Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-06
TOOK UP Thu WHISKY
shufsldt and Calumet Distllieriss
Taken In by the Trust.
AFTER 4 LONG AND BITTER FIGHT
The Two raagisfoot k.tAbiishmsnt. Find
ths Pressure More Than They Can
Bear asd Yield 10 the
lombias.


has triamphed at last. The Distilling
and Cattle Feeding Company. the in
eorporated name OF the trust. has pur-
chased the Henry H. shufsldt and the
Calumet DistiiliBg Company's plants.
thereby ending one of the bitterest
fights between rival concerns ever
known. and at the same time Great
ing one of the most absolute and
complete monopolies the commercial
world has ever heard Of The two big
antitrust distilleries sold everything.
which includes the real estate. maehin-
cry. stock of goods. patents, trade
marks, good will and the right 70 con-
tinus the use of the names of the two
companies. The purchase price. IL is
understood, Is in the neighborhood Of
q. 500, 600.
The purchase leaves the trust practi-
ealIy without rival The trust was or
ganized four years ago, aud with these
purchases has succeeded in gobbiing up
every distillery in the entire country.
One year ago il had four healthy rivals
in the field They were the ST Paul
Distilling Company, tho Riverdsle
OF Chicago. the shufeldt and tho
Calumet At that time IL weakened
its enemies strength by securing the
St Paul concern. and last September
the Rsverdals was brought into the
fold And Thursday the crisis was
reached after a most bitter fight on the
part Of tho Schufeldts and LyncheA
Thursdays purchases make the
whisky trust the absolute owners of
every distillery IN Chicago. The Shu-
felct has capacity of $1,000 bushels,
producing 5000 gallons of whisky u
day. proof goods The Calumet's capaci-
~ Is IS. 900 bushels, or II. 900 gallons =
day. Before these last purchases
the trust produced about 800, 900
gallons day. The other Chi
cago distilleries owned by the trust
are the Phoenix, with = capacity of
$500 bushels: the United States, 1000;
the Chicago. $500; the Empire, 5000;
che Riverdale, 1000; and the National.
e.eoo. These do not represent half the
property of the trust although ii
necessary the Chicago plants could
produce about one-third Of the total
product
President Sheridan, Of tho Calumet
Distilling Company, is of the opinion
that the new deal will not materially
affect the price Of whisky, rs il has al
ready reached the reasonable margin.
competition with the Kentucky whisky
and bring large amounts of aged goods
into the market
The fight between the trust and the
Lynchs has been an incessant and
bitter one. According to the Shufeldts
and Lynchs the trust people adopted
most lavless means to make compete
ton lively. Bombs were discovered in
dangerous places about the big build
sings on Lsrrabee street, and several
times the causes of fires which broke
uted to agents Of the trust On one
occasion q man, alleged to have been
an agent of the trust, was discovered
providing about the Shufeldt buildings
and the prompt arrival of the police
alone saved him from being lynched by
the employees of the antitrust concern
Dan Coughlin, the Chicago avenue sta
ton policeman, was attempting To fer
ret out the eouse of the fire in the
distillery, which the Shufeldt people
claimed to have been started by the
trust agents, when he became
acquainted with John Kunze, who was
afterward his co-defendant in the
Cronin trial The last and creates,
sensation In connection with the fight
between the two concerns was the ar
rest and subsequent indictment OF
George j. Gibson. the secretary Of the
trust. who is now awaiting trial fol
inssigating a diabolical plot that con
templated the destruction of the OBJ
noxious distillery and its obstinate
owners The case of Gibson viii no,
be affected by the deal