Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-06
THE LIQUOR TRADE.
Fort Worth as Wholesale Market--its
Advantages over Competing Points
An Interyiew With n Leading
Wholesale Dealer.


Yesterday "a GAZETTE reporter
stopped in at the wholesale liquor es-
tabllshment of s;cheuber 81 Hochstadter
and finding the senior member OF the
firm ut leisure interrogated him in re-
gard TO tue heavy business carried on
by them.
.sI believe YOU came to Fort Worth
in 1877 did you not Mr., Scheuoei?'
Eyes, we came here in February
1eTn aud started business som atlnie in
March that year. Oar house is the
oldest one in its line In the city. a
number of Others have started since
we commenced, but most of them have
quit or gone els where.N
Judging from your stock of liquors
and cigars you must supply Il large
territory
'Ies, we ship goods to all parts OF
the state, north as far as Mobeetie,
west US far us Tucson, and as far south
rs Temple and Lampasas. We also
sell goods us far as Denisun and
Gainesville.n
How do you secure this trade?p
" is done principally through tray
cling men. We keep four on the
road al, the time; besides this many
orders come to us In ether ways. We
try TO visit all points in our territory,
but we often sell goods NJ places net
tributary To Fort Worth.n
How is that?'
''Weil, hy certain laws ofthe govern
memt all straight whiskys can be held
ia bond three years. These bonded
goods are bought by dealers ut the
time of distillation. who hold then
from wear to year. Brokers in differ
ent citi y learn the holders of differen
make and ages, and through then
we often effect sales of large iount
,ois, that no one outside oil our otiic,
knows anything about. Besides thi
we sometimes sell carload lots o
whisky TO parties throughout tn
state, which we ship direct from gov
ernment warehouses These good
never stop at Fort Worth, but ar
billed Through 10 destination, 81
while they do not come here For
North sell them"
In what proporti0u are these sale
To your fo-t Worth deiiveries"'
1t Is hard To say, as the uccouR [
are not kept separate from hose =
goods handled here. But we kno,
that we ship more goods from the gS'
,ernment warehouses than we do trai
our slore.n
II suppose you hold quite let ,
whisky in bond, do you not?n
Yes, we bold some fine lots or I
II. Rsppy, Monarchs Kentucky Cinl
Hermitage, u. G. Berry, McBraye
Belair, Nelsan county, and Melwoo
VIII skies of different ages up To thr,
years old. Whiskies ssf greater az
we either hold free in the house hel
or keep standing in iire-proof bui
ding In CincinGatip
Can you cs,mpete in prices wit
other points"'
"Iess we can cell as claap IA an
other holders of whisky. They hav
$40 advaa tage oves as, in fast we cal
sell cheaper to small buyerssn our e,
zion, for a.,e reason that by shipping
our goods from government ware
bouses in carload lots we got an ad
vantage In freight az at least s. 8
per barrel. The freight Is NJ leas
yhnt much n,ore in small quantitie
ttan II Is in carload lots.u
what about your cigar trader un
defstand Ii Is very heavy"
"Yes, we do as large business Il
cigars rs anyone IN the state. We lin,
il necessary TO always keep over
half million on hand, aud then W.
frequently run out OF brands, whicl
are in demand.
BY the way, you asked US for th'