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Show MONEY IN MOONSHINE WHISKY. "levenue Officer Tells Why the Business Busi-ness Is Flourishing. An old revenue ofllcer who has had jars Of active experience in raiding tills says that illicit illslllllng In tho south will never b"e stopped. Tho reason rea-son Is that the profits are so largo thoy will always Invito to a violation iif the law. I will give, ho says, ar Idea of how cheaply moonshlno wlilsKy Is made, and the Immense profits that are reaped from Its sale. They tike one gallon of cheap black moMiscs, which posts alnmt 30 cents; two hiwhnls of meal, costing C.r conts per bushel, and some vvatur. Tills Is made Into a mush, allowed to fer-iront, fer-iront, and the stuff then goes through the process of evapnrttlon. This amount of meal, watei and molasses mpkes 111 gillons of whisky, which is sold for '2 a gillon. Anvone can see Hie Immense profit from this Illustration. |