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PREFACE.
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One word more in regard to the large quantities
of whiskey shipped
to
France and the Continent. A
small portion only
is
used for chemical, medicinal
or mechanical purposes, perhaps one fourth of the
entire amount, the larger portion being returned to
this country in the form of brandy, cordials, liqueurs,
&c., at prices very much enhanced trom ita original
cost of exportation from our porta.
As
we have said before, France and the Continent
could not supply the trade of New York alone,
if
every gallop of wine produced, and every gallon of
brandy distilled, were exported to this port in ita
original state, as it is a well known fact, established
on the most reliable statistical data, that, notwith–
standing the immense amount of imitation and adul–
terated liquors shipped from the French ports, far
exceeding the genuine in quantity, she does bu:
little towards supplying the retail trade of the
Uuited States.
The
city
ef
New York alone seas
three
time8
as
many "pure imp<»'ted brandus,'' and
fowr times
as
1na;ny
"pu1·e
i7n!J>0Tted wines"
Olflln,Ual–
ty,
as
all the wine-produci11{! c01.11nflries ewp<»'t.
It
is ·
estimated that 12,000,000 bottles of champagne are
sold jn the United States annually, while France
exports less than 10,000,000 bottles.
If
we can induce the adoption of a system of
manufacturing that is free from the objections now
existing, that is, the free use of poisonous com–
pounds, we shall have accomplished some good, and
the object we sought in giving to the public the re–
sult of years of experience and close study.
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