Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Adulteration, Cultural Geography, Chemistry, Politics

    Begins by claiming that the American variety of adulteration involves the 'simple substitution of sham for reality' and proceeds to discuss an extract from a report in the British Medical Journal about Dr Van der Weyde of the Polytechnic Association of the American Institute, who described a method of making claret using water and wood-shavings. Ends by noting that an 'eminent statesmen' has celebrated the fact that 'we are Americanising all of our institutions', but warns that this will mean 'going beyond' merely adulterating commodities.