The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-29
THE WESTERN wHlsxlY Conspiracy.

Congress adjourned after elaborate revision Of the
laws which provided for extensive reductions
Of taxes upon necesary articles Of consumption These
remissions II loudly proclaimed, would DO made up
to the by the continuance and the enforcement
Of tho 81 per gallon tax upon whiskey. The facs Il
however testified BY the nrs half years reports q
the revenue that deficiency has accrued Of $33
and this result directly raceable 70 the frauds In the
single article OF whiskey More than double the amount
OF this deficiency could have been collected had any rsa
effort been made 70 secure the payment Of the tax.
For this disaster TO the revenues Congress whom Il
convenes hold the Executive and his Secretaries
to account especially in Of the notorious conspiracy
BY Of which this deficiency In the whiskey tax =
brought about The prsposterous plea that the Ii too
high and cannot be collected will DO believed The
humbug carried around New York city 10 tho sup
preston OF the local dstees and seizure Of odd lots
Of whiskey will not DO accepted honest attempt -
enforce the law Il Ia we'll known that the West and
South have carried the great bulk OF the smuggug
and yet those localities have continued unmolssted We
hear OF vast establishment recently seized near Bos
ton BY the revenue agent stsgg the capacity q which
In the South the production OF Illicit whiskey has bcen
checked BY the military generals to save grain and avoid
West where the great bulk Of the whskey Is made we
hear Of serious interference with il or with the
tonous conspiracy BY means OF which IL is turned into
The whsoy OF the West, like the cotton Of the South
suS ss Of soS
b. fully understood that where cotton king whskey
has succeeded TO the throne. The latter has more
that representative In the Cabinet and has organzed
the offices in its league controlling their opera
TONS from the Mississippi 70 the seaboard Upon this
the great whskey conspiracy Of the West IL based and
through its the frauds upon the revs-
nues have been designedly comprised Through the
eaoa rs ams %
key which no tax has been paid except the tolls
corrupt officials Where has seizure OF any Western
whiskey or Western dstery boon reportedf The vast
establishments dstng whiskey in the West have their
bonded warehouses in the East with their agents
and facilities by which they turn into market Thousands
disters boast OF tho Immunity they enjoy and defy
openly any interference In system they have elabo
rately perfected and organized.
In Brooklyn aud the Eastern district comprising Long
Island and Staten Island the experiment Of enforcing
demonstrated by District Attorney Tracy and his coll
leagues in the revenue o1icea In New York aud its
up within couple Of weeks every remaining distil-
ey that could be found in operation He
has returned 70 the department az Washington
efficiency. But what docs this amount tos The
Law Is not enforced in any other districts The great
reservoir OF frauds Western bonding and transport
ing system, remains unmoiested. The harassng hum
bug around New York may extermnate the local dis
Tiers but 4 leaves the revenue uncolocsed and the
price or whskey at the option Of the Western conspiracy
OF smugglers Temporary revenue inspectors with
venerable monthly commissions, appointed for Western
Washington 70 swarm hero In the metropolitan dsricta
They do guerilla business entirely In the style Of
Mosby and his men, seizing and conhscating right ana
len everything except western whsksy, regardless Of
law justice aud making report or return TO cours
collector except may be TO divide their spoations
with their political chiefs Why are these inqustoFs
restricted 10 New York alone Why not include the
West in OF their Investigations and give some OF
their attention 10 the transportation and bonding
SYSTEM But all the business OF the officials about these
whskey raids and only intend
ed cover up the real enormes OF the Western whis
key conspiracy.
Il Is time thM the fact should be well understood thai
whskey has superseded cotton a. sectional product,
exercising q sectional influence upon the government
and that whiskey bids fair TO rival King Cotton In re-
producing notification In q new form.