Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1909 — FOUND GUILTY IN SOFT DRINK CASE [ARTICLE]

FOUND GUILTY IN SOFT DRINK CASE

Manufacturers to Suffer For Putting Poison In Syrup. - COCAINE IS THE ORU6 USED Conviction Marks the Beginning of a Crusade Against Line of Soda Foun'tain Goods by the Pure Food Biranch cf the Department of Agriculture. Expert Says Certain Temperance Eevoroce Makes Uter a Wreck. Ai!r.n‘a, Oct. 22. —The Koca Nola rompers-, a spft drink concern, has I ecn found guilty by a jury in the Ut:;cd States circuit court of adultering its syrup. Judge Newman will imlose sentence today. - The specific charge against the company in the case which was worked up by inspectors of the department of agriculture was that cocaine and cocaine derivatives had been discovered in two shipments of the Koca Nola syrup*' An expert testified that drinkers of Koca Nola would soon acquire the cocaine habit and become wrecks. Government officials say this case is the beginningSof a crusade against all drugged drinks. HEAVY CALL FOR WHISKY Amount Being Taken OuJ of Bond la Exceeding All Records. Washington. Oct. 22.—According to the Internal revenue commissioner, more whisky now is being withdrawn from the bonded warehouses than ever before. The withdrawals from bond last year totaled 134,901,408 gallons, which was the heaviest on record, and since then tbe withdrawals have- been even heavier than that. The manufacture of distilled spirits is still well below the high rate established in 1907, when 168,573,913 gallons were produced.