The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-15
THE pIsTILLERIEs.

THE DlSTlLLEhlES.
What is Warren county going 70 d
with her peaches and apples If they
cannot make brandy out Of them? Did
Carmack answer that in McMinnville;
Did some one interested in that vast
industry interrogate the gentleman on
what is to become of the fruit in War
rem county when they are prohibited
from making brandy? This has been
the source OF a large revenue for all
the mountain counties for nearly a
hundred years, and it does not appear
to have hurt them either.-Nashville
American.
Bob Ingersoll, while making an anti
prohibition speech out West a good
many wears ago, shouted to his audi
ence, What will the farmers do with
all their corn when you get prohibit
tom" A level headed old son of the
soil promptly answered. we win
raise more hogs and less hell" When
Warren and the other mountain coun-
ties get rid of the few brandy distil-
leries that remain, these counties will
have more revenue from their fruit
than the stills ever furnished, more
prosperity, more happiness, less law
lessness, less crime, and less swear
ing of lies before courts and grand
juries. That the writer for the Amer
lean is woefully ignorant of conditions
in this county, is plainly exhibited in
the above paragraph. All those inter
ested in that vast industry" in this |
county are wiser than the Americans |
writer and were too shrewd to inter |
rogate Mr.. Carmack about the bust |
ness. There is nothing these inter
ested" parties fear more than investi-
cation of their business. Their chief
concern is to keep everything about
the business as much in the dark as
possible and they will not even thank
the American for this little piece of
publicity. The idea of the still being
a source of large revenue is absurdly
ridiculous Does the American know
what the stills pay for fruit? Eight to
ten cents per bushel There is a cash
market and a ready demand for all
the good fruit that can be raised in
Warren county at from three to eight
lines these prices. All the profit on .
he shilling business for years has
1een on that portion of the product
made and sold in violation OF the law,
where the government was beat out
# the revenue Does the American
wish to pose as the friend and sup
,orter of the wild cat still and illegal !,
liquor traffic? That is the only phase
f the business that has ever proven
source Of large revenue" in Warren :,
nd adjoining counties. The Ameri- :,
an also displays absolute ignorance :
f the situation in the concluding SEN
ence of its paragraph, sit does not !,
ppear to have hurt them" One le-
al hanging and from six to ten muir
ers and lynchings in Warren county ;,
lone were positive and direct results
I the brandy making business in the
)unty, and it would take many col =
INNS of this paper to recount the !,
recks of ruined homes the shattered :.
'rtunes, the premature deaths, the :,
chased manhood with a mere 1.-THE :.
the misery and anguish suffered :,
7 women and children, all directly :
aceable to the iniquitous brandy :.
aking business in the county. The !.
merican will have to seek something
r different from the history of the
illing business of the mountain coun-
IS before it finds any evidence to
lister up its fight against statewide
and unless II is deliber-
ely seeking the injury of Gov Pat
ne
rson it had better not try to exploit =.
m as the champion Of this business.
(Warren County,
andard. !.
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