El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-12

~ and VIII r. Winch and others Of
u FL Paso, differ emphatically with a
noted Utah scientist on a scientific
| subject. The Utah man asserts that
[ there is more kick" in a handful Of
cherries than in one OF these pints Of
two and a half percent beer. At that.
as Andrews remarks. there wouldn't
Z be much kick in the cherries" But
the FL Pasoans do not agree with him
that there is any kick in cherries.
I While neither OF the three profess to
I be chemists or scientists, II Is gener-
ally admitted that they are familiar
] with what is known in SCIENTIFIC par
] lance as alcoholic content
! enough 10 discover its presence with
ont the aid Of the lahOrator appa-
ratus necessary for the Titan protes-
scr.
The man who has started the argu-
ment is Dr. P. J. O'Gara, pathologist
I Of the American Smelling and Rein
I ing company's experimental farm at
/ Murray, Utah, who asserts that there
I are cases where experiments have
/ found natural products to exceed the
[ speed limit Of the staid and conserva-
7 tive prohibition edict-
Would Xou Believe TIT
Lips that touch liquor shall never
I touch mine. was never sung BY the
] cLELEAEe- apparently A0L alNUAAAl-- 10
/ Dr. OGara- this luscious fruit contains
~ percent alcohol. which would
bring the owner Of them under the
heel Of the first cop on the block.
so George Washington was fully
aware Of what he was doing when he
fathers Virginia plantation" re-
marked DR.. O'Gara. looking up from
reference work he was referring 10
concerning further facts about fer
mentation OF fruit
George was. in truth, our first pro-
hibitonist- For that cherry tree had
broken the future prohibition law OF
the land Then too. peas yield per
cent alcohol while leaves Of various
kinds OF fruits and vegetables produce
cne-half OF I percent Of alcohol
Dr. JOst Quoted.
Dr. O'Gara paused moment and
then picked up a volume near him on
his desk. which was DIT. Ludwig Josts
Lectures on Plant Physiology Vow
DIT. Jost is professor OF botany IN the
University Of StrassburE and. accord
ing to the Utah pathologist, is an au-
thority on this subject
When glucose. for example. breaks
down and all the oxygen. present be-
comes used in the formation Of car
rboudioxide there remains over. be-
sides carbon-dioxide. a completely re-
duced body OF carbon and hydrogen;
L all the oxygen be not so used up.
body poor in oxygen as compared with
glucose is formed. such as alcohol.
which as a matter OF fact. always ap-
pears in mira olecular respiration
and which collects often in consider
able quantities" read DR.. O'Gara from
volume above mentioned
Thus Brefeld l1S7Gl found one
half percent of alcohol in the
leaves Of ivy and Corylus after
Il days. IN grapes after several
weeks. oDe-hnlf TO percents IN
cherries. after four weeks. one
eighth to fHvo-fifths percent; and
In pea seedlings after three
months, as much as : percent. n
seeds Of Nlcia faba (pcasl arc
kept for two days under water
one can recognize the presence Of
alcohol by the smell on rubbing
Bees Break Law.
There is another interesting case
OF unwittinEly being without the law
remarked DR.. O'Gara. which found
one time
having too much glucose in MS 1oney,
and the officer maintained tlar 10
must have been manufactured honey.
The man, in defence offered the hive
TO the official for proof
Then was found the remarkapie rae
that the beehive itself contained in
ITS honey a much greater percenl asc
OF glucose than the law permitted
Had n Day For approximations
Now Winch. Sherman and An
dre.rs si,ent a cav in The cherry
orchard O. a Mormon friend near salt
lake City. who has three wives and
IS children at the age OF IS and VINO
wanted TO know what's the matter
with FL Pasol when ne learned tnat
there were only three wives and three
children in the combined families OF
the three FL Pasoans. and they assert I
most emphatically that there is no
alcoholic content In cherries They
declare solemnIv that they believe
they could have discovered il II there I
had been any. although they were
not looking for il on this particular
occasion IN fact express disdppoint- !
ment now that they had no idea Of the !
prevalence OF such a property in the
innocent rosy checked fruit OF the
mesas. but they assert unanimously Z
that 10 the alcoholic content had
been there. they believe they would
have discovered It.
An impartial observer who was
present with them says the only indi-
cation that it might have been there
was the fact that Sherman lost his
camera In Ogden shortly after the
visit 10 the orchard. that Winch want /
ed to whip the crowd because they
took too long to get a shave and that
the rest OF the trip. but the day was
warm and this might have account ]
ed for the condition OF things.
Volney stiles. Bob krakauer and
Frank Ezell did not visit the orchard. /
so further testimony IS not TO be had
from Fl Fasoans-
some Admissions.
E. Z. Lachn.ln and J. u Evans were /
discreetIy silent when asked TO ex-
press themselves upon the subject. but
Iachman was willing to discuss the l
nutritive quality OF salt Lake candy I
and even admitted that he might know !
something about salt Lake peaches"
Winch. when pressed for a state /
ment said I'll admit that there is a /
kick in cherries. but It IS not the 4
same 6ort that you get in a bottle
not admitting you understand for !
publication. that know anything /
about any bottled 'kicks'-for I am /
told that the kick IN the bottle Is ex-
perienced in the head while the only /
kick 7 got from the Utah cherries
was in the stomach"
CrOrcu NOncOmmittai.
While Douglas CroWell was not I
present with the FL Pasoans on their I