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Show OiUfOlM" s " ' a ak Bs a ''," Experts on" British Exports Ex-ports Admit Inability to ( Guess Amount of Whisky Whis-ky Now' Coming Across i. By HAL 0 'FLAHERTY. Special CorrMfttnWKt ef th. Nm ' York Evening World and Chicago Daily Nrwm. , , LONDON. England. July II Alternating Al-ternating to fnxure out how mucli whtsXy la being ahlpp4 from th. Unttd Kingdom dtrotly or Indl ntUy to tho United fitaLa pravldo an lntarvatinar problem in mathtma ttlca, but lr concr.ta roaulta. lal-ra lal-ra In London who hava at tha tlaa of their -flncera th. export figure, for th. law !ecad. frankly aay it an lmpoajiibllitf to niak. an ao aura4a eetimat. of th. eotat amount 1 that soea into prohibition texrltorjr. I On a authority' - eetienate. thac about S0O.0O. eaaea of Hcotch whlaky were aold off jhe three-mile limit durlnc tha lait year. Bad teat twlc. that amount haa Aon. into tb. United Statea tbroucb Canada or th. Weat Indlea. tithera aay thee, flicurea are far too low, that nearly 1.000.009 cnaea get Into tba United State, yearly, . .. STRETCHING PROCESS. . ' aatlmat. how many mora eaaeaj were mad. of thla good liquor by atretclung It, or add!nr water, aco boi and creoaute, la Impoaalbl. t. determine. On. V.ghly ' Important fact atanda out laj all the reporta on thia , aid. of th. Atlantlo th. amount of bad liquor going weat-ward weat-ward from tha United Kingdom, Oermany and Holland la Increaalne; very rapidly. There la not m aerap of Information or a Una of atatletica aa thia trade. -Tb. liquor corneal from th. patent atilla In Ita raw, Ickenlng atut. and la aold direct ta tha ahlppar. . r, . On. of my Informant., a hipping man In Liverpool with a long ex-perlenca ex-perlenca In watching tin trend of eagoing trade, telle v th. bulk of th. liquor traffic la now being ban-died ban-died from Dublin and Belfaat In Jre. land. Th. boat a that ' carry th. green whleky are for the moat part small, dirty tramps, manned by th. -seam of the waterfronts, who peddle H along tha American three-mil. limit, especially tha Souther? eaasta. ' : Hit LIQUOR SIZES. ' " - . Much of the new whlaky Is bottled bot-tled on thla aide in pint and halt pint flacks of the flat variety that, tit easily Into a pocket. They ar. disposed Of t. boot leasers and they, in turn, aell tb. flacks . largely to the negroes In th. South at rate, much under the price of good whisky, but still at a prlc that insures in-sures a big profit.' Whisky of thla type la quoted In Ireland and Scot-land Scot-land at 10 to I shillings (II to ts.10) per case)-and Is aold to American boolieggera at lit to til; Tha proceea by which whisky aold In th. United Kingdom la produced Insures Ita parity,- and the- etriel govnum-nt regulations prevent any but matured stocks from reaching th. public. Thla la what la called "pot still- whisky.- and, while It la not fit for consumption immediately upon leaving th. .till, tn. process of manufacture la so cuetly that none but reputable dlatllier. who Intend to allow their product to mature several years In casks, would think of going to tha (rouble of turning out this type of beverage. There la another irocees known 4 tha "patent etlll,- which givee far greater volume ofwhlaky than tb. other, but. In turning It out quickly, leave, many of th. harmful alia and fermente In thd finished product. Such quick process distilling I. going go-ing on In oaveral parts of Ireland; and the product ie being offered for sale to those who carry It weet-ward. weet-ward. . . - |