OCR Text |
Show X-rrcl Hccis WMsky. ; '.. ; The loss of life caused by the drinking of cheap ' - whisky, in "yew, York barrel houses is shocking.' The , .vile liquor, has'teen shown to contain various adul--tr:ita, principal among them being wood alcohol, . .'xin itself a deadly poison. i ' A . The man who drinks whisky in a barrel house . cf course cannot expect much in the way of quaUty, but he has the right to expect that his liquor be free . cf poisom . His only protection is the belief that the dealer of whom he bnys will not sell him stuff so bad that it will kill him outright. But in the New York instance the retail dealers are hardly so much . to blame.as they might be. Of course they buy as cheaply as possible in 'order to make their margin cf profit greater, buf we doubt if they knowingly bought poison. -The fault JU'es with the wholesalers who certainly knew what death dealing stuff they were putting on the market ' . That men will do such things for money ia almosf inconceivable. But it is. done right along.' Many ' food products are so adulterated as to.be detrimental detrimen-tal to the health of thousands, yet the men employed in such business stand well in a business .way and socially. - . " " :. There should be more rigid inspection of both food and drink. If men are unscrjipulous enough to sell poison uBder the guise of other things the law should prevent them and guard the public |