The Washington times., 1922-12-18
POISON WH|SKEY
! ISsENTFR0M
CANADA
Three -fourths Of All Smuggied
Over Border 10 Awful
Stuff.

Stuff.
This % tho second Of q seriss
Of ertiolss on boetIseotNg bv
Canadians into the United
States based on sir ,0ssks' special
investigation-
By WILLIAM +. McNULTY.
(copyrisht, 1919. b. cosnepslitsa Nsws
| esfvios.)
ST. JOHNS. New Brunswick. Can.
ada, Dec. 16.-The ultimate consumer
who believes he il absorbing real
Canadian and Scotch whiskeys 10
laboring under q delusion. Seventy.
five per cent of such whiskey sold
today in the United states after
being smuggled across the boundary
from Canada Ia poison.
Most of the stuff is manufactured
In Canadian stills Another and
cheaper method Of producing "whis.
key" 10 to mix alcohol ana water ana
add Q little brown ooloring. At the
stills the following process 10 en-
ployed for the manufacture OF whis-
key: -.
distilleries steam power is used.
Steam is powerful enough to prevent
the forming OF substanoe on the In.
side Of the worm OF the stu. but
motor power 10 not. The result 10
that verdigris forms on the inside of
the worm when motor power 10 util-
izsd. Fusel oil also drips off tho
and fusel oil drip into the alleged
,tnlx 4 T. ~ prf n 0fSf NJ
in the still. Vsrdisris ID Z positive
poison which eats at the vitalS Of .
human being like q cancerous growth.
Fusel oil is also poisonous. but not 70
the same extent as verdigrts.
''Whiskey" Ingredients. Z
As to the ingredients: Bran mash,
raisins and alcohol are the tngrodi-
/ ents for the best" whiskey. Very
often, when alcohol is not available,
wood alcohol 10 substituted. The
mixer ID trusted to see that too
much Of the wood alcohol u not ap-
piled to the mixture, but frequently
he is not able to Judge and applies
an overdose. Tho consequence is
that sudden death instead Of grad
ual death results. Or the drinker
may be lucky enough to escape with
totA blindness. Again, another sub.
stitute for alcohol IL ether. Owing
to the scarcity Of alcohol, and the
comparative ease with which ether
can be secured. this drug II becom-
ing q favorite substitute for alcohol.
Creosote also has been used instead
Of alcohol.
The less important bootlegeers,
who cater to the very cheapest
trade. have no stills. II they cannot
secure alcohol to mix with water.
they use whatever they can procure.
The consequence IL that often the
whiskey is nothing more than pare
goric and water, with the brown
coloring, or shellac and water with
The brown colornig, or wood alcohol
and water with the brown coloring,
or liquid shoe polish and water with
the brown coloring, or lemon ex-
tract and water with brown color.
ing. or jamaica ginger and water
with the brown coloring. or knock
out drops and water with the brown
coloring, or laudanum and water
any LIQUID IL utilized to mix with
water that can be secured.
Liquor Forty eight Hours Old.
Whether Manufactured at the still
or just hand mixed. the so-called
whiskey is bottled Immediately after
being mixed. And In less than
forty-eight hours after being mAiiu-
featured 1t often In In the stomach
Of a man.
In order completely to hoodwink
the drinker, the bootleggers have
had printed hundreds Of thousands
Of labels Of well-known brands Of
whiskies, having employed artists
to forge the labels. For instance.
one syndicate which specialises In
initiating "Black and White" q
well known brand Of Scotch, has
recently sent In q second order for
one hundred thousand black and
white labels which few can detect
from the genuine labels.
Perfection, Black and White,
Hais and Haig. White and MAckay.
Three Star, Begg's, are initiated sx-
tensively by the Canadian boot.
leggsrs. Some Of the .bootlsggsrs