Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-11

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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. |
What Becomes Of Los Angeles Oorn-Ths
Nose Of the Chicago Distillsr Put Out Of
Joint-Ksn Who ere Doing Much to Insure
the Prosperity Of our Es0tion-Personal
Hotss.
DEAR HERALD: That one is
sometimes obliged to go from
home to hear the news is q thing I
think can verify before this let
ter Is closed. Many sturdy farm
er In the Monte, Los Nietos, the
Ranchlto and Gospel Swamp, has,
no doubt. often wondered what be-
came Of his corn. A couple Of
years ago the great drouth in the
northern provinces Of Mexico Gre
ated very active demand for this
cereal, and the Los Angeles farmer
rejoIced In huge prices for his pro-
ducts. But that was an occasional
and exceptional demand, which
disappeared with the recurrence of
the natural rainfall of Sonora and
einalos. The farmer aforesaid also
knows that sundry myriads of
hogs, which go to supply the me-
cessitles of the Los Angeles Pack
ing Company and the maws of our
people, have also consumed a por-
tlon Of the corn raised in his
neighborhood. But think can
tell him where the rest of 1t goes.
THE BAY VIEW DIsTILLERY.
To-day I was driven by Mr.. D.
q. Scofield, one of the proprietors,
to the Bay View distillery, located
In South San Francisco. On the
way thither We passed the famous
Butchertown and caught glimpse
Of the prodigious new sugar refin-
cry which is being erected by Sir
Claus Spreckels. This will be the
largest building in the world de-
voted to that purpose, and will be
thirteen stories high. 10 pleas.
ant little nook of the bay we found
the edifice we sought. Around a
point, at short remove, lie the
vessels Of the dlstiIlery, which con.
vsy to and from San Francisco, on
the one hand, corn, wheat, rye and
coal, and on the other the spirita
into which the coal converts the
three first named articles. Though
an unpretending looking edifice,
the Bay View Distillery pays to
tho Internal Revenue Bureau OF
the United States the princeIy
sum Of So, 800 day, or $4,000 q
month. Here every day four
thousand gallons Of neutral spirits
Of the grade of 1889 are turned out.
There are in San Francisco two
other distillerIes which, combined,
have the capacity of the Bay
View, making daily production
Of eight thousand gallons OF neu-
trail spirits, on which the gov
erDmeEt receives q revenue of
about 1926, 600 a month, or nearly
-, 900, 600 year. A few years ago
all this immense business was done
In Chicago, that city profiting by
the earnings of the dIstillation and
by the laborers employed, while
the farmer of Illinois pocketed
the money for the grain used in
the process. Waving all question
~ to whether 1t is desirable that
corn and other cereals should be
distilled into spirits at all, 1t Ia un-
doubtedly true that whatever
profit attends its inevitable pro-
duction should be enjoyed in Cali
fornia and by Californians, in pref
erence to seeing it made y monop.
oily, % respects this Coast, by Chi
cago and other Eastern cities.
The Bay View Distillery is q fine
example Of how tremendous force
and great productive power can be
compressed within narrow limits.
Within by no means pretentious
building inspected q wonderful
mass Of the most perfect and ap-
proved modern machinery, pur-
chased by Messrs. Tevis & Scofield
In Chicago. Attached to the dis
tlllsry IL a cooper shop. where all
tho barrels used in the business are
made. Four government officials
remain there night and day, to see
that the interests of the Internal
Revenue Bureau are attended to.
Adjoining the distillery are num-
Der OF large yards in which are
four or five thousand hogs, that are
fed on the swiil which lie left after
the process Of distillation. Thus,
1t every turn, provident regard
10 she wn for the. main chance.
new FINE OLD WHISTLES ARE
NADE-sIxTEENAC ACRES A DAY.
What becomes of the four thous
and gallons OF neutral spirits or al-
cohol which are daily made at the
Bay View Distillery? While I fear