The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-09
henry S. Ha,,,s,s s. CO.'S
TRADE CIRCUIT AR.
OLD RYE wursKrns.

On February 25h LIST gave resume Of the Old Rye
WHISKY market for The year 1865 thea
seemed TO require also Crcuas OF June
s August 18th and October sh fuu reports
course tie market hsd taken every issue
Circulars for the last years awaited ourselves
the opportunity predict continued advance of prices.
The sntispations thus all along INDUCED
more than realised From about February 1867 uatu
the assembling Of Congress in November upward move
ment Ia prices steady and Altogether the
msrkst presented most noticeable similarity to the year
1870 except thai the rise did then
in last year. New Rye Whistles Of favoe brands sold in
the OF 1896 from 40c SOC. in bond By
that yea tie sare brands having undergone summers
improv'msnt sold readily at 81 IS 81 80. Such gods
having two So SO rs boad and
fat going into consumption SO With new whi.kies
manufactured in the winter spiag 1867 which
sold al zoe to s5c and which having sunmsr
cannot be obtained under 81 IS to 81 IS bond according
quality and brandt
For tine after the meeting of Congress owing to
fear Of modification Of the mode OF collecting tax and
Of possible rsduc ion IN the rate combined
money market the trade ceased operate with the
animation that characterized The previous portions
year notwithstanding these Influences however
prices showed falling On the contrary although the
operations Of less ssnitude this advance
The bill sUddeRly sprung ~ tie Committee OF Ways
Means and passed Congress the early part this mon b.
thereby prohb ting the removal Of Whisky from Dsiery
(Class Al Warehouses except upon pay tax thus
virtually osng the doors Of nearly ali the disters FINE
RYE WHISKY in tie country, and conhniug sales asd
stock fer future that are,dy Bonded (C!ass b
Warehouses in the principal cities Produced pro-
ducng, excitement Two weeks At east
eight thoussnd have hands and we
witness unparalleled his range Of prices and p-
tAce the most Extraordinary in The histosy the trade New
wilkes Of fne quality this months manufacture that
fortunate enough get here In time have oeu
sold at 81 TO 81 2 and held higher Those of December
command 81 20 to 81 49, November 81 25 81 lO October
81 81 to 81 80 September 81 20 81 90 while August has
even been sold high 81 IS So These in bond Of
I and rFfvr.t, II
unrePssled during this winter and spring. causing general
nenproductoa upon Acknowledged already insufficient
stock Of Old Whistles for hs country the effect
must be to Further materially enhance prices Of that now in
bond warehouses 81 the description Glass B. Indeed indie
pendent Of such consideration the eousunpt Of Rye
Whistles of lsGG and Ct tie winter spring 1867 has
been great that nothing bat advance in the
prices Of these particular could haze
for
The causes which may attributed the result alluded
to- have been specially det upoA reiterated in our
Circula for the past few years that would out
Of place the ground We may however be
Above remark that las the proof Of the pudding tie
eating Of it. not Fihe Oil Rye Whiskes REALLY
VI RY SCARCE the trade would have engaged in
laying in stock in such quantities. end at such advancing
prices they have been doing for the last eighteen months
They certainly the conviction taat
for time ne Rye Hhiskes both new aud old
esp, csly latter will high They sre aware that
owing ~ almost utter extinction Of the very little Fine
Rye Whisky slsd in 1865 causing srch heavy inroad
already made into the stock that 1866 and
in the first Elk months Of 1867 that these sed Whskies
in the course Of a year 90, ALSO BECOME ALMOST
EXTIkCT This is evidenced by their alacrity Of late in
contracting Whisks intended kept in beaded
warehouse for improvement by and to replace ia due
time their pre'ent older stock end this andn
prices have been ranging so unprecedentedly high
il may have been that previous Circulars
have resined from tetcahting particularly our own
position and advantages. We think il time So II
years since H. entered into
he Lion Z business
psrRvey unknown except Pennsylvania the States
Iouh southwest thereof 1t observed great
and proper material nne Pure Rye Whisky capable Of
recevi great improvement BY produced which
in time would with udcous effort rival any
foreign spirit imported Such, however the force OF habit
although extensively ed SOUTH North was but
gradual deed French BIsnoy then being popular spirit
beverage in that section. year aer ths war
had begun ting in sdePecsed currency and olga gold
duties Foreign Spirits Fine Whisky from comparable
h'HTne began rapidly supplant Brandy spirits
al overth land The change became complete lasting
Cur H. s. L. had, during All bis experience been impressed
With the conviction that the cultivation Rye Whisky
Special would in the end pay we'll Every effort was
made improve qualities well tia trade for
the time being When whisky began to be so extensively
used North, was then haiti became evident TO the
time had introduce with success finer and older
grades and frauds than We the Importance
valng French Brandy, not only in price, but especially
quality, In fact that must excel that article both price
and quality Our whole thought exerti0ns and Tsre
devoted this object Knowing well the
Of supply being judges Of qualities known as the
rsade.t buyers of all good lots offered and having
in the eventual great scare y OF Fine Wishes may readily
be ceiyed that EO we'd To- q really old Rye
Whisky slip by u.s. that had means to command By
these gahee together stock Of the old
finest Whistles in existence. The result thA after
dspoDg of much of it customers assured
having Pure hye nhiskss, ranging from four 10
twenty-five years old than all the large dealers country
combined.
The St me system adopted to the older whiskes we
also adopted TO the newer in bond when in the
early pat 1866 Whistles and in 1866 were 40
dun, ana low in price, about the only ones in
Phadepia take hod vigorously Bargains then ex
isting. Not with gathering up choice lots already
made applied ourselves contracting for large lots to be
all through the year, thus saving heavy advances
that almost immediately began to set in This course
have pursued unfatsngy this time The Of our
that have certainly Of the largest by all
the very best stock Of bonded Pure Rye Whistles Of
1865 1866 1867 Of house in the county the best
it is ali laid in such prices szch qu ~.
ties, to utterly preclude all attempts at rivalry by any
one.
1t may Je In pace in his connection state some evil
dence zeal in business that in additisn to the
rental Of stores 2ls and 20 South Front stres
subject charges in Bonded Warehouses alone
$4,000 per snnum. To the growing for our
Fire whskies have also down the old lery At
Msrtnsburg, and rebuilding vastly larger and improved
manu- factory a cost Of over Sl0o00O.
To prcpe ly conduct fine Whisky trade Of growing pro.
portions it is absolutely essential not only to have ones
stock night material laid in At lowest prices to have
holiness such stock in prsporto to tn, in
crease, estimated increase, Of custom We obliged to
lay away New Nhiskes that be kept one two three
four FIVE years and that always gvs our
customers Whisky If age for the grade r.
from stock Of thousand barrels dealer sells one thou.
sand barrels in gwen should be make calculations to
double his trade the succeeding year. he must lay ad-
stock Of similar Of four thousand barrels for such
If he not is impossible for to otherwise
preserve uniformity of qualities The moment be ceases TO
watch his stock that moment his business VII still or
etogrsds The neglect OF this vital prncpe has proven to
be the stumbling block Of msny and why so few
eminent examples Of the business There can De
enduring Of rsde without eorre.pondngin.
of stock. In this respect work. 1865 has
been public % AL II has been 10 Increase
stock While TO many large operations Rad an appear
snce Of nothing but speculation. they reality but
studied continued and rigid adherence pecencrted set
Il that although the increa.in consumption
on onniAhed stock caused such brilliant opportunities that
would have been almost criminal In Of Ordinary ine
gence in our line to neglect fixing advantage them we
should nevertheless regardless Of opporunes have