, 1879-05-18
THE DISTILLERS' BILL.
ARGUMENT IN ITS FAVOR
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WAsH1xeroz, D. c., May 17.-The Commit
tee Of Illinois distillers sent here to aid in the
passaec Of the Leakage bill have, at the request
of the Committee on Ways and Means, pre-
pared an argument setting forth the condition
Of the alcohol industry, and the effect of exist
ing laws upon it. The following are the more
important points Of the statement: -.
Our foreign trade in alcohol was destroyed BY
the act Of july TO- 1863, which required pay
meut of the tax, with drawback upon proof OF
landing 10 some foreign port, and none was ex-
ported for several years thereafter, and the
trade was not resumed until the Revenue laws
were so ameuded in 1872 as to permit alcohol TO
be exported In bond without payment Of the
tax Our export trade in alcohol during this In
terruptton -
Dn1rrKp INTO OTHER CHANNELS,
and VAS derived from other sources, and is be-
ing brought back to this country with difficulty
! and by degrees. 60.
The following figures show the increasing de-
mand for American alcohol:
Spirits exported in the year ending June -ea -,
SPIRITS s.pofi:d in the yeaf ending june ono ooo
siSS;'eu iS97 - -. e.. - $780, 52s
Exported @ in the yeaf ending june 80, -. 40
EIpofted oa from July i, ISIS, to March
81, 1879 {n1ne months) Ill eG9, SGT
We deem it matter not unworthy Of your
consideration to note the effect this trade has
upon American industry. In the manufacture
of the alcohol exported during the first. nine
months Of the fiscal year ending March II,
1879, there we're consumed 5000, 600 bushels OF
grain, the product Of LOO, 600 acres of cultivated
land, and $4,000 Tons Of coal, taken from
our mines. This alcohol was con-
tanned in 10000 packages, requiring
100000 stayes, and 100000 pounds
OF iron to holo them In place. Altogether the
alcohol exported during these nine months af-
forded employment to s, GOO laborers, and added
s., 600 600 to the material wealth OF this coun-
try. No substance at present known yields
SO much alcohol as ':' s'~ ~
INDIAN CORN. 49,.
The unrival1ed corn-felds Of the world lie on
the banks Of the great Mississippi River and its
| tributaries, Thousand miles away from the
seaboard, to which this volatile and penetrating
| substance must be Transported before 1t
| leaves this country. One bushel OF corn, weigh
ing ffty-six pounds, will yield. fourteen pounds
| Of alcohol, In which concentrated shape'tr may
| be chcaply transported to the remotest country.
In bringing this trade back again to America a
sharp competition is encountered by German,
Russian, Hungarian, aud
! OTHER SOURCES OF SUPPLY,
so that the profits derived from itare very small
at present, but with proper facilities and reason
able liberality on the part OF our Government,
we can not only maintain our supremacy, but
largely increase this trade.
| Alcoholis exported In wooden packages, and
the greatest possible care will not insure tt from
leakage or loss in all cases. The alcohol intend
ed for export is. gaugcd by a United States
Gauger in the distillery warehouses whereit was
| manufactured. Before the same eau be traus-
ferred to seaboard port Of entrF the owner or
exporter is required to execute bond that he
will in all respects comply with :. ..:- i,
THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
| The transportation companies receive 4 the
a1chohol and issue their bills Of lading, making
the Collector OF Customs at the port Of export
the consignor, being thus virtually in the DOS
session Of Government officer, On arrival at
the port Of export the alcohol is again gauged
by a Custom-House Geuger alongside or on
board OF vessel, and il any deficiency shall ap'
pear when gauged on board the vessel, AZ COM
pared With the quantity when removed from the
distillery warehouse in any Of the packages, the
Government assesses and collects 80 cents gal
Ion on the deficiency SO found and reported.
| The owner not only loses his property, but Is
made to paw tax, or, more correctly speaking, z,
A PINE OF NINETY CENTS
on every gallon which was nnavoidably lost The
injustice Of this must be apparent to every
comprehensive mind, and your petition ers,
thcr ofore, appeal to you with confidence that
you will grant our request by the passage OF a.
r. No. !, ass, the whole scope OF which is to re
licye the exporter from this unjust tax with the
least possible DELAY. inasmucn as exporters are
refusing orders at present prices until they are
relieved. D. G. RUSH, Chicago. Il
| - n. B. MILLER, Riverton. Ill. *.
ADoLPu WooLNER, Peoria.
| e. FAIRBANKS, Terra Haute, Ind
THE. GERMAN NATIONAL.
,@'. THE EXAMINERS REPORT. :.
6pectal Dispatch to The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 17.-The report ol
Elmer Washburn. Bank Examiner. in the mat
ter of the German National Bank has not yei
arrived here Comptroller, Knox, however, re
ceived letter to-day stating that it might sool
be expected, and giving him an incomplete tn
timatfon as to the nature OF the report: From
this advance letter it appears that Mr. Wash
burns report differs In many particulars from
that made by the late Theodore Weber, and
shows that Weber's report was blinded to some
extent by prejudice; and contained many inac
curacies. What these Inaccuracies: are cannot
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