The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-17
.REFUTE ASSERTION
Of LIQUOR MAKERS
Statistics Show it Cheaper to
Manufacture Than to I'm.
port Whiskey
FIGURES COMPILED
BY AGENT CHAPMAN
Estimated That Distiliers Save
From 8 IL TO 3 IL Cents
a Bushel in Freight
Rates

Statistics complied by Revenue
Agent w. h. chapnihn and made pub
lie Friday morning chatter the Oft
repeated and frequently published
contention of distiiiers in the second
Virginia District that ~nlskey can be
bought from Western aisulieIieS and
brought To tnis district cheaper than
1t can be manufactured mere.
These statistics show that the dis
! tilier VINO buys corn ia Chicago brings
II here and manufactures wbiskey
gains an advantage in freight rates
from three ana siN-tenths Uf u cent
to six and hfty-eight hundreds of a
cent on every bushel of grain, accord
ing to the amount OF whiskey manu-
featured from bushel OF grain.
The freight rates between here and
Chicago were chosen because that
city IL considered the greatest grain
market in the world and because
grain prices are set in Chicago. The
rates were furnished by the local
agents OF freight concerns, and every
point OF advantage or disadvantage to
the dlstilier was taken in considera-
ton In the computation.
save in Freight Rates.
The cost OF shipping bushel OF
grain from Chicago To this city is
seven and twenty-rtsht hGndredtIs OF
/ cent The freight charges for
gallon of whiskey lis three and eight
hundreds of IL cent. Estimating that
distislers manufacture three and one
half gallons of whiskey from a. bushel
OF corn, which they report to the rev.
snue oYneers. the liquor men there
fore save three and six-tenths cents
| IN freight rates on every bushei OF
corn brought here and manufactured
into whishey
Estimating that four gallons OF
%hiskey are made from bushei of
eesFa. the aist3iisrs save FIVE and four
handredths of cent by manufacture
ing here. 1t is commended by the rev.
enae officials that the disfiliers should
manufacture four and half gallons
from bushel. and estimatfons on this
basis show that the distillers can save
six and fifty-eight hundredths OF a
cent on every bushei of grain.
III local dtstillers do not succeed in
manufacturing four and half gallons
OF whisksy from a bushel of corn, il
in due to some fault Of their own,
contend revenue officials as the ave
rage for the United States is four and
ffty-four hundredths OF gallon or
little more than four and a half
gallons to the bushel. Reports show
that three and ffty-two hundredths or
fraction more than three and a hair
gallons of whiskey is the average
amount manufactured in the SECOND
Virginia District
In the Sixth Virginia District the
! average il three and stx-tenths of a
/ gallon manufactured from bushel
OF grain. Illinois shows an average
of four and seventy-five hundredths
! OF gallon from each bushel of corn.
fJFhe Fifth Kentucky District has an
average 81 four and fifty-Si xfun-
| dFetiefas and the Twensy-third PENN
! sylvania District. where the princi-
. pal manufacture is rye whiskey, had
I an average OF four and thirty-two
handredths. .~-a.... .,.q,= -sees.--s
Could Increase Production.
Considering eeFaFE fisens be<
tween the various districts, revenue
officials assert that with the number
OF men employed local distilleries can
| produce much more whiskey than
they report. Distfiieries In this dis
| trict are said to use machinery sup
piled by firms in Cincinnati and ST.
Louis. which furnish distilleries all
! OYER the United States IT ts admit
ted that lack of skill on the part of
local distiliery employees may be one
of the causes for the low yield
There are now four disttlleries in
the SECOND virginia District which
have suspended operations since the
J edict OF Commissioner of Internal
| Revenue Cabell that all pipe lines be-
tween distilleries and rectifying
houses be removed went into effect.
One Arm has removed the pipes in
compliance with the requirements of
| the order and is now operating
How long these four distillsries
which have suspended viii remain
closed Is problematicaL Definite ac-
tion 10 expected In a day or two.