The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-15
YIELD PER BUSHE[
TOO SMALL HERE
Grain Used in Distillcrics Should
Have Produced More
Liquor.
HENCE GOVERNMENT ACTS
Pipe Lines Ordered Out. and
Many Dealers File Suspcn-
sion Papers.
HENCE GOVERNMENT ACTS

Discrepancies in the yield per bushcl
OF grain by dlstillerics i'll the Second
Virginia District, as compared with tho
averages made In other territories set
forth III the annual report of the Com
missioner OF Internal Revenue for the
| fiscal Year OF 1910, led to thorough
investigation in this district and tho
recent suspension Of numerous local
whiskey manufacturing plants is said
TO be net result.
Pipe lines. it Is held, leading from
distillcries to rectifyinE plants, arc be-
lieved TO be responsible for tho leak
age" AT AL events. sufficient evidence
was secured by agents of the depart
incnt to cause an order to be issued by
Commissioners Cabell requiring the re-
moval Of the pipes.
File Suspension Papers.
For several DAYS owners Of some OF
the distillcries IN this district have
been Ming suspension papers in tho
office OF Collector NJ. Is. Lowry. as a
result of the order.
Mr.. Lowry has declined to discuss
the situation However, 1t is known
that he ana Colonel w. H. Chapman.
revenue agent for the Second Virginia
and Fourth North Carolina Districts,
have hecn directing Il vigorous cam
paign against various plants. Dis
tillcrs have been under close survcil-
lance for some time.
According. to tho last report oc Com.
missioner Cabcll 1t is shown that the
average yield per bushel OF grain dis
titled In the United States produces
i.1i proof gallons Of whiskcy In Ken
lucky the yield is averaged at 45s gal
Ions Of spirits. When IL was listed In
the wet column. Tennessee. produced
i.le gallons OF whiskcy FOR every bushel
Of grain distilled The average in
Virginia. Second District was $50 gal
Ions distilled from one bushel This
figure Is far below the standard. and
was such a large discrepancy that Com
missioner Cabell began TO look into
the situation here.
1t did not take long 10 observe that
opportunity was afforded distillers to
uniawfully use the pipes which CON
nectcd mos, Of the distillcries in this
section with rectifying plants
Cnmc Out nj Kelly Triul.
A question of a pipe line at {, loca!
distillery, which was involved In the
SUIT OF the government against the
Fhil. G. Kelly Conpany. liquor dealers.
was brought out III the United States
District Court here a, the time of the
trial. Judge Edmund Waddill Jr.,
ruled out this evidence, but declared
In open court that If the pipe lines,
as intimated by the pros ccution were
used for fraudulent purposes, that all
OF the owners Of such plants should be
indicted and tried.
During the fiscal year Of 1910 the
second virginia District produced l67, :
$50 gallons of whiskcy, and this small
Quantity brought about the investiga-
ton. which ended in Commissioners
Cabell ordering the removal of all pipe
lines connecting distilleries and rectt-
flying plants.
The distillers, ii seems. do not wish
10 tear out the pipes, which, they de-
clare, are absolutely necessary In
view OF this fact, many OF them have
suspended operation. with the hope
that some amicable agreement will be
reached with the authorities and the
drastic.