Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-06-29
new WHISKY TRUST.
Four Big Combinations Merged into
One Immense Company.
WANT PAY FOR CATTLE SLAUGHTERED
Dairy Farmers Around Chicago Object to
Being Impoverished by Tests for Tu-
berculOsIs New YOrk's Loss In
Trade--katy's Claims.

New York, June pa merging Of
the American Spirits Manufacturing
company, consisting Of IS separate
concerns, the Kentucky Distilleries and
Warehouse company, consisting of So
concerns, the Standard Distilling and
Distributing company, consisting Of Is
concerns, the Spirits Distributing CON-
pany, and number Of the most impor-
tant rye whisky concerns into one cen
trail company has been effected bythe
organization OF new concern called
the Distilling Company Of America, with
capitalization of S!25, OO0, 900. of which
SIS, 100000 is cumulative preferred
stock, and $40, 100000 common stock.
The plan contemplates contraction
of the S94, 50O,O 900 of securities now out
to S77, 800, 900, for which amount, in adj
dition to the old securities, the new
company will acquire certain of the
new important rye MISUNDERSTANDING
them, the Ilannis Distilling company,
owning the Mount Vernon and Hannis-
vile properties and the different dis
tributing plants of those concerns.
The working capital Of the existing
companies to be absorbed is now about
So, 900, 900. The new company is to
have an additional working capital of
s., 900, 600, of which Sl,50O,O0 will be
supplied at once.
WANT PAY FOR CATTLE SLAUGHTERED.
Chicago, June 81 Men with dairy
farms in the vicinity of Chicago are
alarmed at the slaughter of cattle for
the purpose of making tests for tuber-
culosis. Directors of the Milk-Ship-
ners' union resolved to advise farmers
not to allow tests to be made in their
herds I'VE are not opposed to the
.strctest tests" said President Hol-
comb, of Syracuse, but we object to
the tests at the expense of 'he farm
ers. Let the state or the city pay
full value for all cattle slaughtered,
and they may kill all they like of
them 1t was said by members that
SO per cent. of the farmers shipping in
to Chicago were renters whose proper
ty consisted solely of cows. If whole
herd of poor mans cattle were con-
demned it would be robbing him of the
means of making living. Secretary
Hill, who has investigated the matter,
said: Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
New Jersey, Massachusetts, and some
other states, after spending large sums
of money on inspection Of cattle, have
given it up. With all Of the investiga-
ton there is hardly an authenticated
case in which they can prove that
tuberculosis was communicated to a
human being through the medium of
milk"
NEW YoRK's LOSS OF TRADE.
New York, June ~. The state com
merce commission met In this city yes
terday to consider in detail the causes
of the great decrease in the export
grain trade and other trade from the
port of New York, and the correspond
ingly large increase in the grain ex-
ports of the other Atlantic ports, par
ticularly the south Atlantic and gulf
cities A number of grain dealers
of New York city testified and
gave suggestions as to methods
they thought could be followed to re-
cover for this port part of the lost
trade. John Valiant, large exporter
of this city, stated that the principal
causes of the decrease in New York's
export trade were the excessive ter
minal charges, the arbitrary railroad
elevator charges and the ditferential
freight rates at present existing. lie
said the inspection and grading of
grain is more rigid in New York than
in other ports. Cyrus Engs, an export
er, said that Boston, Baltimore, Nor
folk, Philadelphia and Newport News,
in the order named, had received the
largest amount of the export business
which New York had lost.
CLAIMS EVERY ALTERNATE SECTION.
Wagner, |. T., June 92.-The Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas Railway COM
pany has filed before Judge Thomas at
Muscogee an application for an injunc-
ton to restrain the town Of Muscogee,
the Creek nation and the United States
from proceeding with the Surveying and
laying out or tnau Gown unuef ,nc
town-site provision of the Curtis law.
The grounds alleged for this injunc-
ton are that the Missouri, Kansas II
Texas Railway company claims every
alternate section of land along its line
through the territory under agreement
with tine United States government
and that the principal portion of
Muscogee is on this alternate section.
The matter is causing much comment
and anxiety, not only in Muscogee, but
in all towns along the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas railway through the terri
tory, as many other towns will fall mp
on this alternate section claimed.