Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-02
POOR WHiskEY SOLD IN THIS STATE.
Only Fifty of f23 Samples Were Founc
 to Be Full Alcoholic Strength.


 Only Fifty of f23 Samples Were Found
 to Be Full Alcoholic Strength.
 The Connecticut Experiment station recently set out to test the whiskey tion obtained 123 samples of common bar whiskey in six cities Of the state Norwich, New Haven. Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Lon don. The conclusion formed as a re- suit of the investigation were that lon the generous assumption that a gen. uine whiskey is one showing from 45 to 50 per cent. of grain alcohol. not over 0.5 per cent. of non-vo1atile sol ids, and not over 10 per cent. of color insoluble in amyl alcohol. only thirteen of the samples can be considered to ty."
 Short Measure Given.
 Of these 123 samples, only fifty were found to be of full alcoholic strength, the others probably having been watered; twenty-six were found to have an excess of solids, sugar, syrup or glycerine probably having been added no were artifcially col ored, and in seventeen cases when half pint had been asked for and paid for but seven ounces were delivered.
 Hartford Stuff Worst of All. r Hartford, where twelve samples were bought, was the chief offender in most of these particulars, and only one of them successfully passed all the tests. Nine of the dozen con- tafned but seven ounces-this city producing the largest proportion of short-measure artists-only three of the twelve contained the requisite 45 per 10 cent. or more of grain alcohol and only one of them was free from artificial color.
 Bad Enough in New Haven.
 Of the sixty-one samples from New Haven, only two lacked the re- quired eight ounces to the half pint, but thirty-f -four were below strength in their volume of alcohol. eighteen were doctored with an excess of highly coloned.
 Highly coIored in Bridgeport. In Bridgeport twelve samples talk quantity, in ten cases deficient strength, in two cases an excess of solids, and excess of color in all
 Ditto Waterbury,.
 In Waterbury fourteen samples were taken. One lacked in quantity, eight were below strength, four were loaded with solids, and all had ex- cess of color.
 More Honest in Norwich. Of the twelve samples taken in Norwich. one was short in quantity. five of deficient strength, nine too highly colored, but none with an ex- cess of solids.
 New London Bug Juice. New London's twelve samples showed but one lacking in quantity, though eight were of deficient vol une, and four had an excess of solids, with ten showing excessive color.
 Customer Cheated. | The result of the investigation seems to show that the man who buys a half-pint of whiskey at Is to 25 cents rarely gets the eight ounces of 45 per cent. whiskey whict he orders. In some cases he is cheated by getting only seven i ounces. In more than half the cases | curate-he gets watered whiskey ot less than 45 per cent. strength. IT l twenty-siX cases out of 123-about one in ive--the thinning with water is. supplemented by thickening witE | syrup, glycerine -*or sugar Ga sample 20 per cent. sucrose. or cane sugar). l thirteen out Of 123.
 In only thirteen cases of these 12: 1 samples was no excess of colol found, and it is interesting to note contained from 43 to 52 per cent. O. alcohol, and only from 0.1 to O.17, per cent. of solids, so that in every l particular. not only in the color test l they came apprecia'bly near tn, commonly accepted Standards fo 1 vvI3igxaU nf f6aS was bought in Hartford, seven cam from New Haven, thpee from Nor wich, and two from RNew London | while ont one of the samples takel in either Waterbury or Bridgepor met these tests.
 High-Prieed Just as Bad. ----
 Whether better grades of whiske, or. whiskey from better establish ments than Sthese 123 selected a results after analysis, the expert ment station has not determined. Il one case. in New Haven, where tn ihalf- pint flask cost 30 cents, how l ever, the vofunle of alcohol wa somewhat below standard, ratinI per cent. just under the o:5 per cent permissible and the color ran ava, up to~83.2 per cent. instead of les than ten. From this one sample, on can hardly conclude that igh-pricet twhiskey gives much better return for the money than the cheap stuff l The experiment station did no | conduct this investigation as part O Eany temperance crusade; but in tn, l regular course of its work in analyz I ing the various articles which conn under the provisions of the pur, fcod and drug law. in an effort t, I obtain the enforcement of tha Il