The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-09

and most approved mode Of smakisg sh-a cool thou
sand-ah-or. denmei a eouple-aa!" Is another ty pc
var ousy typined The only man who really beats q
member OF the holy fraternity Is the corner loafer who
p ps u .ss sxSis sv"s inor%aon .ad when sss
the startled OF the dupe who 10 endeavorng dupe
others To avoid exposure be abandons his prey to the
shark and loses his chance.
TIE wHisKEv INSPECTOR.
me duties this man 10 called upon 10 perform are
plain and simple. II honest In their discharge his
business TO test the strength ~ all whkeye he nspect
ana 70 marx each package with the actual nanber OF
PROOF gallons IL contains upon which net charge Of
ten cents per barrel s paid for inspection THIS has
reference only rsctihsd whiskey, or high wines
70 termed, which article Is sxempt from the So tax,
Seng TO have been regularly entered and the
duty paid In It's II Is the distilled article In
s raw state upon which the tax OF 81 per gallon Is i'm
posed, and this 10 made The veacle OF s,upendous
trainc Instead OF 6,000,0 900 gallons supposed 20 be
Manufactured, ~ least 20 600 900 gallons are distilled
and put into market, the Inspector being the guilty
party AND connving with tbe VARIOUS agents concerned
tue business or defrandng the government THIS system Is
called oak msillng the operator manufacturer arge
NUMBER OF the genis inspector are honest uprgnt men,
VINO cannot % bought bribed but who necessarily
become tainted In character BY association with their
fellows 10 the business
The effort about beng made procure the removal Of
the OF Internal Revenue the ground OF
incompetency TO discharge tho duties Of hts ON o. as
manifested In bis failure collect the tax, viii not
remedy Inc EVIL o. present existing.
The MetroUo,an Board, ne II constituted authority
boiling It's headquarters In New York city, though using
superhuman Efforts to stop this Illicit traffic did succeed
thieves and In keeping them a. stand STILL long ~
its supervisory efforts were enabled to control thsm
the REMEDY AND now TO ACCOMPLISH 1T.
Assuming the price OF In this market to be 81 per
bushe and that bushe Of corn will Yield fourteen
quarts OF raw whskey the p r gallon TO the
facurer would DO about Is cents the mash residue
selling for sufficient the OF running tue
grain still The difference to-day between the cost Of
making whiskey II tue above figures and the market
quotations also Of to-day Of whiskey Is Just 10
cents per gallon, allowing profit 10 the dissler Of 81
per barrel
The cost Of manufacturing whiskey from moassss
varies n proportion this article nuciuatss In market
Al times can be manufactured from ct few
cents less thau gran this u also owing to the ordinary
rules OF supply and demand, governing prices from
foreign markets. a. also In own Assuming these
fscs, II would appear that the who makes whiskey
thirty eigh 10 forty cents cannot compsts with the
parties who daily making from 81 to So per gallon
~ our organized stem Of frauds and necessarily
abandon his Ieg Business become OF the
ring OF systema.zed swinders who daily defrauding
the governments
Again assuming tho fact that this thing 10 daily per-
persied the ev dence OF which Is just shown up, 10 il
the governments business to persist in and lead itself
70 these constant Frauds or provide proper remedy
therefore Ic answer this, . matter Of pscy only,
leaving out Official panderng 70 crus, the reduction Of
the tax from 81 70 SO cents galen whiskoy would
produce an annual income Of nearly four times much
rs IL does 81; also provided that the reduced
tax was paid in good faith into the Treasury
Here we 10 consider the plain which before
tempted the cupidiy Of whisksy operators and COM
pare them with tho minimum standard OF so cents
~ SGT Off to the maximum tax Of 81 1t
Incentives TO any species Of crime removed,
the inclination to commit these cheats upon Law and
cety naturally die with the which led to their
committal. Common sense points It's own argument;
remove the cause and the effect c,ases The manufac
turer protected does his legitimate business In eg
innate way, aud the outsider he and vilan) Is shut
out from all temptation, and the manufacturer himself
from being obliged TO become party those common
frauds