South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-22

pipe stem OF something hollow Hks
a Subsequent 70 which operation
The hired ncan becomes a net loss he
can tax haiH a dozen sucks AZ that
straw and go ove into the pasture
iot and horn the prize bull through
The bar5ed wire fence That's sflo
souse Siios promise 20 become tn
c1easingly prevalent in our best arrf-
cultural circles after July next
Camoaf1age Cider
cider. too. may play It's part IN max
lnE the world safe for inebrietv be-
cause the luce OF the fruit that Fa-
ther Adam fell FOR can accumulate a
10Y OF authority in the trapsitory per
100 oetween swce cider and sour vine
gar. No horny handed filler ~ fbe go
need fret too much about the empti-
ness or the cup that cheers no matter
what els and additions are attached
70 our constitution. The law viii ex-
emPt vinegar. and one can't expect a
FARMER 10 refrain from tasting the
ripening fluid 20 test IL. can one7
Somehow IL seems that there 10 b.rs-
" any disbursement thar VIII utter
r. deaden the spirit. so 10 sneak core
Eastern men OF wealth are said n be
planning the establishments OF a LIQUOR
~dispensary outside the three-mue
limit after the nation goes constitu-
uonaIiy dry This ambitious plan con-
templates the use OF seaGoinr vessels
Hyins foreign flags that would be an
chored on tho coast. just beyond the
hhe mat marks u governments fur
lSolcuon. And then. OF course the
putting launches that would bring the
thlFsty m~ainlanders 20 the floating
a And may there be no moaning
az the bar when I put out 70 sea
But mat ia a crude. obvious way 70
defeat the law. Anyone could think
OF buying q ship and anchorfnE Il out
side For real originality witness that
displayed ny a convict IN the Ohio
state p~enitentiary. A few wears AGO
a rash OF mysterious inebrietv broke
out In that prison Ever and anon a
prominent yegg OF a distinrnishsd
burglar would show up at roll call
with an impeachment In his gait. Il
puzzled the warden. II mystfaed All
the officials. How were the convicts
getting the whisky A very searching
investigation finally brought the facts
70 light II transpired that a ~trusty''
who had been employed as n man-of-
all-work in the prison had made a
stir out Of an oil can. with rubber
hose for a worm and had regularly
gathered up all the potato and apple
Feelings and had. from these. pro-
duced alcohol. This convict had. IN
short. established and successfully op-
Grated a moonshine still right inside
h gray walls OF the Ohio Peniten-
tiary. He manufactured a particularly
kicky brand OF white whisky and sold
il 20 the other c~onvicts. And IL Is re-
corded that he conducted this enter
prise for a period or four months be-
fore he "a discovered!
M~OOnshininE Constant.
Internal Revenue Collector W. H.
Edwards. Of the Second district New
York City,. says that moonshfninp Il
constant and continuous in his terri
tory.
7 Down in the Kentucky and Carorna
mountains an Illicit still is much more
easily detected than II is In a big city
The still must be located on a stream
in the mountain country.
The turning Of a faucet win produce
plenty OF water in New York CITY
The waste after the alcohol has been
extracted from the grain finds its way
n the mountain stream and fur
nishes a clew.
II goes into the sewer in New York
even IL grain should happen 70 be
used.
But the New York moonshiner. who
is conducting a grocery on the East
Side, let US say, uses molasses and DO
tatoea
The waste from a ounta SIN
smells TO high heaven.
Imagine how lost and confused such
a smell would become on New forks
East Side!
In the mountains the smoke that
curls upward through the trees is an
invitation 20 the "revnOo' TO investi-
gate.
In New York City the stir smoke
goes up the tenement house chimney
Just the same as other and more L.
climate smokes. How separat them7
The profits from the Illicit manufac-
ture Of whisky are enormous. There
is no tax 20 pay. OF course. The pres
ent government tax on whisky Is $50
per gallon The original cost of max
ing il is under - cents a gallon.
In dry territory whisky sells for as
high as S2 a quart. Figure II out for
yourself.
But the problem OF the non-oonmer-
cial moonsbiner-the char Who makes
Il for personal consumption only. Is
also causing the enemies OF Demon
Rum to worry some In various parts
Of the country they are advertising
pocket stills even now. A pocket
or "conee-pOt" still is guaranteed %
convert a peck OF potatoes fnto a flock
Of pink armadillos over night
There are at least 1900 recipes for
brewing beer and ale floating about
every community right now. Almost
any kind friend can slim vou fha In
formation that a cake OF yeast drop
ped into a gallon Of grape1uice Will
give William Jennings Bryan the sur
prise Of his life II he sips the resultant
fermentation in about. say fory-eignt
hours after the yeast has gotten IN
its deadly work. Mr.. Bryan would
cheer and and cheer IL he got a pint
OF that under his belt
Just a Raisin-
And a raisin, The potential heIlsh-
ness OF the humble raisin was never
fully realized until recently. Armour
& Company used 20 ship about a car
load OF raisins a month into Detroit
Then Michigan went dry. The demand
for raisins in Michigan became
strangely fnsistent At last
Armour & Company were shipping
about eleven carloads OF raisins whers
one had suniced IN the olden days.
There's q reason!
Take n bottle OF near-beer0this is
the explanation v~ouchsafed By q con
~scientous scientific invesugator-nd
remove the cap or cork or lh. what
ever il -. Slip a few raisins into the
bottle and then cork Il up Let Il
stand in a quiet and remote place for
okrrr+ o. ruaaE ana - II drauwtf hf0w