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Show PURE WINE DEMANDED BY DR. HARVEY WILEY WASHINGTON, Sept. 13'. Wine pure wiue is to bo a thine of tho past undor tho pendlncr tariff bill, in the opinion of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, former for-mer chief chemist for the government. In nn appenl today ho oalls to arms nil tho patrons of all the lobster -pnlaocB of all tho bitf cities, afi Trail bb those who value wino for wino'o sake, to join in battle ngainst the senate ohanpe that in bio opinion wonld permit adulteration adultera-tion of fermentod grape juice. ''Let tho people who are Interested in tho purity of products," he appealed, "immediately protest affalnet this out-raceouB out-raceouB attempt, to debauch the wines of this country." The objection of Br. Wiley is based on the provision that pormfts tho addition, ad-dition, "before, during or after formon-tation," formon-tation," of sugar, grapo juico or water, wa-ter, not to exceed 20 por cent of tho total of Dure, fermented grape juice. This, Dr. Wiley contends, lota down the Kfr. ti-, all anqe.rlnflnnn of adulteration as no one can tell tho original quantity quan-tity of fermented grtipo juico after the adulterants havo boon added. "It only remains now," Bays Dr. Wiley, scornfully, "for the senate to define whisky as an alcoholic bover-ngo, bover-ngo, made of neutral spirits, burnt sugar and synthetic flavors, and beer as n boverago made of any old thing that will ferraont nnd emblttorod with anything that is bitter, from capsicum to aloos, to complete tho debasement of American bovoruges." : |