The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10
THE "CROOKED."
How Il is Made and ElAcIe sam SyvIndIed-
Where dRe Dishonest DisfiIIer
Gets His Work In.
Indianapolis Journal,

Indianapolis Journal,
When any one desires te 20 into. the
distilling business 4 thorough examina.
| ton of the premises is made and SURVEY
| taken; the capacity of the stills and of the
! fermenting watts, and whether it is to be
| boiler heat or a furnace distiilery are
! noted, and, in fact, a complete plan of the
| building, different rooms and machinery
/ is made. The distillerv is then registered
| by its owner and q bond filed, which
covers double the amount on which thew
| would pay tax in month Notice is
| then given that they are ready to run.
! Then the government assigns them A
/ storekeeper, whose duty it is to weigh all
grain used in the distillery (the law
allows as the average to be made, three
and half gallons of liquor to bushel of
cOrn); he keeps a book in which is regis
tered the number of barrels distilled
every day that 70 into the warehouse ;
the stOrekeeper has keys to everything
about the Observation-Disclosures, tubs,
stills-everything but the cistern into
which the liquor is run. After the ap-
,pOintment of a stOrekeeper gauger is
assigned, on request of the distillers. 1t
Is his duty TO gauge the liquor and put
on warehouse stamp. This stamp con-
taius the name of the collector, gauger
and distiller. This stamp is then can
Celled by a brand of wave lines. The
liquor then goes into the warehouse, and
when it goes in it is entered in a ware
house book kept by warehouse keeper
by the government, which book shows
the name of the producer, the several
numbers of the package, number of
warehouse stamp, gauger's name, con-
tents of the barrel, both in wine and
proof gallons, and the specific CAVITY of
the liquor, at which time tax-paid
stamp Is put on, showing the name o. the
producer, the collector of the district,
name of the gauger and date of the
stamp, which Is then cancelled Just as
the warehouse stamp was by steTciI of
waved lines. When the tax-paid stamp
is put on, the head of the barrel is
branded to show the name of the pro-
ducer and the number of the tax paid
stamp punched out of the head, and the
name of the liquor known to the trade
stenciled on. The liquor is then sold to
rectitier, at which time the producer
enters upon a government book the
capacity of the barrel, number of stamp,
name of the liquor and date of the sale,
and the reCtiher's name, On the receipt
of the liquor by the rectifier, he enters
on a government book the date of the
receipt, from whom received, where
located, name of the inspector, date of
inspection, number of wine and proof
gallons, name of the hquor-generally
highwines of packages, number
of revenue stamp and the number of the
tax paid stamp. The next gauger gauges
that liquor which is reported on blank
No. 81, which shows the same as the
book above mentioned, at which time
form No. 122 the bumper" so called
from the fact that it has the authority
by which the Tectifer dumps the liquor
from the barrels into the rectifying watts,
is made out, which must agree with the
gauger's report. The liquor is then
poured out into the rectifier's vat, is
" dumped, in the presence of the gauger,
whose duty it is to see that the marks
and brands on the barrels are DESTROYED.
At the same time the gauger certifes
the stamp is then cancelled the same as
the others, at which time a stencil is put
on, giving the name of the rectifier; at
that time the wine and proof gallons, any
out there may he in the barrel is then
cut out on the bung stave together with
the proof of the whisky. The liquor is
now entirely out of the hands of the
government, but a trace of il is kept, for
when the rcctifer sells he must keen in
book the name of the purchaser, and
the purchaser must keep in a book-both
books open to the officers of the revenue
the names of the rectifier from whom
he purchases. 1t will be seen by the
foregoing that the liquor is measured and
guarded from the corn and mash tubs to
the wholesale dealer who sells it TO the
retail man, and no fraud can be consum-
mated without the connivance of the
government officer. Where the dishonest
distiller gets in his work, is in having
the gauger certify on the dump that
he has destroyed the stamps, when he
has not, and in having the storekeeper
allow him to run liquor out without its
going into the bonded warehous. Stamps
are also raised, as, for instance, a stamp
for ten gallon package is allowed, and is
raised to eighty gallons, and used. !