The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-01
UUISKEY IN MILWAUKEE,
avn wUtcH LLECTED TT p oOT-
TRNoR or HfNCONsfN'

u. ,,,,,,.,rs. Jnu. 26.-An inquiry into
.or,.p and growth Of the Whiskey Ring here
,-i. ~. the some uuif rmit' Of development
i s.lnd IN the history Of the -.
,o,icII go mr. inziti7ns. Tho incepupn
b.p.,trac, acre, a elsewhere dhtc' from
v.''...,,e NJ the nr-t Internal heVenne law III
.,c, trr Repuhlic N m 'turit' IA '"hEr'SS'
,.,onptins the spirits on hand leE'sl'eu W
.t,.,st Of the whiskev spcculators. Thc
we =" 49,, ,r,,,d Wa powerfully stimulated by
~. u,bsequeut increase OF tue Tx on sbrh,
Wv . a, cont. and then to e. per gallon, aud
~ ,,,,r. the stock on hand. which was
,l,.,,d IN 1884, by influences notortously
-, The millions which were made ny tue
.,i,tots by tue means OF TINS Ieeis'Ht'"n'
-. ave in few iustiuces meue !" tne ca
.n.e " the distiuers; bu1 the eAi'nP'e Vi ue-
,,s,otnr the Government w@ set ana "o'n 'ne
oo,,ruoity and the IND H''h''' 'uo''SU - wv
lauder. of the Republican party.
- ,,,s n, test time iu the di.tlling busi-
..,.,n milwaukee, rough. ilhterate 'uVcn,"""'
80, S,rnsnecher. who had renargaole busi-
-. .ararity. great encrs'' and was not Uou-
ttlv CONSCIENTIOUS scruples' n h'n "'o"-
,,,t,,.d .lmc property, out MS Ies"N n'e""S
H"''' ,,,,,,sd rhe Revenue law Of 1855! was,
A r,.yo, unite favorable to distiles. Spirits
N .a,,,d no sfored IN nond aud held for an indeh
s,.s,,...., without the payment u the tex. and
| .,,,s.,o,etiue. D., making tti-mOnthiy returns.
| ,..txv 81. ass,..ei. and under the principle es-
,,,J.hel nv Congress goods so returned were
| 80, .uhi,ct to the increased tax. Thus the dis
| ,ni.r re,ll, had invested IN a stock Of spirits
| Anil, I'm, ess, II production. which did not OK
,,ei u cents per gallon. jake Nunnsmacher
.,tne- taken IN the specul tor's hng IA 1904
| orue was shr.wd enough 70 ioresec that the tax
l on spirits mus. he increased. aud hence nc
1 boarded bis production. and when the IN
4 ,,o,.e from ~ cents T. e. nor sail IN came
he VA. made, In less than six months
n ,mlll.nlirc. Continuing In the distilline busi-
noe, Nunnemacncr has accumulated an cnor-
r,n. fortune. varously osiimated at from So
l 4, IN Go lUNNNul. lie owns block after bl0tk
II 4 tue nn.i ur-. rcutre of the city. and miles OF
los IN growing streets. ana ne. nv a thvu, tiiu
..fe. 4 land not fIr from the CITY limits. Like
II f.t.t lO. Cincinnati, he ~ built and deiic
i Cd 60 the Misses vast uile. which y known As
Il Nr.nem..hcr's opera House. lie has reared "A
II lax. !4l. is. aid has three or ioaf sous who'
II lhe liu.,N ave Intent upon money Eetung'
II thDt.t misfortune has overtaLen them Garner
II IN I. fn.f Is ala fNe father. lntN are an 10
II .'.I ar ,lu-rrAc, to defraud the Govern
II nett. l.l otr Of The boys, Familiarity known As
.t x,.tfiafed Unfortunate The Nunnema-
II cher fan nv has always been the head and front
ofil. ,.unAuhvc W LisAtS lGus, aud lutu LEI
= rnins. ON crooked wnskey during the past
II rr'cen vp7rs must aggregate several million
II dAlar,. iu uis personal appe rance OLD Jazz
II NunnenAcnor j. very uncoIth and with hIs
I N.. INN~'N fi n We ~NtIN'iN lnNtf hiih A'hAH
hyn,,-i,tu I'd ines tie would lie taken for com
H0a 10. tcn farm l1uOrer. rather than the second
gle .test capitalist Ia the Northwest.
TIRE Rises CONSTITUENTS.
Win the exception " Tom O'Neil, who ha.
II been IN me distilns business nearly IA long a
II Aunnemacner aud has accumulated gaze
u Lrg- fortune 10y the manufacture OF ilhrii
spirits, the half dozen firms whose establish
l. mems have pe-n seized are OF more nlodcrf
0uglu. Inc RudsAopis have been, tnieraob
II prosperous, aud nave lerhlps gained more M"
Il t1retv thAu ell the other members oi the hinl
combined. sam Rindskopf, who has beer
u knuNu lar and wide dunn. the past lew years
n a Prince sam" is figniv, NOISY fellow. VIII
\ Agood address, extrayagant habits; and al am
4 biion to become statesman. His brother
4 Louis hndskopf, Is entirely different. lie -
\ nan ~ decided ability. quiet, shfewd man o.
II BUSINESS. ard a long hesd-d. adrot politician
II SIN Kudskopf spent his money lAvishly ant
n fooNsuly, gisIn- wine suupers and making osten
n tatous Subscriptions Tor Charitable Pufpo-rs
\ wnIe his brother LOUIS WAS more Discreet az
II less given TO display. lie could be, and oitci
II was ulunGeeat, bu there wa ,lw1ys y on 9
be deemed worth the OUTLAY. Tue only othe
i nau Of brdius belonging 70 the KIM y lie %
II pod Nlltu, who has made money ana save
II H. ana al the saue uAc c'hIl ,4t'u Ilu
H for ea2psSn aa sHiS,,ss a Fhe 10 none Sgi
Il of0ldJahe hume machei gave him Il power ant
L enttled him TO exert an Influence which other
/ WIS., ls would not have h d. Tor he II mean an
L Rol,h. His sons no ever, were achVc on
/ more liberal, and made them-elNes eeuei ~
useful to the Ring. Herman Nunnem CD
| teeine to have been one of supervisor Mum
L eonadenti8i agen- and collected his MONTH
ls,essments from certain OF me disthers,
4 Sam Rindskopf did from the others. Jake Nui
II lemacher tue Younger made himself useful Is
\ ,a-smaD for the Ring. The Nuhnemachers ha
. 4 rectifying house. through which a good de
L ~ the fllicIt Productions passed but when n
capacity Of this establishment was not sunhcicn
1 they run two or three IMAGINARY reoufyl
Il b"us.s So onoi,teIy W = Tie Collectors ON,
mere in the Ring interest. that rectihers staml
i wore sold oy the thousands 30 nall dozen pc
Il sons VIII had no rectifying houses, and In Sc
Il tral instances stamps were disposed OF 70 d
III utous individuals. IL was young Jake Nunn
II -. ali a. lnaaaA n
fvc,iAer-. ma h wing obtained the staniDs, b
lhp ed under them the Illicit hiehwines
after Oisposing OF the goods there he would =
move the stamps anu bring them back u M
ssain. and this continued Till they were woI
o.t, wnen new supply was obtained.
The NODE OF BUSINESS.
The three men who really managed the Viii
e. liing on toe disitIieis slde we're , isou
They were the brains OF the combination, An
revenue officials dealt with the dislIIeis al
recuners, drawing their price for LICENSES
steal as well as their assessments for campaig
hon ( ATS ely rs very large. or the one nun
eFed thousand inhabitants OF tine city there al
II Probably nearly seventy thousand foreigner
aud uis quite evident, even to u stranger, TIL
M NATIVE element is oeeidedly In tue minoori'
among business men. Then, again, one ~ II
chief interests of the city is the manufactul
Of beer una highwnes. he brewefies Of Mi
Tl-Aee -ie lam Vs. 10 every section Of u
lusine-s aggregates millions Of dollars. III
ohuilefes here we're not SO numerous or
such large capacity 81 those OF Chicago bi
tAe ei-ht Establishments which were sez d
Nav lat mad a total registered capacity Of IS
bushels u gr In per daY, which represented
caly production o. about HOO gallons {
t.l rs. lrls would require something ike
million bushels Of grain every We r., and the Al
hlhl production Of Spirits would reach Il
L-sA.OIuCul Ol four million gallons. put
Lust te remembered that tirsQ figures Tepr
!.-kihe n, sight Capacity u the Milwaukee al
leries. II - q ute prObdUle-and indeed Il
ur'elupmeuis th4s faf made by the exposure
te kug dcmpLStratc- tue Illicit prpdu
ulh was nearly ouc-half az great as the leg
mate capacity II the uistil erles. In many cas-
the uhcit capacity was more than equal to Il
glstered capaciY. The disullery Of Leopo
Nlrth' Tor Instance, had concealed sub celia
and IN TINS bubterrauedn vault was found, rig
under the fcrnentiug tubs, u tank viii
would hnli &iDJ gallons Of nash, and
means OF steam lump the confer
u thls secret receptacle could be hit,
up and run through the still. For u
ana other reasons II IA Impossible 70 obtG
We eK tct statistics IN regard TO the &C
lumptiDn OF grain by the distiieries, tut I
llta amount consumed by the distillers 4
brewers reached several million bushels pe- :
uln. This adc the business - the cr IA, :;
y dependant upon these two tuteresLs, AZ ~, ~
iahorer as well a. the capitalist was cOnCV'i
W their pros perity In view 81 these facts, Il
not al all surprising that the sympathies Of
muses. were win the distlllers and against
n pta VIII urnfa had Z