The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-20
EXPECT OSBORN
TO MODIFY ORDER
Commissioner May Not Insist on
Rigid Safeguards Demanded
by Cabell.
VISITS D'sT'LL'Na PLANT
New Revenue Head Spends Day
in Richmond, but Declines
to Talk Politics.
VISITS DIsTILLlNe PLANT

Important notifications OF former
Commissioner Cabcu's order requiring
distilling plants to install certain pro-
tective appliances, are expected as the
result OF the visit to the city yes
terday of Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue w. II. Osborn. The commits
sioner arrived in the city Sunday
night from Greensboro, and in tho COM
pany of Revenue Agent w. Fl Chapman
and other revenue officers. inspected
yesterday morning the plant OF the
stony Creek Distilling Company.
The order under consideration was
issued by MIR. Cabell shortly before
stepping out of office, and directed
among other things the locking of
valves in the pipes leading from fer
menters to beer wells. other require
ments of e protective nature wore IN
Guided In the same order the effect
or which would have been to make
impossible a transfer from fermentcr
to beer well without the knowledge OF
the government gauger in charge. to
whom. under the order, was !ntrusted
the Key to the locked valve
Disttllers in the Eastern District OF
Virginia regarded the order need
less intervention and one involving
useless trouble and expense. Every
distillipg plant in the district served
notice that 1t would not apply on May
! for renewal of bond and the local
revenue office faced a general shut
down with shrinkage of $4,000 in
daily receipts.
Osborn postpones Order.
Tho shutdown was partially avcrted
by a telegram from Commissioner Os-
born to Collector Lowry on April So
directing the local office 20 grant every
application for a renewal OF bond on
hot no
effect the provisions OF the Cabell order
within thirty days This temporarily
vacated the Cabell order. the provi-
sions OF which would have had to be
observed as n condition of being al
lowed to renew bond. Following the
Osborn order OF April 80. three dis
tilleries renewed their bonds and re-
sumed operations. The other plants
In the district are still closed.
Commissioner Osborn yesterday. after
inspecting the stony Creek plant and
making Inquiries. did not appear i'm
pressed with the necessity of insist
ing on the rigid safeguards required
by the order. 1t IS extremely probable
that 1t VIII be modified in important
respects before the thirty day post.
ponemcnt expires
The three distilleries now in opera
ton are the stony Creek and Old Do
m!nion. of this county. and the D!a-
mond, OF Norfolk County. The Chester
field Distilllng Company is closed down
to permit the installation of extensive
new equipment. one or two others are
taking their usual summer vacations
= modifca ton OF the Cabell order will
probably cause the others to renew
their bonds and resume business.
Osborn Pleased
Commissioner Osborn declared him
self pleased with the local situation
and with the conduct OF the revenue
business In this city. lie declined to
talk politics and knew nothing OF the
coilectorship fight, which, If common
report is 10 be credited. is warm in the
Sixth District OF Virginia, and by no
means cold in the Second.
Il am just here on a tour OF inspec-
ton" said Colonel Osborn TO re-
porter for The Times Dispatch. This
morning ! saw distillery for the first
time in my life. That may sound
strange, hut it's a fact Ny work in
recent years has been in the Kelley
Institute. fighting the abuse OF whiskey,
time how II is manufactured. How
ever. | know all about tobacco, and
will shortly make q tour OF chief to-
bacco factories Of the country, as we'll
rs the oleo factories"
The commissioner had intended to
inspect several OF the tobacco manu-
featuring plants in the city Yesterday.
but had TO leave too early to permit IT,
He went to Washington Mt 5:I5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.