, 1869-08-26
THE WHISKY RlNG,
Currnn's Dls2iltcry FoFdcti-No Moro
tsCfookcd3s yVhIskcy,

In the Democrat OF August Is We gava au ae.
count or the seizure OF Peter CurTun b dst!iter},
a. the corner Of Eleventh street and Cass avenue.
since then the matter has been refe1Ieh to the
Cnlted StateB District Attorney, by Collector Eor1
lof prosecution under the United States Internal
Reveunc law. Charges hare been dnlr drawn up
tornty. The ttsr1l'try has been under the charge
Of the rcrcuue omcers. and ARRANGEMENTS are ht,-
inE made to hand 1t over to the Cnltei STATES Mar
the dEsullery and pTentses. Heavy dues and In
pHsoanent also result to the offender II The case
Is suhstautlated. The e1antnat1on Of The offender
will take place st An early day.
As our rta.ie1s may be desiron5 of learning how
the whjstt5 ring sJstetDaticlly cheat and iefrand
The government, we give short sEetch OF theIs
be seut to prison for steailng oof of bread; yet
tbe hiliIoualrr thieves who - are clothed IL put-
pie and 1ne hren, ind who rejoice IN thelf "eul-
nsns s1'sd asEstooFs oesa pr
checked. 1t Ia 3 terrible sin for 0 man 70 steat
enough to prevent Waut, hut Ia the ethics OF The
*h5keJ nag, It Is = "d-d smart thing" to rob the
rerenueA But AZ last a ford has teen found In
the stream OF illicit Whistey, and the ring" w,lt
Doubtless dnd It dtculs matter to get rounl It.
y difficult for dlstt!lesa 10 defraud the gorcru,
ment of LAY, I tne otlcefs use propss vigilance.
Each dtatilefS Is In charge OF a Cnted States
6tottGteptt, who Is authorized an1 required to
supervise IA lparaeement lie keeps an accu1ase
nccouut Of all materials used or consumed. aud
the 9Eanitt'es Of sriEts produced. No barrel or
S paehase M 9! sn!f.s Saa ieSaly eaye me premises
and key iii shc h,ghwlne msdein the datii,eyy
after It has been drawn on from the ctsterng.
bnt, notwithstanding this, It IS almost impossible
for i eterrkecper to Know the actus, amount of
sntlts r. ode tn dlstliierJ, unlesa he Is sa exp-
t!enced distnEeF, As mora mash c2u be created
Than Is returned. and consequently morc ap!Etts
ieu.
1he duties Of the gaugc5, u properly performed.
are likewise Of great importance The Ecys Of
tae ttatern roon nre entrusted to him, aud all
hlEnWfnes produced In the d'sdrerv should rlu
thtoaea pipes into tho esteFn of which oa has
th,,E reeeired 6y the storekeeper and placed ID
nc bonded FaIehonsc, where theI rema!n till the
TAX e paid, when tho tax paid Btamp IS place'i
upon each barrel ~ the EauIcr, and they can only
the storekeeper.
10 addition TO the marks and stamps Indicating
The auant'ty and ssTcnetn q tie splr.ts the sas
number. Tncse serial plumbers are the principal
neans Of tracing the spirits, and Commence at the
IF sscs Th TIC ost IA 2,
h1ccesslse barrel, as II ID nllc, Is Numbered con.
tlnHossly until The close Of the Jear.
One Of the ptans By which the ta1 nas been
GRADED We Will endeAvGT to explain 10 cur reAd-
eTs. The sp,r!ts are ahstrac:ed from the cistesn-
room OF pipe leading tse1rto hy The distller or hs
81 re t s 's
IN the d!Et,LerY. The splrlta thus tns soke by the
knights OF thu whsEcy citrle atr called "crooEed"
(which Is the phtase theg use 70 designate ttap.tu
lent whlskey}.
AS each s'a1Tel Of splItta, OF h!snHines mus,
hare warehouse snA tax-pald stamp rpon It, the
next perpexty Of the tlst1ller Is to ooilu the re-
qulsIte stamps. and par the spirits upon ths mar.
Ee1 as though It hai paid the ta1 which gives him
margin OF sixty Cents per gallon. whereby be can
utdtEScll the honest dlstlller who haj paid his las
rs prescribed By Law.
In order to procure stamps TO answer his pur.
pose, the dlstiner wtsad1axs from Tic Doudeti
warehouse ldr o! bafrcla Of hI2hw1nes upon
which he pays the tax, and they arc stamped and
branded IN accordance with Law. This DESCRIPTION
meaning ti1.paia.
Tn!s " ttSaiEht" Il removed 10 the sto1e OF rrc
st1rl, who is member Of tho whlskeJ circle, NJ,
there "dnupctl " or empticd: the tax paid Aut
warehouse ttamps not er7,sed or destrpfed a. re
qulrtd hv law. but moisteuet. with a Wet sponrI
md carefully 1akcn Oh the barrels, IN suc
a manner Is OpIy hlyh-coc cEaIorun Of tina HhIs