, 1877-01-01

anu The Increased vigilance IN The part of thu
treaS nrsri HGgeps sg Wn,, y ties.
profitable year Chicago ,lIsttilcrs haze borne
their fnl share Of the loss with brcnn,lug tesIg-
nation. 1ti comparison With tho figures Of his,
thr aggregate manufacture of distilled s,nrIts
Inns in)len of about % per cent, b,tGD, ,OU c,i-
Inns having been manufactured In 1s,6, agatns.
10! ,0U ralfona III tho previous rear.
W thts quantity, nhol,t t,1!:ik0 gallons was
whisky: and tho remainder hlghwIncs anil aco-
market arc light compared With The quantity Of
whisky manufactured, Most ot our n1apiifat-
urcre, being relIsttlicre, in'sh their Enotl. and
put them In tho hands of customers direct, In
wines 70 rcdlstlcss III otlscr part. Of the coilt,.
try. Dstlcrs report that, M to tho fst of Ucto-
ber Inst, very snia! margin Of profit hal hccn
realized, but that since that time tic business
r general de,po'n'cncy prevails. Tie export.
During tic month Of November orders for 800
eaeEets 81 alSol;a! wese received from Tho Medt-
of relieving tho market ot, some Of It's surplus
stuck. The quantity Of alcohol exported FREQ
of duty during the year does not exceed 5taW
1affelt. The number ot dfstIllcrlrs running
from January to August, 1915, was three. About
thc lat ef sentcnber two muro were started,
and at tic present date nino arc II, operation,
rd a,i l!aye daily capacity Ut 10000 gallons, or
EHtEAHG nSaTlL1.En3
arc loud IN their icnnncatton Of this Rcycnuc
Department. They arc firm In tho belief TINT
tho taxation ssatcn,s1s radically defective and
needs cntlro reorganization, nol only bceausc 1t
3 cumbersome anu extrnvagant, but BECAUSE Ut
Us inetIcctlvcncss. In thu ycar 1851 the sub
iects Il! internal revenue werc 400 taxafic nrtt.
Cce. The list is now reduced to four, viz:
spirits, tobacco, beer, anil certain stamps on
matches aInl ratcnt inctfeince. Dlssfllcrs elalm
that, although the He'll IL 40 much diminished,
Tim C$1fnrntynf1f'n nj fnN TIM
same. The manufacturers argue that, as tho
country T. 80 large anu tho difficulty OF
watching It for cyc1sr no great, a tax
of Coo per cent must necessarily stnnlato Illicit
many branches of business In which alcohol Is
'laco, nlll Tint were formerly cofs.tcrcd nc
ccssity, but With hare passed out Of cxlstenco
under tho oppression vi d tax Ut over 80 per
rKsssronr,so ~ nosp
Is also looked upon with ITO great favor by
whisky operators. They DESIRE a systesn Of
TRANSPORTATION IN bonl so guarded rs to be safe
to tho agricultural and manufacturing interests.
They think tliat With proper regulations no
might supply tic whole world with alcohol !:
Tint wo would cc.taltly II export 40, ,Uoo, 900 proof
Sa.es n of Ea 'S ase aes ose ta p9eaes q esa e
carried 1n,lc mora cllca1ly than tho raw mate
rlal. which Ia ra1sel In the West.
1t Is not generally known that Illinois has a
larger Nf6tlllltE capacity tnan alf other St1te IN
tho Union. The bnOks uf the Ilitcrnai Revenue
Department show that our State has tlaity dis
ttlery capacity Of 3,5sj gallons, and that there
nrc twenty y-tllEce dl5tlefics nav IN operation In
tho State. Ohio Is second In the list, having a
daily capacity Of l0,S53 gallons. The following
isa
re,cfne and dtsstHtn9 S3 G,giial Nor1trt yrodurt.
firc Hctt:A.,. f2,pUtxn 4N >, FOL nE
Instfflcrs ahdrect!ners.5D t,Wntn0 1m AUMM
alatt houses............ y th.GGp 81 1.2n eGl
Totala..............7 IN <4.eooon 721 lA<7,.ou
Totals for lB13......,,E1 6..Ns0U 7Ij D.0t5, AZ
si57,so0 iu 1875, $3l5 5,oo0 Ia 1874, and s6l5,7l4 ID