The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-11
AN ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION RE.
eARoiNe THE SOUTH ABOUT
MAKING OF WHlskEY.
MORE "soW.PAw" MADE IN THE
NORTH, AND MORE e.MooN.
SHINING" DONE THERE.

SHtNtNSf DONE THERE.
Why the impression ever got abroad
shat the Southern man was any fond.
er of his dram than the man In any
other section of tie country would be
hard to tell. The stills that the gov.
'crnment agents are supposed to raid
at times may be numerous enough to
land few mountaineers in the Jail
occasionally. but the liquor used in
the United States is not made In the
raatankerous South. nor in the wooIly
West, but in the North and East,
within the sound Of church bells, New
York, Illinois. Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and Wisconsin are the leaders
In the manufacture of liquor. Illinois
leads in the manufacture of whiskey,
making 40 per cent. OF the total. This
is the beverage best known In the
South. Beer is almost a stranger in
the old United States, as compared
with the rest OF the country. califor.
MIA produces more than half Of all the
wine made Ia the country. Maryland.
Missouri and Kentucky are the only
Southern States that find place In
the first fifteen III the production of
alcoholic liquors. The government
statistical maps show that except for
Kentucky tie region south OF the
Ohio and Potomac rivers makes lit
lie wniskey as compared with the
country north OF that line. Illinois
alone makes more whiskey than all
the country south and west of her
combined. Pennsylvania and New
York nelp the people to keep down
their great thirst.
The moonshine sim of the South
is miserable little thing that could
hardly make as much whiskey as the
big distilleries OF the North give to
their employees from day 20 day. The
moonshiner carries on business In a
small shed. consuming his corn In
such quantities us he can carry to his
concealed still on his back. The
Pennsylvania distillery gets its grain
by the car load or train load. The
incorshire warehouse is n Jug or q
barrel. The Ohio warehouse is sew
eral four-story brick buildings. Penn
sylyania makes sixty gallons OF wills
key for every gallon made In South
Carolina. Ohio makes nearly twelve
times as much as North Carolina
Wisconsin makes ten times as much
as Virginia. Massachusetts makes
more than ten times as much as Ala.
nama. Fer every gallon made in
Georgia Indiana makes two barrels.
'llinlois makes 5000 barrels OF whis.
key for every barrel made in Texas.
The South Is not tho home OF the IA.
nous John Barieycorn.
It is a fact well known to temper.
ance advocates that prohibition has
made greater advances in the South
than in any other considerable section
OF the county. Nearly eve..y Southern
State forbids "a saloon within two or
three miles OF a church or school
house. A community that tires Of the
saloon builds a church or n school
house and gets rid OF 1t. With the in.
auences of recent legislation in
North Carolina the man who wants a
drink must refrain his thirst from
the time he leaves the Raleigh dis.
pensary until ne reaches the South
Carolina boundary unless he has a
bottle with him. The man at South.
ern Pines cannot flnd an open saloon
nearer than Wilmington, over a hun.
drcd miles down on the coast.
The liquor laws OF North Carolina
give rise to some curious situations.
The saloon has been outlawed so per.
sistently by the law relating to the
church that a jug trade sprung up in
most communities. instead OF having
saloons from which to obtain whiskey,
The thirsty population depended upon
supplies brought from siaall distiller.
les located at convenient points.
which sold remarkable liquor at what
he theatre folks call popular prices.
Some OF the distiIlers made the mis-.
take of selling their product for dol.
lar gallon after paying tax to the
government slightly in excess of that
amount. That excited the hostility
touchy about such things. The rev.
enue officer stops that kind of work,
End not exactly because he thinks the
distiller is losing money either.
After a time the State concluded to
sfon file inc troda 49, ao.r.,o. 81.