAN PURE
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Dten cduseu III honolulu by the drink.
ing of imitation whisky and gin and
other impure drinks. Mr.. Buchiy was
| sure that this was only a newspaper
yarn, but nevertheless, it was hurting
the business of the liquor dealers. and
for self-protection they wanted chem.
list appointed to examine the liquor
sold, SO that it might be given a pure
bill of health. 1--WE are willing,n ne
said, "to pay the expenses of chem
list so the public can see that the
liquors sold are not poisonous as the
papers are representing that they are
or if they are, so that the sellers may
be prosecuted.
Quotes Pure Food Law.
Carlos Long promptly sprang into
| the breach and tried to stuff it with
| the pure food bugaboo. Gas long as
you comply with the pure food law
he said, 81 don't see how this board
has anything to do with it.
A good natured tilt occurred between
Lishman and Buchly. Lishman stated
that he holds no rectifers' license but
sells the goods that are sent him from
the Coast. Buch.y retorted that he
was in a better position than Lishman,
for he is a rectifier and knows what he
sells while Lishman does not
Lewis took fall out of The Adver.
tiser by advancing the opinion that
The Advertiser doesn It know anything
about rectifying and supposed that all
saloonkeepers hold rectifers' licenses.
Clarence Cooke took a hand in the
game, stating that the way the agita
ton struck him was that it was not SO
much the rectifying of booze in the
liquor houses that does the harm as
the rectifying in the stomachs of the
consumers. In other words, the whole
trouble is that the drinkers pour one
kind of liquor down on top of another,
and then the blame is laid to poison
GUS liquor.
The liquor. dealers, still insisting on
the appointment of chemist, CommIs-
sioner Brown stated that it seemed to
him that the agitation has agitated the
liquor dealers more than it has the
general public.
Cooke asked if it had not been shown
that some of the limitations are less
injurious than the straight goods.
Brown wanted to know if it is not true
that "dago red" is only light red
wine. He was hastily assured that his
guess was correct, the one who replied
forgetting to state that some dago red
contains logwood and few other
deleterious substances.
Dago Red HeSlthy.
eff the people would drink dago
red, they would be better off, was the
opinion expressed by r. r. Lange
"But they drink Madeira and Other
| xvbiah haya S,,nar in, than
There is too much sugar, which is
nauseating to the stomach. -
cit is good for child of five OF
six to have glass of light wine," was
the statement of r. j. Buchly.
One of the commissioners wanted tc
. know what good it would do the liquor
, dealers to have chemist appointed tc
examine the liquors sold.
"Well,' said Buchly, "if man dies
from drinking and bottle of gooo
whisky is found by him, the genera
public will speak well of the living
. liquor dealer and badly of the dead con
sumer.'
| Lewis stated that the general idei
was to allay the fears of the genera
public in regard to poisonous substances
$ in liquors. Pure grain alcohol" h,
a said, :" is less injurious than twenty
Y year-old whisky. Imitation whisky il
better to drink than twenty-year-olt
: whisky" He further explained tina
s govt and kindred diseases are caused
( by the drinking of rich old wines
: HYou never hear,' he said, "of ;
' poor man with the govt. The older ;
o wine is, the more injurious IL ISL
o There is nothing injurious in imita
q ton whisky" went on Mr.. Lewis, "no
in compounds nor dago red. -
Brown asked question: "The nam
5, compound doesn Il mean that the stui
r is any more dangerous, does itf'
:. "No," replied Lange. ga compoun
is a mixture of two articles not of tn
70 same nature.o
;" Old Whisky Not Appreciated.
=, Lishman told the board that oil
u whisky is not always appreciated b
a the consumer. He related a story @
how he once sent up five gallons c
twenty-year.ol whisky to the Hawa
y ian Hotel in place of poorer qualit
y. whisky because he happened to be oil
of the latter, and the barkeeper SCI
it back with the message that he didn
want to be poisoned. A liquor drummt
happened to be in the store at the tim
d. and he took one quart of the good viii
a. ky, mixed it with some burnt suga
IN syrup and other things, and sent
~ back, and the barkeeper sent baC
ne word that it was the best whisky
ey ever drank.
No Liquor Money Wanted.
IN There was a lot more talk by II
ty wholesalers in support of their propo'
90 tion to pay the expenses and salary
- a chemist, but Brown expressed d
he opinion emphatically that, while he /
ys lieyed the liquor dealers were since
TO in their proposition, he thought {
matter should be handled by the boar
~ don't think" he said, "that I
he liquor dealers should be allowed
IN, contribute.
ia Watkins expressed the opinion III
~ the whole proposition of the liqu
to dealers, in nutshell, IL agreed
lft would have the effect Of allowing the
IA 10 sell booze recommended by tho
eense commissioners,
~ Brown said he thought the examii
A 4 - a. a. VI.