, 1891-06-21
THE WHISKY TRUST.
Expose of Methods Adopted by
the Combine.
Forty-Five Millions Owing to
Stockholders.
Organized Movement to Fight
the Octopus.

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III the AnAlIs OIL the great WHISKY trust If
at hand. wholesale dealers are firing of
the system of blackmail employed by the
trust. and distillers outsida Tho ,rnst arc
i,s, ~.
" '"'" ia1i'ies
lor manufacturing Ihe trust " Its
stockholders S45, 900, 900, while it has
allo we'd scores of great distileries its VII
;bIo ,ss.,s 70 C,u - L.. az IL,
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eiHht were ono prosperous Milwaukee
institutions. 10 this, the great whisky
clearing house of the Northwest these
facts have frs, rescb.J Tho ,rC
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'ulOuHu the announcement To-Day that
SIX OF the largest Wholesale whisky houses
of Milwaukee. hitherto depepdant unoD
the trust had hr,Le, lace e. 81.
,S
oiEA"Na',on Anu are u erect i huge dis
ullery with a capacity OF $4,000 gallons
daily, the purpose being to trick the trust
as Sbuields lid. In view oi the nr,,,;.aI
A.. - W.
Giiaan GtI puio:iase Vi t1e ohu-
I'll S9T u SnNmlI uls'l'eries III Ohlcago
"m " a general raise IN
maIIr5 "no nave
plelteu aettauee 70 sue trust are aPpre-
us'e o "oIIt auu TouIl IKE TO
So - uaup' muse WHO
% 'nae 'Iey may lie
80 = - oonIeluJnu Watching
ooua'IeIaole anxiety
~ 10Y" "a ~ oieunsIances
~ u u iaoe OF pro-
-. ha. - III oue price "l
spins JAS oeeu !, auIl auNanclpg since
u ~ "n'o sAts'ehce' OrIR'na!ly
NJ * "ittniu d polHt OF wv OF ths 81
10. " soLiaI |lT orucl9R tne
-, 10 = n1S " HeH Is goo's Ior
SI:io' II auIt'lon 70 advancing Il
M, eGJ uLss ua e1tcteu a iorIelt rom
nus ~ nnon Ioes business OAsed
M gu i've cehts per
Samon ~ spnpL1 u IGn cents Der
any on ~ suai 1e paiu ABOVE
"HlH tue price
a. .ae preseu. t'He Z hOminaIy SI-lo Tor
spnitI, nus upou "hotu 'nG tTust mas ms
axriun, - oDHseu ' bSS IL AZ the
bApmS, I'll - NUNS u tuel nave
and made no kick about the tr~est,en ,Ir aa
corded. the extra five cents on snirirs ,nd
Ten cents ON alcohol are retnrnod TF
however. the least disnos;tion il NO.
tested toward a show nf in-Jano,JanHa
this money ia forfeited. According ~
local estimate. based unon Tho nrmhor
and size Of the Concerns ALL - ~
trnst il il sho,Vn tbot eacb r.
therefore a standin denos;, in tba Ia,
hands Of abont $40 OOO Tho lass - -
il conditional mon good bebayior tn
extortion in itself furnishes 10 ~,
with a cash canltaI rnnning nm IN, H.
millions. taken bodily ont If tho borsa
that it suffers to buy goods of il f,r ~
use of which nothing wbateyer i naid
The condition and nrosnoots 70
bopses under the controI If tbo tsns+
therefore. readily seen and rho soi,,;nn
of the tangled nroblem mnst ha f,rnishoS
by those on the outside. Win tbam ~
situation hinges mon two nno,ti"ut. Il
the trust all powerful? Is there a nrosroat
OF n scarcity of goods of the trns,9 n
plylDP to the first question Mr. n II
Carroll re~nrpsentinp the finn Of q W.
per. the largest whisky bonse in W;scan-
sin. and which nv the Wav has i,s,
broken away from the trust said toI,y.
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T. vi y w uieHuS an powerful
" Il T'hstl'utloh' OF very shaEY
n" 9 euo:cIueu III oo'alu-
~ SVutlo u oet"Teh eIghty ana ninety
uls e s nouhluaiLg LOT terms OF about
5 SmeHiS i've years, ne owners OF these
annnn Tet , nou pA'u IN cl.n Ior their
propeiny, ~ mele fisin STOCK 10 tne
,h ta : rnsna - a 49,. Tue 1ue Ieai value OF
~ i,oa p,.Li;aL pran i.e oIiRlnai issue
% Nust cohtIoi oI
03o ono Sinna H. IL itoan 10 800,
UoV,ooJ LII Iii .u's $50 n nao p %
IT, ~ s"eIn ny
Cpou luis ahouut tue trust mas
%, - per oent 'nte5-