, 1860-08-25
Dlatlllerrs Convention.

Pxve14, ILL.,, Aug. 81, 1850.
Pursuan. to call from an informal meeting
Of the Dis.illcrs Of Chicago and Peoria hold Ut
Chicago ON the 10th inst, Convention Of tae
D1sttllers of Illinois assembled at tho Peoria
uouse, in tho city Of Peoria, this day at ~
iiD Mer1eT Iirhtner, Of pcoria, called the meet
ING to order upon whose motion
E. Rawson, Esq, Of Chicago, was elected
% In motion Of r. R. x. Brother.op,, Esq,
Hervey L'ghtner and T. .: T. 7: Boa.iAnd s;an were
elected Secretaries OF me Confeauon. :.
The following named persons then handed IN
RaTson. of Raxsou i Streetsr, 8. M.
Nickerson. G. II, Cur,iss, John Il. Corl, +. 7.
Lawrence, Of Nee!ey, Lawrence / Co., :; II.
Nickersou, Of @. H: Crosby Of Chicago Wm.
Hill. Of Hill, Knox + Co, "rr'aTi r r;o;.. ~: +
i. Btilentine, Of II. 4. b. Co.: clinso1n.ille; !;
John Denman, Of J. T. Didlick Co., bloom.
iogton; G. B. Billion, OF Sweeney, Lttila!oa q
c.. 81, Louis Z. Il. Cursiss, Of Graves Co.,
lacon E. Rawson, Of i. n. Cranda1t. Loda; Ut.
Matz z:nbach, Of Matzsnbaeh l. Co., nasc9gtan;
land; +. 8: Bradley, Of Moss, Bradley 4 Co., L;
Lichtner. ii Lightner, Schimp.erman 1 Co.,
Richard Gregg. Of Gregg, Lyon Co. "m
Jyon, do, Thomas $. Dobbins, do. 3. L. T.
LouftRn0, OF a. . tole q Goa I. n. H. 1sotHe-
son, Of Peoria Alcohol Works, Charles r. Cor
roll, PEORIA
The Call for general convention Of Distillers
tobe held nt White Sulphur Springs, Ohio, on
the 30th inak, Was then read BY request
IL Lizhtner offered the following resolution,
which after full and free discussion was unani-
mous1y adopted.
Ks.0ls<d, As the unanimous sense Of this con-
vcut1on, that /, is advisable, owing to the great
depression Of the distilin interest to meet the
viezs Of the New York Distiliers as expressed
d. their convention held At Syracuse, On the 10.h
Of July, ultimo, in favor OF reducing the amount
Of grain mashad by the different oistilleries Of
the country 50 soon, and TO such extent as tho
same mHy be practicable
Richard Gregg, Esq.. offered the following
resolution, which WAS slso adopted. after full
discussion;
R..olrtd. That We recommend . aehargefor the
packages containing our High Wines, aud We
respectfully ask the co operation Of the Distill-
ers in this aud other States in making this
charge unlf,rm in the various markets.
b. l. T. Douraud offered the following reso-
| luton which was adopted:
| Rss5tEfj, That we, who Gre represented in
this contention, do hereby pledge ourselves
| for the bzrrtls containin. our Hig hw:ues, on
all sales, on and after the first Of October next,
in the Western States, P7ooide5, the distillers
| ef the other states c,ncnr IN this action.
| Richard Gregg, Esq, offered the following
| resolutlau, Which WAS adopted:
Rtsolutd, Thu. we cordially invite the Distil-
le1s oil the o:her States joln us in establishing
| uniform standard Of proof throughout The
! United States.
c. Il. Curt ss, Esq, offered the following res
| olutious which Were seEeralfy adopted:
Rssokesd, That it is expedient to concentrate
the sales Of our products to the hands Of as few
! persons as possible.
Keselrtd, That it is expedient to Instruct our
| correspondents to hare I'LL barrels filed before
| they shult ba sold, aud that Il 0 "outrage" be
| submitted to Oh inspection.
| H. A. Ballentine, Esq, flered the following
resolution wn'ch was unanimously adopted:
| RtoZctd, That copy Of the proceedings Of
this Convention he forwarded to the Conven-
ton OF Di5tllerS to assemble on the c0th iust.,
at Delaware, Ohio. and TINT delegates be ap-
pointed By this Convention to attend the same.
The following persons were then pus in nomi-
duly appointed viz:
H. 4. Bal;entine, Of Clintonville; VIM. Hill
and W. G. Wasley, Of Warsaw; Deeyer,
Of D. l. ULfic,, 81. Louis; q, Il. Cur.1ss, E.
Rawson, U. Il. Crosby, Clinton Briggs. j. H..
Wicker, ch9ieaKo; L J.; swe.ney; Richard
7. 5. D,bbins, +. Il. X. Brotherson. Peoria ;
! Fer'd. B:aua and alr. Schrader, Belevile :
cart. Wouder1in, C,llinsyllIe; Mr. Jasper.
Quincy; $. S. Phelps, Oqusw swka; U. J. D. Ru-
pert, Pekin j. II. McCaii. Canton.
o. motion Of Mr. Brotherson, poTer was
given to the delegates 10 I'LL vacancies in th.ir
lumber.
0a motion Of Mr. Hill, the Secretaries were
requested to hare the proceedings Of this Con.
vention printed III circular firm d sent to the
sev.ral dIstiliess Of the State.
Ikupon moiion,
R:.otrtd, That the publishers be respcc:fully
requested 10 print the proceedings Of his Con.
veniion in the following named newspapers.
to wit: St. Louis k;pu,lic4a, Cincinnati "a.
zettt, Chicago rEEss AND Tn1nrSe, Chicago
I.nes and Nerdld, Peoria Transcript and Peoria
/ UzsoA.
On motion, the Convention adjourned sine die.
I L. RAwsoS, Chairman.
+! II. LiGuTSER, L. l.. I. Bour,and, S-c'ys.