, 1876-01-08
Collector than woulj bea:fng tho burden Of
Federal Office and being pie4o II and continuai-
II uierepreaanted in thas connection.
CANADA WHISKY.

ANOTHER FRAUDULENT EEyIcE.
The crooked whfaSy Las Penetrated Into almost
esoiy avenue of trade. ard at present thera arc
worry fou tranohcn Of business which have not
somo favor Of the article about them. Il ha'
nven heon found rottlbIo for the ingenious thsof
to uae crooked whieky In tho cuhtorus strrica.
and tbs history of how thia bus,na@b is cat sied
ou tornas m interesting chapter 10 tho gcnoral
literature Of tie Cb.oago sud Western ling.
II IL to be promised that In Chnn3a
xh,sky ia qute cheap, ant generally
very good article, rathsr better than TINT
tnado on .his siue Of tile lima. THIS Is Of cotireo
ov,nx to the quality Of tho g. aln. and tho caro-
exercised ovcr the whole processo Of manufacture.
Net much whiaky Ia solI theto uatll ss Las At
iu1ned \ g,easer aye than is usual 10 American
BFirIts ~nen put upon the market. Tho cost Of
msklDg whIeky IN Canada Saries 1, ON about tbo
sxtno A. iu An,onca to nucn higher price for tho
1me nhlt WHISTLES. 1t hAs beau provea'that It
'cos.s lses t!lap Is cen.s to mako = gallon Of
whiaIy cletr Of lax in America, and 1t is not
II be supposed TINT IL COSTS much It
any 1naro on tho other aldo Of tie limo. How
cscf tIs may br, tacro ID, even at much htShar
pr1co, \ confdsrsb.s masgln for profit III the
bus,,Icss which, 10 to be Hpoken Of.
Tie fl n or firms engayel in tho crooltn. Of
whisky nudrr Tho Customs lava are comprssed OF
twj pastiea.-ouo 10 Cauada and ons Ia tho
Statea. The American should have for hls Rhare
Of tho Quilt 82lopusr. or perlln,'s tug and \
bsrRe, and the Canadian should liA:o c.p!tat
enough t. buy Ban,e 33o 10 COZ ba'rel5 Of nilIssy
and tran p1Itit to Btn1ii IAcs OH tho baua8 Of
ope Of the lakes, say Erlo or Outa.lo.
TIE s1uDUA oPxaAHpI
Ut tho bt1rineas IN, for tbs Aoe.cah to taka hone
5to bast cfs OF tute water anl haye it EauGed ~
should BE- dono cti,et st Chicago. Milwaukee,
ToIedo, OF DalEalo. It thsn toma,us for him.
having 800 OF more barrels of wster properly
Stamped aud nAr'n5 tho tax pad on It, to put to
sea. and. during tho stllinohs OF night,
hcave to at somo point on tho Canadian
shoro. "A settoI IA possible, At tile mouth Of
a ANAL river 80 muc., tue better. Tho Caudaa
par ue,, k4oalng ~heso the schooner ia 10 be.
hxa tue NlliAkY IN teadiu&ss aud tho "ater OH
which sbe tax has been "a d Is qulc4sy nm7tted
OUT, aud the whisky pat 10 its ria.o on ooard
tho hcho, o,ner. This takes from ono ufght t. two
days, and WHEN tho PROCESS - completed tho
hoaoane; puts forth into tho lase asa.n, having
Oh tonrd
clnao or CasAo1AS EntaKr.
which brings higher rr.cs tl1u Atn tricaa. md
it has it, too. IN aucp hh4so that no reyenae
of!scer. wsstont sene kn ,"!ease at tia procsaa
It has undsrztno, can }eslblT deteet or pu:'Hh
tue fraud. Tit whisky ID taken iuto port, say at
Buffalo. and thence nh'pp,d I, Now York. It
appears 10 ne straight whisky uadcr tho lava.
II bears th1 tax-pi.d sta nps Of tho United 6tatoa
aud Is. IN Short II euch position that Il cauaot
Or BAlkt0 Ijf &lT cou&t1Fdh{ilH VI LIE 11FEaa7
coto. unless committing can bo known OF It fur
| sher thsn appears on tile Bntfnce.
THE PROFITS or THIS nuaIsEss
arc. as MY be supposed, ptetty large The
better qualify Of Cana !tan ubi4ky, wh.ch uny to
b,,lYht in that country for 1Eo1u GO ceuEs 10 Ho
cot,ts, brings Ia New aotk, IN Chicago. er il s"y
other faree mir.ot- II tha Wa! from $3.50 70
r..50, tho irnnort du.y being e. gallon, II
tho elnrcsod schooner should have 20t barfels OF
Canadian Whisky waen sho .Es!ses ~ ta.o
port Of Buffalo. It viii lavo Gust her
owners III the ns:GAoo: hood Of $1,000. Nth tag
I'LL ped eni saey vii tlon have 6, 100 GALLONS q
| whisky Which ID worth fu New York fro1n $..5o
to 81 uhltop, At Tho rormor price they vii,
have soods 70 tho An,ount Of s 900, or = not
IT ,l!t of $4,000 to 5000 ou tho tti.'. Bit L:
| the Iattet lguta the profit Ia much larger.
TuEnE IL 4 VARIATION
Ia this trade wlIch IL quito rim, 10. md couBistl
merely Ia getting from soms rec!iler The raln:.
| tito sumtoy OF ~ hstEcla With stamps ar. lu
| this caas The barrels arc secondhand. aud hay.
| oncn hceD u1ed to o3nvaF WnIaky from Aha dis
t tlllery to the rHctittinE house. From tho dis:
| honest rect!.isr those barro!s can be bougut and
put sposrd tho rcsscl, Allied. ~ betore stated
| With waler. II Tho WHISKY be oarrief OF
| this rlap, Tie nddtidna! profit ia Of course u
ccuta gall n. or IS u0J on tho trip. Its kuoTz
| that this hllsinees has been calrled On to Int
| e1tsnt and ono OF tho revenue officers of tlis
| Government has before Inn 1t preeeot tht
partial proofs a3aiast = Cntca{o firm for oeins
| cpgAgcd u tho hueuess. Wucn the' ahall hAvt
[ baon ntmmornd before tbs Qra I'd jury II will It
ttno onoaolI to eiye thar uam,' atsd alao IL.
!! names Of their partners In tito Qdeen:s DO
| mtnIbua.