The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-01-17
MOONSHINERS
HARD TO CONQUER
Persist in Standing for
Their Rights"
One Of the Most Difficult Pro.
blems That Confront
49, Government.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. ld.-tNr many
Nnrs one Of the most sriaus pros
lems t1at has opnfrontad th' fa1nr.,l
sovc:rpsnt l,as blan tl,' suppression
|. OF what y puouyarly NDpwn ~ "npon-
shining" In o1har words, the nElklnr
~ Illicit wirlaN y.
One reason way ta> Illicit traffic has
continued IN spi4 OF ur siCppis %
t1c Lnternal Il,yn'u' - apuVm,ni SO put
a stop 10 She Illegal pr1aess' II nplnn-
festirtng distilled spirits w,glo4t war
rant Of law may Ia. prnd tn-spa fact
t.rtt In tp main Gle own ~ 81 HIcb
cpncqrIe have confined tNn4r opelnttous
y, the rnpuRglins az to spLrs,ly sfrlst
dlstrSas nrt aasy ~ access by tnose
clRrgsd with the duty Of br-aLing ~
dla.hl i-ias OF ih.s oaraa'e..
Thr dsGsq,s mqost favo-ably loolted
for the uprpGt.. OF r'..Sa uuiawf,a con-
"nns ana almost entirely poufinsd u
TanGas'e, A!ahaHa. Npah Cauolna.
Narglnas ard Geo gta.
NenPlcky Is not tn"ludnd IN Hr lst
FOR H. r'.s N thni. ulgluIrh tle ,ns'-
orn Gnrt OF TINT s'l'e Is moInaLin-
o'is, ~ many lawful disg.ll,rtts an, in
pparn.ion In the dU-k ami bloSly
suo'sui' cpnplrNdsely m1trysr ua7or-
tln,iy has bonn Offered t. TIP m,pn-
srluar IN Giat Territory 10 Dispose Ok
his goods ~, It profit
ANA va no innonsid .rabbc anpuut ~
illct W. 5siO' u m.yir IN TIE InpzurLiuS
Of X. n'r.hy. ~, o1ly Tor .hocne OOH
sITr, ion, bu FER sale ~ w.,osusyer
will hrD, Mare is Eal1 reason 10 be-
leva TIN. quantities OF the stuff are
s,ld al5roys bh. horde in rsrUaree AMI
ol1er STATES touahlng the Blus GTas IS
Cam1pmwTalt1.
Perhaps no state in Ute Uoion has
tie making Of wildcat whisky pnnsperc |
10 such a dsrer us in TennaSsge. and
prtpGs, SLlso, nowhne las tNpss bean
traffic; but in spite OF thr most shu,nu-
Gus wn1c'Tu'nlss on the plrt Of ALe
government nftcIlls the business goes
on. not in as unintar,sto,l way, to be
sure. as In o.hpr. years. hut still it
g,pes on. nud likely enough 1t will don-
itnpe To 30 ~ for many years 70 oone.
In NO sngte IN ue Uu.nn ace MORE
alrt. agsi1eesEr o. mos'e capible fi.ii
men emproyed Ia breaking up uiase
Wildcat coppems ;f'nn I'M Tom asns yet
they cimd plenty Of wrok TO do. TpCy
are newer idle more thnn faw days at
most. and uhen only win n pnrinrlg new
raids.
Cpntnp:V to popular haiigf, the nCrt.-
plIcty Of n,olnshina distilerias IN this
state is ma. altogether due 20 THE hHu-
p;-rAlnse laws % the state, II at all,
'Eor long biiqr snlp-wide pNo'libitiol
was Idu'amah of the WOODS wape null Of
them,' arId Vt has bean only by the
most aggressive ssarch inaugFWnteh in
thne last faw years olat their hihLng
Iplaces have been dsoorpd.
Tlyts Is tine view taken of tin sttTa-
tion by the most experienced raiders"
but thane can be no question THAI nn1er
The meahuls adopted by I,ollaator Dun
lap and Revenue Agent BcNtl the busl-
mass of wLldcatting in Tannfea7e has
heem gresGy our:aiied in the hast three
or four Yenrs; but hfls was made pos-
slble only nhrough the witchfulnass %
men ht work In the fisld-
BootleggsRg of the ordinary kind has
prqbably INCREASED since the state-wde
law went into effect, bait as rule
this class of offenders do MT. daai In
Wildcat whisky dealing mostly in nee-
TITLED spirtts, which they sell nt
good profit. for the reason that they
are able TO purchase rhe ahespsr hnnds
at a low price. OF course, hootlaslsaas'
to IA KNITTED extent, DIS carried on In the
.'moansglne'' dis.rtcts, but for the most
mart the manufacturers dispose Of theif
nnoducts themselves. or thaopgh esn-
lamy Appointed agents, who are in
way connscted with ithe plants WHOSE
. ,xhtsloey they offer to the thiGsty
neculiauty of the hverage moon
thinner Is that he does mt conIAi'sI'
amseh an outlaw In the ordtPray
. sense of the term. He grows his corn
land ibis fruit and. as tEee1Som .AA'-
laan citizen he feels that he has an
7srent right to make such use VI Il