Christian Cynosure . -must not after all pay the $80,000,000 now due asgovernment tax. The countiy will not regret if thefailure of this bill banlirupts some of these manufac-tui-ers of ruin and death. Peoria, in this State, is thegreatest point in their line of operation. A published. THURLOW WEED. letter of January 1st gives some particulars of thevast proportions of this business, which all who loveand pray for the triumph of prohibition will studywith some interest: Peoria tliis year has led theworld in the production of spirits. This has beendone in the face of the fact that all the disti
Christian Cynosure . -must not after all pay the $80,000,000 now due asgovernment tax. The countiy will not regret if thefailure of this bill banlirupts some of these manufac-tui-ers of ruin and death. Peoria, in this State, is thegreatest point in their line of operation. A published. THURLOW WEED. letter of January 1st gives some particulars of thevast proportions of this business, which all who loveand pray for the triumph of prohibition will studywith some interest: Peoria tliis year has led theworld in the production of spirits. This has beendone in the face of the fact that all the distillerieshere are running at a reduced capacit}-. Northern dis-tilleries having been forced to contend with the largeoverproduction in Pennsjdvania, Kentucky, andMaiyland goods in bond. Doubt as to the course ofCongress on the extension of the bonded period hascut a large figure in reducing the sale of goods. Thereare now eleven large distilleries here. Two distil-leries which were burned have been rebuilt the lastyear, and one has increased its capacity almost capacity of the distilleries here the last j-ear hasbeen increased 5,633 bushels of grain per day. Over$10,000,000 are invested in the manufacture of spiritsat this point, jdelding an annual revenue to the gov-e
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