, 1865-05-27

lFron tho N. Y. Times, May 81
Very few Of our citizens, outside OF tue GOV.
einnent officers, hare any conception Of thu
means and devices resorted to, to cEale the
ia, mint Of duties under the In ;ernel Revenue
Act. In the manufacturing, lnco,ne tax.
sth1nps aud licenses; in fact every branch Of
business, frauds a1c rerptt,atcd, hut the
grund colorado Is found in tltstillation. Thu
recent seszu:cs OF whisky il TIL. city. chi.
cage, Cincinnati and Boston, have fully
proved thas the saving Of the heavy tax Of
TWO dollars per gallon Is too great an induce
!neat to reslst. cSen for those who nave here.
totore occupied positions in the commuuity
as hs@h-1uindsd and honorable ,merchanIs
Thousands Of doi1ars have been saved to the
Government through the yigilAuco Of lis of:
nes.n, put ~; Wst1 81 iheE VIGILANCE, it Is esii.
ennf, that cut Of The one hundred millions Of
Eullops annually manufactured, not more
than twenty millions will pay tue duty,
sincc Tue 1st of january last, wheu The 11w
making the duty two doll lass per gallon went
INTO eject the number Of slills o. Every co,-
ceasable capacity that have been nut into
operation Is abs ,lutely incredible. Whe,cyer
you ind German or 1tish dr:nkfng.slop.
trn to one, the inspection Of the ceIinr'
k1tclsn CT eclne part Of the establishment
VII chow yen O. still aS work, converting
mt1sssts, sonr eee:, Or something that c2,i
he used, all = AicA eau be boash cheap.
~hs4 1~@e - sAAoS34'S4 1Aku tA4G pFtuG3ES. Into
tpar1tE, which II: a5 quietly put on the
market, Ut lucl low Prices, that even tbs
purchaser finds it to lis Interest to keen
quiet and fuch as utterly astoulshrs tss
Legitimate operator.
Many Of tue de1tc:s resorted TO to throw
the officers otF ,hs scsnt nrc Ingenious md
worthy OF Il better cause. Some uf the small
Operators DO not hesitate to openly defy the
officers to CATCH them. 60 contident arc theY
in tItiF cunning, while the more t;ttentions
manufacturer US READILY periurcs himself to
make his account square With tie govern.
mtnt. IT tEust net be supposed ,nat thesf,
iassals i'a 1afs T. ah their own Wy +; they even
t'tLer side OF tic lakes, and Canlla p,urs
her snnume bic streams into the grand res
ct.tor by devices quite cs Ingenious as TIM
ht-er. 4 clos. INSPECTION oftce lu.ubef-boat
aEd the grGiE-aoat, Which have free aceces to
otfr 1'orr s, Enarr TIC reciprocity treaty, will
oittn bring to Nsht the .Santsaoand clsk
tntRly kto:vcd aWaE, while the watcher OF thc
solitary skill, as It silently gliles across The
Niag.1a y. Tie dtad OF night, will iusy1,ahjr
discover tue well known whl-ky-keg. To
such an extent is this nsfa-lous business c1r-
II. on, and 20 utt, rly ruinous to the 1cgfd.
mate trader. .tae distillers aud rectifl:Fs Of
1his city and Brooklyn lave deemed it pcces. |
sary. fofH. their protection. to organize
themtelrts' luto IN association for the |
det''ct:cn and punishment of these frands.
At Ire1tm mary meeting It wsa decided that
III. E. J. lowo7r, Of TIE Drm OF 1owb.,.
Oztram d Co., should visit Washington for
IaS purpose Of Obtaining tbs appoint ntulent Of I
Every way competent BY tho CHIEF Of Police
and detectives, ~ inspector, with fell power |
10 act. He gas successful. and on his return |
Tue association Was fully prslnIzed bv the |
election Of LII. L9Nber as President; j, II. |
Of :he firm q Cath6ut i Cuu.
~ sln1n. scerei,5g; and 7: F.; Nichols,
adopted, and = fund Of sloo, 900 pledged ior
the payment OF q competent force of dc,e..
tlEG!. OF Which the Inspector Is chief To
WorA lip the cases. That fOrct IL uDT at
work, and embraces thorough detectives.
practical alstifiefs and rauges1, who devote
Lhth whole lime to the business. and nnless
Fho gre cEeased In this illicit business vii
lid y moi quite - profitable as they aotici-
'ate5. There viii be no Compromising Of
:ases, as heretofore, and as the new law pro-
7ides 1or thtir Incarceration, they maY hare
mIlc time for reflection within the prism
Il Is made obligatory upon ey.yy member
i tie association to inform the officers Of
be association, By whom on1y the dctectir.s
lre 1novn, OF nil cases that may com. to
htis knowlcdse and which require inrestI-
,a1on- The President at once Will seud the
L o'AiaIlou W luz inspector for tnTestigl.
ion and rerost. Under no circumstanccs ID
&c President allowed to dtvl1ye the namc
II tic informer, and SO scc.c. afe the n ,Ya.
nebts Of the detective that the mc;abt:s Of
he association themselves are nat freed from
heir surveillance. :.
These associations eaonld be organized MI
rcr the country, AID coutinn:d uutil Gun
1ess csn maize. 1he law more effective.
tsery good and 1oJa1 citizen, cosntzaat Of
nF case requiring attention, should ut once
It to the cf1icerf OF the a.ocIa-
rn. and 1crd every aid to break up the
rade which, through fraud, eecks 10 nourIsh.
I'd to 3asten upon Others tho burdens that
could 1egitimstely be borne ps itself. It'll
'en timc that these scoqnd.els had learned
mt there is no difference, either morally or
Eauy, between cheating ths Government
I'd rObbtuE their neishhnra.