The Washington times., 1923-03-03
AMERICAN R Y {
|. WILL REPLACE
SCOTCH
Bootleg Syndicate Plans to
Send Liquor to Europe and
Back Again.

NEW YORK, March s.-Relief
may be in sight for all thirsty
devotees Of good American rye
and bourbon whiskies who have
submitted silently but none the
less grudgingly to the successful in
vasion of the liquor market by
Scotch whiskey. It has become so
much simpler for bootleggers to
get their supplies from the rum
fleets off the Jersey coast than 1t
Is for them to run the gauntlet
of Government officials in attempt
Ing to spirit some OF the domestic
stock out of bonded warehouses
that the American product has all
but, disappeared.
But all that will be changed
If the elaborate preparations and
carefully worked out plans Of the
International bootlegging syndicate
bear fruit. The best prohibition
brands Of rye and bourbon will
be as plentiful and as extensively
dealt in on the boOtleggers' curb
as any of the imported brands.
What appears to be the first
step in this plan has already been
taken. During the last two months
total Of $4,000 quarts, worth
about $2,500,00O at current boot
leggers' prices, has been released
from Kentucky and Maryland
bonded warehouses and shipped
from New York to foreign ports.
Glasgow got 100000 quarts and
Hamburg the remaining $4,000
quarts.
Scots Will Disdain II.
Permits for the withdrawal and
expectation Of this whiskey were
granted by the Federal prohibition
directors office, and were issued
presumably on the understanding
that the whiskey was for consump-
ton in Scotland and Germany.
The belief that. q Scotchman would
drink imported American rye as
long as the highland distilleries
remain in operation and the nat
ural favored waters Of the Dee,
the Tay, the Forth and other
streams give the Wanted tang to
his favorite nip is fanciful at the
very least.
The odds against any real desire
on thea part OF the population OF
Germany for the $4,000 cases which
were resently shipped to Hamburg
are considered even greater. True.
the more popular resorts catering
to American visitors, but only a
small portion. The $40 quart of
rye here would sell for 100000
marks or more in Germany.
Probably Coming Back.
The next step the bootleggers'
ring is said to have in mind i'll
wolves not nearly so severe a tax
on the credulous. Good rye and
bourbon can be shipped as readily
from Glasgow as good Scotch, and
rum fleets from Nassau or the Ba-
hannas can deliver either brand
to the sWarming shore boats with
equal facility as they ride quietly
at anchor in the waters reserved
for them just outside the three
mile limit
So, the story goes. the wise
men who were successful in get
ting the whiskey out Of the bonded
warehouses and away from prohibit
ton enforcement directors and
agents. who demand permits and
acquisitions and countless sigma
lures and approvals before a sin
gle quart can be released, will
simply load their boats In Glas-
gov with both Scotch and Amer
lean WHISTLES.
Will GLADDEN. Broadway.
Some time after that the liquid
pride of Kentucky is due to make
its appearance along Broadway
and other places where the thirsty
gather and cheer many a saddened
heart.
Price on rye and bourbon will
probably. be so per cent higher
than prices for Scotch, but the
prospective importers are confident
that a ready market will be found
for their wares despite this. Scotch
is bringing in the neighborhood
Of $50 a case as a result of the
unusually heavy receipts during
the last visit of the rum fleet,
but the American WHISTLES are ex-
pected to bring $3.50 no matter
how plentiful the SuppIy NAV he