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THE HOUSE OF PERNOD AND SONS
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minimum toxic power"; and finally that of Girard which gives an assent by
saying that "brandy from wine is harmless in moderate amounts ".
xxxx To fill the hole dug into the budget by the reduction of taxes on
drinks known as healthy, the surtax on alcohol would not serve, they
dreamed up a special tax on spirits, absinthe in particular, naturally with
much insistence on the dangers presented to the public health by the abuse
of that drink. But in the anathemas that certain speakers launched with glee
against it, we never found anything to belie the conclusions at which we
arrived after a calm and reasoned examination of the question; we met no
argument able to convince us of the toxic effects of the essences contained
in a well-made absinthe, taken in the doses which we indicated and which
are precise.
xxxx One rose with vehemence against the shameful products too often
sold for consumption under the name of absinthe: the fact was brought out
that many make these products themselves by cold mixing unrectified
industrial alcohol with essences which are true poisons, so that the
consumer suffers a double poisoning by bad alcohol and by the essences.
xxxx All decent people will share the indignation raised by the revelations
made in House of Commons regarding the intrigues of these culprits;
everyone will applaud the severe measurements the Government has
decided to take to ensure the hygienic control of drinks and to put a stop to
the systematic poisoning of the French consumer.
xxxx But it is necessary to take care not to confuse the products of an
infamous industry with absinthe such as is carefully distilled in the factory
of Pernod & Sons, using spirits distilled from wines chosen from among
the best of Languedoc and Roussillon, and aromatic plants of the best
quality. There is between them the same difference as between wine made
from fresh grapes, pure juice of the vine, and the degenerate drink made
under the name of wine in certain warehouses for the use of the Parisian
population.

(Translated by "Artemis" for your pleasure.)




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