The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-09-05
SODA WATER NM
EDEDl's HEALTH RULES

HilO September i-4ii nrpssta thsi
Ire tour 81 rooa Commlssiohsf Milan.
elafd on Hawaii has stirred np the ,oda
water manufacturer on that Island In
The same manner e. be activities IA
Honolulu stirred W the zee cream ven.
doris there. The Hiio Tribune has re-.
ccived The following Communication
from William stone, che leading hoda
water manufacturer Of the towns
Editor Hilo Tfibunc-please allow
me space for the following reply 90 a
misleading and rather malicious article
in the Hawaii Herald Of August 81, on.
titled, Complaint Made of 1iiio Soda. >
IN speaking for the Excelsior Soda
Works Company, Limited, I will say
that there Is not at the present time,
neither has there ever been, any fric
tion between this company and the
board Of health either in Honolulu or
Hilo. Further, under the new require
ments there will be no change whatever
in the ingredients used ~ us in the
manufacture Of some kinds of soda
water, such as ginger ale, root beer and
cream. We have used coal tar colors
for soda water requiring n red color and
these colors are approved by the food
inspector. Whether the colors which we
aresnow using will pass or not. do not
know at the present time. We have
used saccharin in some orange and lem
on favored soda waters, so have prob
ahlyanearly' all the manufacturers or
soda water in Hawaii, until recently,
ant saccharin was never ruled against
as heing Injurious 20 health by the pure
food authorities at Washington until
very recently. a
About four months ago / called
upon Mr.. Bowman and asked him IL he
could give me any information about
the requirements Of the board of health
relating to the manufacture of soda
water. He replied that he had no in.
structiOns from Honolulu up to that
time. l told him that we were willing
and anxious TO comrlv with the law,
and asked him to notify me at once
when any such instructions were re-
ceived by him. This Mr.. Bowman
agreed to do
! tWhen Mr.. Blanchard called at the
Excelsior Snda Works plant, was
there, and I told him that we were us.
ing some saecharin, also coal tar colors
but that we were anxious to conform
with requirements of the board OF
! health as soon as we knew what these
! were, but we could not do so until we
/ did know. He explained everything tc
me at length, and found that the prin,
cipal difference between the old and the
new method would give me time to get
labels and colors approved by the board
of health. There was absolutely nc
friction, and there was no chance fol
any, for 1 approve of the work which
the board of health is doing along these
lines, and told Mr.. Blanchard SO.
''Now comes the Hawaii Herald and
speaks of strenuous measures and
bad soda water, and ends up by Civ
| ing atlsiias~g b6de' te0ndNctimg the busi
ness end of the proposition. An ordi
nary person upon reading this article
would infer that we use no sugar at all
only saccharin and poisonous coal ia,
eolors, making bad soda water'
As matter of fact do not thinl
that the editor of the Herald can quail
ify as judge of soda water.
Thanking you very kindly for thii
space, ! am, very truly yours,
/ "W. J. STONE. /"
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