Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1906 — Moonshining In York. [ARTICLE]

Moonshining In York.

"Don’t talk to me about moonshining In Kentucky,” said the Internal revenue agent. “There’s more moonshining gtifng pn all the time in little”bld New York than, could be do,ne in ten Kentuckys. In the crowded sections of the east arid West sides stills spring up right along and for a wh’le conduct a flourishing business in the low-grade whisky they manufacture. “You see, it doesn’t take much trouble to equip a still with corn and yeast and start in to make the mash which is finally turned out as a pretty poor sort of whisky. The great difficulty Is In getting rid of the peculiar smoke and odor from the-stills without excitIngvsuspicion. This is usually attempted by running the still in' Connection with a dye-shop or some other chemical enterprise as a blind. We keep watch on all such establishments and have the town well covered by sharpeyed and sharp-nosed agents besides. “We are constantly arresting those small moonshiners and sending them to jail. But enough spring up in their places for you to say with safety that, as I say, there’s more moonshining go-" Ing on in New York City right along than there co.uld be in ten Kentuckys.” •—New York Sun.