New Orleans Republican., 1872-05-03

Bingham Brothers VS. the Cincinnati Co
nnercinI-The Ofher Side.

merCial-Ihe Other side.
Mr. NJ Halstead, Editor Cincinnati Commercial:
In an editorial in the Daily Commercial
of the eleventh instant, headed Frauds in
DIstillation," the reference to Evansville
whisky is so personal to us lwhO are the
only distlllers here), that we feel bound to
answer it. Otherwise our friends here and
elsewhere might believe that, in resting
quietly under such graEe accusations, we
are tacitly acknowledging their truthful
ness. If you will permit us. therefore
through the same medium which circulated
the charges, to deny and disprOve them, we
will feel that you are disposed to make an
honorable amend for the gross Injustice
which your article has inflicted.
The editorial was evidently written nm
der the dlCtatiOn Cf, or on information fur
nished by, some city rectifer and by giving
you false premises, he has naturally led you
into drawing false conclusions. While edi-
tors, as a class, are good authority on
whisky in a compounded state. they are not
expected to be sufficiently familiar with its
manufacture and rcctifcatiOn to be able to
writeup the business intelligently; but when
they have to 20 to Interested parties for
statistics, they should be careful to sift them
well before publishing. The charges against
the St Louis and New Orleans distillerles
we know nothing about, and have nothing
to do with, and we will only refer to what,
in vOur article, relates to our own business.
In the first allegation il is stated, 'the mar
ket price of highWines at Cincinnati is
eighty-iOur cents and of rectited whisky
ninety-nine cents This is wrong, or rather
it is'calculated to mislead persons "Outside
Of the trade
The rectided whisky here alluded to is
what is known as proof spirits. and instead
of commanding fifteen cents above high
wines in Cincinnati, it can be bought there
to-day at ten cents above. Quotations in
the commercial columns Of "a newspaper.
and those given TO an actual buyer by
merchant in his counting room with bill
falling due in bank, are often very differ,
ent affairs. In citing proof spirits to en-
force an argument against common rectiiad
goods ten below proof, the untalrness OF
the comparison is as patent as If imitation
Bourbon CT domestic brandy had been
quoted. We make this statement, and
stand ready to prove It, that tavorlte
brands of Cincinnati whisky, ten below
proof 1.-THE same strength and quality Of our
New Orleans gO0ds) can be bought III Gin
cinnati to day, at highwine quotations, on
sixty days time, without interest, brlngu
the cost down to about eighty-One and a
half cents, net cash.
Now, if your writ r had used these fgufes
again It eighty-tve cent whisky in New Ur-
lelDs, the discrepancy would not have been
quite so striking to the uninilitted or to Mr.
Commissioner Douglas The weil-knOwn
favorite brand of "EXceI5iar' whisky made
an Cincinnati only Six below proof Ntld,
consequently, four per cent stronger than
ours), is pressing on the New Orleans
market to-day, by secondhand dealers, at
Pighty-.eyen amt half cents per gallon
Nine tcnJhs OF the whisky sold by whole
safe grurers III the Ciry Of Evansville Is
bought IN Cincinnati, and, vcrT unaccOunt5
ably 10 us, on such favorable terms that we
can not cnmre7e Tor the trade, and thuS we
aCr forced away from our oWn market, aEd
necessarily compelled To seek another else
where. If We can not sell at home, and are
not allowed 90 Hilp 10 New Orleans, will
our amiahlr Ci1cInuali friends inform us
of come uG0CcuplCd tcrT,gury where we
might get rid OF our little surplus without
Giving Them n.leu-c? 'Rccriird whisky has
been shipped from Evansville to New Or
leans Tor more thau year Pas', ami sold
at dishonest rates
That is false from beginning tu end, and
We can show tui any committee ot dlSluter-
c-tri gentlemen that our New Orl"auN snip.
,oeurs of recfified whisky have paid Us
far business profit the year round, uHtli
within the past sixty days, and have al
Sy.rs done better than we could have made
our hghHiues neCted ia any other market
a. mast he borne IN mind tHat we nave H"
REGULAR hghwiue market here, ana II We
,ii not rfttifl we WOuld bo Obliged fv SNIP
al our production Go Clnclhn"'.' IN ~ ,,'>.
ar some ottet 'ot 'du' rloL -. ~
example the Cincinnati market, as II IS '',I
day, at eighty three oents ana say We 5no:w
make oHlPIu' hi the''. A'i9r "'".S "'".Sl +
freight commissions, ',SS ~ E"u7 ,,,,.
etvrnry-seven cents az " d'suuelJ' VT
CA end that we can al3FI '' recuil '''s, 's..
vines lnt" ten o.i"| Whisb snip u ." "'u
sCwu house ~ NsN Orleans y h"r1 l. iS ""H-
cted without eNpensen aud sell ID even
down TO "iEht} three Vthi>. an" come out