The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-04
OTHER CONCERNS
join FOR SUIT
Six Bills Similar in Contents Are
Started With Elan H. Neal, Col
lector of Internal Revenue, as the
Defendant Along Some Lines as
Suits Brought In Illinois and Ohio.

Bills of complaint asking for fn1une-
tfons have been filed in the federal
court by the six distfIIing companies,
with distilleries In Indiana, against Of
fciaIs of the internal revenue depart
ment in this state, In regard to the
matter of sspirits" and "alcOhol." The
six bills simflar in contents and
are practically along the same lines
as those that have been filed i'm Illinois
and Ohio by distiIlerfes of those states.
Hammond Concern One of Six.
One of the bills is by the Hammond
Distilling company, with a distillery
In Hammond, against Elan H. Neal.
collector of internal revenue for the
sixth district of Indiana, and various
of his gaugers. Another is by the
Greendale DistiIling company of Law
renceburg, against Mr.. Neal and var
ious of his gaugers. and a third against
Mr.. Neal and various of his deputies
is by Nicholas j. Walsh and Peter
O'Shaughnessy, doing business as the
Rossville Distilling company of Law
renceburg. John r. Bonnell, collector
of internal revenue for the seventh
district of Indiana, and various of his
gaugers are named as defendants in
company of vincennes; the Merchants
Distilling company of Terre Haute, and
the Commercial Distilling company of
Terre Haute.
Points of Petition.
1t is asked in the bills that the de-
PENDANTS be enjoined from marking or
branding on casks or packages into
which are drawn the distilled spirits
known by the name of spirits" pro-
duced by the complainants, the word
alcohol and from refusing or neglect
ing to mark such casks or packages
with the word spirits" Argument on
the plea for a temporary Injunction
has been set for August before Judge
Francis E. Baker at Goshen.
1t is explained in the complaints
that the complainants manufacture,
among other products, distilled spirits
known to the trade by the name of
spirits" and, it is alleged. that un-
Dire section 3287 of the revised statutes
of the United States. relating to inter-
nal revenues, it is the duty of gaugers
to mark with the word spirits" the
casks or packages filled from the els
terms or containers, at the distilleries,
of the distilled spirits that are known
to the trade as spirits 1t is alleged
that these distilled spirits have been
known to the trade spirits" for
great many years and the packages
and casks have so been marked by the
gaugers.
In May, 1906, It is alleged. the COM
missioner of internal revenue ordered
that from and after July l. 1908. ev
erything which had heretofore been
branded as spirits" should thereafter
be branded alcohol" and that which
had been heretofore branded "alco-
hol" should be branded commercial
alcohol" and that nothing thereafter
should be branded as spirits"
The defendant gaugers, it is alleged.
notified the complainants TO this effect.
and have, since July l. refused to
brand the packages or casks of the
distilled spirits known to the trade by
the name of spirits" with the word
spirits 1t is alleged that the order
of the commissioner is repugnant to
and if the order is persisted in will
work irreparable injury to the com
plainants. 1t is explained that the
word alcohol" has been applied by
the trade to distilled spirits of inferior
quality and value. not suitable to such
uses as that for which spirits" have
! heen 1Sed