, 1869-01-25
0IsTITLERY FRAUDS,


12&Aa7A241H@ xof aAe Revenue bspNT1-
Menf.
From sns New York World.
The prrsence Of fasekoi3 IN 10 much Of the
tEivsnces Of dishonest disti1lers to cheat the
government out Of rts tast dues. D1stiltczs,
fee example, put = given amount Of "uua a.d"
or raw MATERIAL In their tubst and pretend
70 tbs government officials tbat they put 1t
threnEa teIneo:aeion Of three days- From
to calsu1ate The exact ansunt Of whhkcy
that should be produced, and upon TINT the
zeveuue tax could be easily reckooet But
the d:stnter, BY adding secretly 10 hl4
n.sh gasl = : l.sEe au.ns.ty Is 5east. pro
Fermentation Of tHentT.tour ho.1ra-thaI he
10 enabled, h the llruR OF time allowed him
By the government, to use up three and four
times the qnantltT OF mash be has registered
On his books Where be would get one thou
pretence be gets by the twenty. four process
three or iour thousand gallons s1d the En<.
eminent not knowing his subterragc charges
tag only on the former amount-
This process ofrapii fermentation asstushs
and rend3 the mssh 20 violently that the
shonld be and thrown on with tho refuse
stuff, communities oE mtngles with the H.
cohol, aud no subsequent reetidcation cao
eradicate it..
We arc sorry to believe that rcrenne
officials, whose dutE It Is to be thoroughly
posted upon this tick o{ tho distillcr. are
Ignorant Of 1t. That they know he Is cheat
ing the government somehow, We do not
question but 1t IS a notorious and lament
able fact TINT theTo have been but TWO or
three revenue officials n this city, who could
look Into d!ssNter's tub and tell whether
he was running three days beer or thirty
six houre' beer. A. this exposure will be
ncwsto tho dclir9ucots He win restate the
facts for their ediacation and for the benefit
81 the ,puhlle At large. WHO cannot IN.
liquor in the market- Before whlskey was
taxed, time WAS mol 70 much an object With
distillers IS quality The d1stilIcz used
from four TO SIX per ccat OF yeast IN fsrmous.
Ing bis worts. Which gave hun gradual sud
complete attenuation IN from four to dyp
days. The mlldness OF The fermensISe process
| eliminated little Or none Of the eseeniiai oil
| in the worts, and beioG inert Was incapable
Of being yapo!ized with tae alcohol "a the
process Of boiling, but passed Of With the
days, however, ihe dIstiller resorts to every
e1ledient to get q quick fermentation,
and the Ho1is Is seldom allowed
to ferment more than forty eight
hours, and IL frequently. distilled ~ltnin
twenty.foar or or thlrtysi1 hours after It hi.
In order TO accomplish 9nitk fs smcntstion
many devices are resorted to. Among the
most common Is the preparation Of the meal
b. an Infusion OF sulphuslc acid gas and the
use Of large perct ntaEc Of green malt ol
yeast-say from twelve 10 fifteen per cent
This produces m almo.t fnstantaucous &nc
| Tiolcnt fermentation ks soon as tho wotts /
let down into the clstesn, aud psoceeds viii
such violence and rnpldlty that nearly NIL th'
| essential oils In tho woEts are eliminated A1t
comrninutcd with the alcohol SO completed
that It il impossible h5 ANY Subsequent Pre-
| cnAA to AAr&fnte thcm-
Herein lies the great secret BY which p
, dtsti]ler defrAuds tho government. The di4
! tllcr charges the government on bis boo
! then runs beer oftweutY four hours' fefu1e!
| tatfon. The following hgurcs will show ho'
!. much the dlstille- makes BY this metho<
! Suppose he has twclyo fcrment1ng c!stesn
!. holding each 1o, GOO GALLONS now II be ru1
! ! beer of four days fermentation. he alstl
} but three cisterna per day, or 5000 Ea1l0l
.. | Of beer. II be runs three days beer, be b,
four cIsterns, or 40, ,0oo gallons Of beer p
j day. r hs runs t. two days, beer he hi
/ If twenty.four hours beeF, he}Euns OF Il
: whole each day, Or 10000 gallons Of bee
. Therefore, II be charges the EoTernmel
2 with beer of four days FERMENTATION, IT
: runs only twenty -four hours' bee, her max
90, coo gallons OF beer Gear, Of which II
!. government has no nccount. The liquor thl
8 rapidly made and put npon tho market, wii
: that 1t can never be m1de drlnkable for b
: man beings, tn splts Of all the fect1syft
!, which It Il made to undsrgu. To the rayep,
frauds, thaxefore, Is dun not merely the ca
i ruptien Of official znd manufacturers, b.
U much of the fuael.ol which IL cesTodiug Il
{ / 4,omachs, msddentng the brains, asd eati,
1 away the vitality OF imbibkts.