, 1874-03-07

s3o, 900, QUO. -. r..
..t a. GOVERNMENTAL CONTROL. f..
Tito manufacture Of slrite is placod under tho
surveillance Of tho tnfornnl fsoyon,to Depart
atringent regulations with Wow to prevent tho
evasion Of tho very high taxee. There
IL doubtless no i botter subject for
taxaton than spirits, sinco they may IL general
10 looked u1on az purely articles OF luxury.
erossng as aosSSn ay s 9n ho saes o
sale Of whisky during tho yoar ending juno 30,
1871, was estinatod At CO. 0000 gallons Of, i'm
ported eEiria 2. GOO, 600 gallons imported wines;
l0.7oo, ,ooo ga'lons ao, beer, and porter, o5ooo,-
q total. valuation Of e6oo, ,ooo, 600. At
present tie tax OIL caol gallon f,1llproof alco
f,ol ia 10 cents, whcl, Inns to be paid by tho iB-
pasted and nailcd on the barrol containing tllo
spirit. Tho manufacture OF spirits is supor-
vised by United States officer, called Storo-
koeper as ho Inns also to storo tho larrola COLI
taining the manufacturers alcohol until the
aaugor has ganeod mud properly stamped thom.
ownors OF the distilseries aro working together,
dividing tho profits nado by swindling tho
Government out OF tho tax, either by refill
ing Oil stamped barrels or aolling. without
my stamp. at all. 49,, Though tho !, tlno
is very high this nefarious business Ia Btill
proportions, M lately show. III the suit Of tho
Uu!tod siatos against tho .Pokin distillors.,'
CHICAGO DIBT1L1,EHs AND CoMrouNpEns.
Tho distilleres iii tho First aOoloctora DB-
only ton in number, but what dBtllerios wo
have do largo busnosH, uao q large quantity Of
corn, rye eto.. md 80 fnr help to consume the
product Of tho farn1orB Of tho Northwest. >,
Tho Northwestern Distfllory, on Clybourn
avenue, commenced working again last wee'z,
l. fttt1n InA
by stock company with $780, 0000 capital, of
which Z: Z. Lnwro,,cn IL President, and s. NJ.
Nichorson Yico.presdont. Thoy manufacture
about q, 900. 600 gallons Of Spirits nor yoar.
Tho Chicago Alcohol Works ar0 oNnoh by II.
T. pahlman and DR.. Rush, boiug situatcd at tho
tho Revenue laws woro not 30 strict. pahlplnn
used to mako a great deal OF money.
Muller l. Heed aro also doing II very oxtonBive
b,siueas, shipping to tho East. Tho aenlor part
Dickinson, Leach & Co., another large distl-
ing firm ut 25 South Canal streot, have thor
works at Cybourn place bridge, aud mako all
kinds Of steam whisky.
II. Il. 6!nfoldt Il Co. arc doing tho largest
business in the city, and manufacture, bosides
Their works .aro located On tho North Branch,
near Chicago arenuo.
" G. g. Rnssol1 carricH on 1istiory in an old
wooden shanty ut No. '278 Third avenue, mostly
manufacturing h1GllWlneH.
On the lato.shoro ut Twenty.soyenth street,
Bldg Distilleiiy Company, ia now tho diati1lery
of George Miller, WHO does u good business,
man,1 fauturing l'igl1wines only.
Il. G. MorBorcntl also maloa, lighwineH md
J. Singer Distillory, in tho Town Of Palos, and
tlo Union Copper Dtstillery at Calumet. THO
last ono ss owned and worked by Junkor, Roello
C Co., of this city, who also rodiatil at their
building corner Kin2ie aud Rusl, streets. Ros-.
well 9. Mernereau also carries on distiling in
this district.
OF rodistillers, reducing highwines to alcohol,
md compoulnllng the diiforont kintls Of spirits
from alcohol by Boan, no have in this city Sam N.Y.
ers &c Co., OH East Madison stroo tho oldest os-
tablislment of this kind in tho city doing worry
extensive business, also carrying on MI export
b.lsiuoss to Evanston, Harlem, and other aonta
Of temperance along tho Northwestern Road.
Goods mont to those places arc boxed 40 that M
outsider, may not know tho. contents. John
Clarke & Co., on River street, are also doing n
dcrscllug many Of their competitors. THIS
Arm il composed OF John Clarko ox-postmaster
Eastman, and ox-GauSer W, s. Golson (known
better among his friends under tho namo of
Sehaompcl.en). Stobbins l. Robinson. OH
Fifth avenue, redlstill and rcotify mostly tho
Oliver Ford L Co., havo their establishment
on South Water street, and George Crosby on
South Franklin near Rantolp, ntreot, and
thGm doing good business.
james Walsh. the ox-Alderman. has also an
apparatus in Lis building on Vost Lake street.
but has not run It lately. -
Besides these diatillers and rodistillora, nearly
all Wholesale dealers in li!qnors carry on the
dirorent kinds Of liquors, by Buying
rcctificd spirit and mixing it with the required
eHHonces, Hirupg, and all additional quantity OF
wnter. We can safoly nay that two.thirtls OF all
liquors sold In this city arc made In this way.
OF other cheap Whistles, tho steam goods, mado
find hero only . limited n1nrkct. Tho better
branils arc mostly sour mnsh whiBkics, made in
tho blue grass country Of Kontucky, namely,
Woodford; Frankfort, aud Anderson CountieB.
ihoy arc known by tho names Of their distil,
Fashion Copper, Bond L Lillsrd. Atl,orton,
Trazier, etc. On account Of tho panic. laRt full.
most Of those distilleres stopped working, and
the result in now an advance in price Of from %
to so por cent. Pennsylvania rye is alao ham
died by some houses.
BRANDY AND WINE.
In branlios. large bnstnossis IL done. as well in
imported az in Cnlllornin goods. OF imported
brantlics tho bottor brands arc T. IIennosHoy,
Nlarto1l, Otard Dupuy & Co, Sayors, N. Darria-
ne sans Gw ar0 0hos aso oen i Of ' o
wines wo find nearly all the different kinds
mado in tho world, from tho
j Jol,annisbergcr and stonberger Imperial Cabi-
net at $110 the basket to tho Oatawba at 91.50
tho gallon. Most Of those foreign goods wIlicl,
are imported by Chicago firms ars sent via Mon
trea1, and duties paid 1T tho Custom~Housa hcre.
Importation would DO cheaper, porllaps, via
Now York, but then tho importers hive to pay
the duty on their gooda, rs gauged by tho Gus
tom-l1ouse officers st New York, and would
be tho losors by doficlonoy mado by
railroaa employees between thero aud Chicago.
When Congress mnde law allowing goods to
DO shipped in bonded cars from aoaports to Gus
TOM Houses In tile interior, it exempted wines
and liquors, which IL largo drawback to i'm
nortors Of those goods hero. NoyertleleBs, t!,is
branch Of business IL growing lero every day.
0ro1nnea & Ullrich paid during tho last yaar
nearly 960, 900 duty on goods imported by way OF
Montreal. Besides them, William IT, sul,impfor-
mnn md Chaplin & Gore nre the largoBt import
era Of winoB and brandies in tho West, The
trado In Rhine vino has been falling OF lately
on account Of an advance In prices from
90 to 30 per cont, caused by poor crop during
1871, 1879, and 1873. Tho annual AaloB IL, oan-
pagnes iu this city amount to about ono aud a
half millionB. Tho cheaper caHsos OF imported
cllampagnes aro aola, Bnoh az Charles lIoidsick,
Boucher hlB, aud alarcoan. Tho tiner wi,lea aro
Moot Chamon, -Muunm, You've Cliquot L.
rnjn J11t1 =. H. II.