Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-30
TWO WHOLESALE
LIQUOR HOUSES
MUST CLOSE. Up
Peacock Co. and 0zaki Co.
Must Suspend for Month;
MiSbranded Goods

Turk California brand cognac. the
Wholesale liquor firms of w. &. Pea
cock and Co., and the Osaki Co., will
be required to close their places Of
business on August l. The Peacock
company will be required to remain
closed for one month and the Osaki
was imposed by the Oahu Liquor Ii
cense Commissioners at meeting the
latter part Of June, when proof was
submitted that the word type follow
ing the word cognac had been erased
from the brandy tables in botn the.
Peacock and the Osaki establishments.
Recently petition for a rehearing
of the charges were filed with the
wholesalers by the two COMPANIES,
who maintained that the word cog
nae had become generic and that the
words type or process were NO longer
required to distinguish the California
brandy product from that Of France.
At a special meeting Of the license
commissioners at noon today, a Gecis. !
ion was rendered by Arthur Smith,
acting attorney genera. which slis-
tanned the previous ruling 81 the
board. The decision rendered By the
attorney general reads as Follows: -
~. 'Sse by w. c. Peacock! o. lsbel
reading I De Turk California brandy
cognae' without adding the word type
or the word process is in violation
of regulation 10, adopted under. sec
ton three of the food and drugs act
Of June 80, 1906, and in violation Of
the rules and regulations Of the board
of license commissioners of the city
and county of Honolulu" 4
According to the, rules of the D.
cense commissioners, liquor dealers
are required to use a big red label
on certain blends and for types,
styles, brands or processes of certain
liquors. 1t is alleged that an employee
of the Peacock COMPANY evolved a
method to remove the word type from
after the word cognac on the Cali
fornia brandy, and also showed the
japanese owner of the Osah how to
do so. This accounts for, the differ
ence In the penalties imposed on the
two establishments, it is said.
Attorney General Smiths opinion
is based in parton ruling 26 of the
bureau of chemistry of the u. s. de-
partment Of agriculture, issued May
II, 1914. This ruling reads as fol.
lows: i
z IN the opinion Of the bureau, thel
designation 'eognac type Of brandy.
or brandy cognac type would be |
permissible for brandy made in CALI
fornia, provided the product is made
In accordance with the process oil
used in France in thel
Of cognac brandy and is |
Of the same general flavor and char.
acter, and provided further that theI
name Of the state of production Isl
stated on the label, as required byI
regulations 19-c of the Rules and Reg
ulations for the enforcement Of the
Foods and Drug Act"
oQl 9uImIs2ap pInoo gu SO Is1 oS
bureau OF agriculture, has consistently
the principles enunciated BY !
the foregoing rule, states the attorney
general. Besides this, It is held that
the liquor establishments also vioIat.
ed the rules or the liquor board in noti
labelling the brandy as required here.
Attorney e. c. Peters and r. W.
Breckons both appeared before the
commissioners at the special meeting.
but were unable to secure a rehear.
Ing or a modification Of the suspen-
sion orders ON the charges of mis-
g "a x /
1t is believed that no action locally
will be taken against the Peacock
for alleged violation Of. the
Food and Drugs Act, as it was agreed
between the firm and A. w. Hansen,
federal food commissioner, that the
brandy should be returned to the Cali
tornia manufacturers under federal su.
pervision so it would not ultimately
reach the consumer in its misbranded !
state.
However, it is understood that the
San Francisco food commission office
could act against the Honolulu firm
lnder the federal statute, If It so de.
sired. The brandy in question, It is
said. is a portion of the liquor stock
aiken over by the Peacock company
rom Hackfeld & Co., when the latter
went out Of the LIQUOR
business.