Kiss Imre: Szódavíz, egy magyar kultuszital, Szikvíz ipartörténeti album (Budapest, 2008)

Csongrád Megyei Ipartársulat tablója, 1920-as évek Tableau of the Csongrád Country Association, 1920's már 1895 elején olvashatunk. Itt jelenik meg közlemény az „idegen jelzésű szikvízüvegekkel" dolgozó gálád konkurensek leleplezésére, ami az egyik, ha nem a legfőbb problémát jelenti. 1901. augusztus 1-én aztán a hangzatos „Zászlóbontás" című vezércikkel megjelenik végre a Szikvízgyárosok Lapja, már az országos összefogás orgánuma. Feladatukat békességre törekedvén és a bölcsesség hangján szólva emígyen jelölik ki: „Lapunk bátor szószólója lesz a szikvízgyárosok érdekeinek, de másrészt ezek alkalmazottai és munkatársai jogos érdekeit is meg fogja védelmezni, mindig a munkaadó és munkás közti jó és barátságos viszony fenntartására törekedvén." Gerő Ernőt, az „ifjabb ipar - és munkaügyi írók egyik legagilisabb tagját" bízták meg a „Munkaügy" rovat szerkesztésével. A lap előfizetésével - egész évre 12 korona „ Labour" column. Subscribing to the paper12 Hungarian crowns (6 forints) for a year - meant an insurance of 2000 crowns in the case of an accident, death or disablement. In the first part of the 20th century the guild could boast several volumes (with some short breaks) of a paper, which is an excellent source of studying the regulations in force, a reliable mirror of indoor conflicts - but this will be covered by one of the coming chapters. Another form of self-organisation, combination and concentration of forces is corporation. The 60-crown ticket of membership from the 1920s, which is on display at the exhibition, was issued by the Union of Soda Water Manufacturers of the guild of hotel owners, tavern keepers and innkeepers. It is extraordinarily decorative, so we are publishing some details so as to adore the expertise of the unknown artist. A county-level cooperation is proved by the photograph of the founder members in County Csongrád. It seems necessary to mention that seeing the overwhelming majority of the frail sex, this trade was often directed by women, because of their share within the family. One reason could have been the fact of widely spread widowhood, however, we can say for sure that these women operated the filling machines as wives, sisters and mothers. (While spending my holidays at Edelény I personally saw the seltzer man's wife, Aunt Róza, put the case on her shoulder and satisfied the order herself if the tavern keeper was in need after sunset.) On top of that, among the writers of patent applications we can find women - one of whose new development even ended at the court. The two most hated things were balloon soda and the unscrupulous competition: they were the targets of the Union of the Hungarian Rural Soda Industry founded in