The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-04
WHISKY FULLY CORNERED
UNITED STATES SPIRITS AssO-
CITATION ORGANIZED
st. Paul Distilling Company Is
Among Those Mentioned as Pres
ent and Participating In the
Work Of Organixation-Com
Is Pronounced the Strongest and
Most Exclusive Ever Formed.

CINCINNATI, O.. Aug. 3.-Thc
United States Spirits association was
organized here today by the election of
the following seven members Of the ex-
ecutive committee: Chairman, w. N.
Hobart, Cincinnati; secretary, ]. w.
Freyberg, Cincinnati; treasurer, F. T.
Corning, Peoria, ILL.,: P. ]. Hennessy,
Chicago: Samuel Woolner, New York;
Frank Curtis, New York; Charles A.
Webb, New York. These are the only
elective officers Of the new combine.
They may select such additional exec
utive officers as they may deem neces-
sary.
Among those present and participant
ing in the new organization, which in
cludes not only the American and the
Standard associations, but also all 9TH
ers now in the business, were Wash
ington Brane, James A. Webb &
Son; l.. H. Quinn, Columbus Distilling
company; Engel, Heller & Co., Nation
al Distilling company; Cook & Bern
heimer, E. Heller & Co., H. H. Rein
ers, Eastern Distilling compbany;
Ridgewood Distilling company; F. o.
Boyd & Co., New York; A. L. Webb &
Sons, National Distilling company,
Baltimore; Empire Distilling compa-
ny; D. T. Mills & Co; ]. E. and A. w.
Bird & Co., Boston; Dougherty &
Downs, Boyle & McGlinn, James
Hayes & Co., Roskam, Gerstley & Co.,
Philadelphia; Columbia Distilling COM
pany, Albany; E. E. O'Keefe, Oswego,
N. Y; Rochester Distilling company,
Buffalo Distilling company, H. H. Shu-
feldt & Co., Chicago Distributing COM
pany, Chicago; ST. Paul Distilling COM
pany, Terre Haute Distilling company,
Mound City Distilling company, st.
Louis; Mound City Distilling company,
Kansas City; Her & Co.. Omaha; Corn
Ing & Co., Peoria; Crown Distributing
company; Jones, Munday & Co.; G. w.
Craery & Co., VIM. Wolfe & Co., San
Francisco; National Distilling compa-
ny, Milwaukee; H. A. Thierman CON-
pany, Louisville; Southern Distilling
and Rectifying company, New Orleans,
James Walsh & Co., Union Distillins
company, Hirsch Lowenstein & Levi,
Fleischman & Co.. Freeberg & Work
um, Hoffheimer Bros, Elias Block s,
Sons, w. w. Johnson & Co.., Old '76
Distilling company, Diamond Distill-
ing company, Clifton Springs Distill-
ing company, Mill Creek Distilling
company, G. Dodsworth Distilling
company, H. w. Smith & Co., Rhein-
strom, Bettman, Johnson & Co., Rhein-
strom Bros, Straus, Pritz & Co., Mi
halovitch Fletcher & Co., ]. & A. Ere
berg, Cincinnati
The committee, consisting of f. T.
Corning, w. N. Hobart, P. j. Hennessy.
w. F. Freburg, Frank Curtiss, Samuel
Woolen and Charles A. Webb, appoint
ed at the conference yesterday, was
busy all day preparing, with attor-
neys, the rules and regulations which
were reported and adopted before ad-
journment this evening.
The plan comprehends control of the
entire output Of all distilleries in the
country who will not deal direct with
the trade and only with such distrib-
utors as are in the combine and none
other. And the distributors are to buy
from none other than those in the COM
bine. These regulations were made
strong in anticipation Of new concerns
All existing ones are included in this,
the strongest combine yet organized.
The rebate system has again been
established, but they are in accordance
with margins and will be paid every
five months. In addition to the rebates
from distillers to distributors, there
will be small rebates from the distrib-
utors to their trade, for continuous
patronage, every five months.
The rules and regulations are to be
put in legal form by Levi Myer and
other attorneys and incorporated into
the blank contracts that are to be
sent at once to all distributors, but
they will not go into effect until the
Standard company has concluded all
its options and other arrangements for
complete control of the output and
contracts have ben signed by all.
1t was announced tonight. after the
adjournment that all the concerns
heretofore Independent were practical
ly now in the combine. and that the
new trust would soon be in operation,
with the Manhattan Trust Company of
New York as it's depository.
Ex-President J. B. Greenhut Of the
old whisky trust, before returning to
New York tonight said that the or
ganization was the best and the strong
est that had ever been attempted.