The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-02
George L Drew, relieved to he OF a,sso Second


| william II. Andrews, revenue officer, brothef-in-
| law OF Thomas Hariana.
| Charles Johnson, Deputy Collector Sixth district
Samuel Brewer, reyenGe ofljcer, OF 1903 East
! Twenty-nrs, strees.
| Hoffman, Curtss Co, rectifers ana dlslillers
corner Greenwich ana West Eleventh street.
). n. PIKE & Co., rectilers, 10 Broad street.
| 5. Herman & Co, supposea 10 be aue,ioneeys Ia
BoweFy.
Steinield 60. proeers l55 West Telth street.
'sanlue. G. Eoehm reetiier ana distlller.
=. broTn supposed to be one OF the lawyers, No.
Q Chambers street. or pal Broadway.
| ~ Ielnii
flames AcEvoy
Peter McATdla, supposed to be lApoier Of 500
Greenwich street.
watson Z oreery, nymnot IN dreotOTy.
~ 5. Nediingcr ami others.
+toseph Aongenan.
Henry Richards, probably grocer OF 90 Roosevelt
street.
Henry Frank, believed 10 pe hue dealer, 100 U,n
street.
5. G. Bcchm ard Others BoeDm moi IN directory
James j., uou.ter, Police justice.
John mcQuadc, Police Justice.
Joseph Moore.
sLoseph Tragesa.
sJohn Tragesa.
aAieX. Wilnie.
nc the dealer IN wines, No. "a ye.ey street.
Tue names JnarAea TINS -*-do not appear in the
Directories Of New YORK ana Brooklyn or there are
SO many OF the same nme mat hey cannot DC iden.
uled 10 4 certainty.
EoE-fAYsgEr or TIE wnisEBY TAX.
Hisa notorious fact, Susceptible o. the strongest
proof, that during the years 1851 ana 1868 more
than onc-tenfh OF TIC tax due the government On
distilled SPIRITS nas paid N The city Of New York.
enths Of soid tax. This is proved by report Of
committee y Congre - OF which the non Wllam A.
Darle vas chairman, made il February, 1857. II
1861, inc tay on dlst!Ioispri,s was Sc pei salon,
an \, nat d9Ing ssll years mqen arEer Q6anply
OF SPIRITS Was made tlap IN 1889 or 1870. Yc. ii
1897 ana i,9s the receipts into the Treasggy rom
dislhled sul!.a throughout, lAe whqle 9opatfy Ne.s
u he Years lsto and $50 though III the a ax Was ons
Treasury rom 'd!snncd SPIRITS were near Giiy mn,
in 1899 an InYes' gasion Of aty-four Of ne lead.
Ing 9istillefes IN New yo.K city was made W a
pcnsc, arproxImaiea me Quantity Of spirit. iaSGe
= each one Of said dls'l.leries Tor given PERIOD,
amount Of tax PAID The result showed and now
shows tnat some dlslsrios paid only three ant one.
rail FIVE per celL Others ten, and tho hgnest paid
Wae ' wbs q9 f5 oaG h' per cent and me DIS
80 WAS sFsT 10 SING SING
ihis investigation shows that the average Of taxes
pail was less sian tea ner cent, ana mat the GOV
cgnment was deirauded Of more tnan ninety per
cen, 81 tile tax.
y i also susgcniit!e Of overwhelming proof that
~ the lily Y! New YORK, during The years 1857 AMI
lsoS, LAaer me aimlnisratiol OF Andrew Johnson
tDe Collectors deputy collectors, assessors AMI as
districts IN the city entered into an agreement with
the astiiiers mat Instead Of paying ne iull amount
o. tie lax dao the government OH spirits manUlac.
tuled BY them they were to pay AK on only smai
QUANTITY thereof ana 70 pay e inc inepectors
aauGcrs, assessors ana collectors OF inc districts IN
located
& N} laSsoF yF fhs 3 "a ..a ' Sstssts
10 run their dtsuefics aad TO make spirits % The
l IN q oc saS FOR ns n6 aye S s. .Se
on Tie great pulk 81 inc Splits made by them.
Jistlers and SAID officials for a considerable ldnsi
o. time, ana m.lons Of dollars were lost 70 the
soyernenai Weekly by se Arrangement aS me gov
Tiers though we DO not wholly cXoneratc the
latter rom p.ame. No man can be justified III de-
IraIdlrg the government Dy any consideration oil
Interest.
ne history Of me umes roqulres Us TO say that in
the sping o 1859 the aistlers and rectiers or the
city Of New YORK formed an association called the
''iSlsilllers' and nccunersr ASSOCIATION" Tne OBJ
iect 81 this association was 10 prevent spirits
arriving rom the West Which hal not par The
sovefnmen, TAX from being thrown upon the mar
Ret IL New York al reduced fices, 10 the injury
nose who desired 10 10 an honest business; also 10
prevent the running Of any disliliery IL New ork
or brooklyn winch dId not pay tue tax. 10 accom-
plisn these objects the association collected rom It's
members 10 tge sums 81 money afd employed ana
from The veal and 70 procure the seizure Of those
spirits when nad not pad The tax, and also 10 dis
cover ANA rave seized al dis.lIenes Which were
running iilcilly. These efforts on the part OF tue
distileis would have neen successful but Tor the
swarns Of government officials constantly demand
ing payments OF large sums 0i money under threats
OF seizure and conlscation II me payments de-
mahded were not made roy these reasons me
tax we're defeated Trey say y was impossible 10
pay botn me ne. lax Tax w anG nS eovernment
don tneir business o. cooperate with the officials
IN defending the government. We 10 not bring
vi New York. we know and could name a lew
yn9 s@s1s s 2aS $ 5 nSwng tIs ,em nn
ever, az that time very dnicu, for an honest man
to retain onlce. Combinations o. corrupt officials
gensraIiy procured II ilstD;crs attempted to Se
honest ana refused to comply with tile demands Of
the government officers they were Immediately
winch tney, occupy. i.ai the dst.liers AID
ron the payment Of government officers they
Wsnd sS9 SSs e mhs 9aoy aey wgGa
which ,hc disuleYes were located were not The
only ones whom tbc dstlllers were PEELED to pay
iDstoa were constantly visiting them, AMI eaca
man had 10 be paid something 10 avoid trouble and
less 70 inc distilles, These onse9uelt cncroach-
device That could be Invented % qlola The payment
OF the tax through a corrupt sIoreeeeper, inspector
wv bald 5 81 lie aisisrs weekly certain sun
Tor 80 doing. The distillers were furnished with
Keys TO the cIstern rooms and could and did enter
the same q, pleasure, but generally at night and,
by means Of Pipe " nose, OF boin, run Oh fully
nine-tenDs Of The snyit made NY them into the So
called recifying houses connected Win the dstil
eyica, leaving OEe-tenth or Jess IN the receiving
cistern 10 be Inspected, gauged and sent 10 the ds-
tlely bonded warehouses. All spirits thus run
into Teculyng houses, unless taken away AZ night,
, as was often done had ~ e marse9 e prevent
seizure. IN such cases the government officials
often permitted tue use o. their stencil plates for
that purpose. WEjn these could noi pd obtained
counterfeit plates were made aud used bs the dis
tillers or thOse IN their employment.
me law required looks 10 nc kept NJ the sOclllca
rcc.liyin2 houses showing the quantity oil spirits
received thereat and taken tlierciro. To meet the
requirements u the law ARRANGEMENTS were lDadc
with merchants To whom the spriis were sold. TO
make to The SAID RECRUITERS fictitious sales OF spirits
TO account for the spirits run rom The receiving
Cisterns TO the recfylng houses at night. These
fictitious sales were charged on the books OF the
hcutious sellers 10 The sn.cailed rectiiiers,
and regular oils Of safe were made OUT