The morning times., 1896-04-21
HOW IT WILL OPERATE
1t Defines the Pure Beverage and
Makes Provisions Similar to the
Oleomargarine Bill-Adulterated
Article Must BE Marked and Sold
as such-Fines and Penalties.

| Section one defines pure beer as follows:
That, for the purpose of this act, the term
| pure hop and malt beer shall be understood
| to mean the fermented liquor made out OF
hops, pure hop extract, pure barley malt,
| yeast and wlter.''ga
Section two defines adulterated beer as
| follows: THAT, for the purpose or this
act, certain articles, ma nufactured sub
| stances, mixtures a nd compounds with hops,
| pure hop extract, and pure barley malt,
| made into fermented liquor shall be known
| and designated as 'aduiterated beer
| namely, corn, rice, wheat, corn grit, corn
| rlakes, cereal1ne, maise, grape sugar,
| anhy ydrous sugar, or any other corn products
| now known or hereafter created and used,
| rice products of any kind, vegetables,
| vegetable products OF any kind, wornwOod,
| quassa, aloes, coculus indicus, or any other
substitutes for hop or pure Top extracts.
wheat products of any kind, and any
chemicals or acids whatever. or any other
substance or subSta Il ces, of whatever
name or nature used as a substitute or in
place of pure barley malt. h ops or pure hop
extract. and such other substances as
! may be determined to be deleterious to the
public health
SPECIAL TAX IMPOSED.
Section three imposes special taxes as
follows Manufacturers OF ''aduIterated
beer" shall pay So 500 in addition to the
| tax now imposed upon brewers; wholesale
dealers, S1 900 in addition TO the tax
now imposed, and retail, $3.50 in addition.
Section four: Manufacturers who fail to
! pay this special tax are subject to fine
OF not less than ST 900 and not more than
! $4,000 for each offense; wholesale and
retail dealers not less than $500, nor more
| than So 900.
Section five requires manufacturers of
| ''u1IIItp GRATED bppr'' IN iIa w N hp
| of internal revenue OF the district in which
| his mandatory is located, such notices.
| inventories and bonds, and shall keep such
| books and render such returns of the
| materials and products used by him in the
| manufacture of ''aduiterated beer" and
of the quantity of "adultera ted beer
manufactured by him, and shall put up
| such signs and affiX such number TO his
! manufactory, and conduct his business
! under the surveillance of Officers and ageHtS
| provided in this act, as are prescribed by
| law, acknowledgements the commissioner
OF internal revenue may prescribe.
| A bond OF $25, ,0o0 conditioned for the
compliance by the manufacturer with this
act, aud OF ether laws OF the United States,
l. required OF each manufa cturer OF ''adur
teratcd beer. Failure to give this bond
! or TO comply with the regulations pre-
scribed by the commissioner of internal
revenue subjects the manufacturer To "A
itiit vi hDt ISNS JlltiH S1,OpV
ment not less than one year.
Section six provides that .'adultcrated
| beer shall he packed in wooden or glass
| packag ges, and the mark, stamp, or brand
! thereon shall contain the words "adul-
! terated beer in legible letters. In wooden
/ packages these words shall be burned into
! the eXte rior surface in. a conspicuous
! place with hot iron. Manufacturers must
sell to wholesale dealers in original stamp
| Cd packages. Retail dealers must sell only
| from packages stamped and branded as
above in quantities not exceeding five
gallons. Failures to comply with these
| requirements are punishable by fine of
not more than 81 900 and Imprisonment
not more than two years.
Section seven provides that the manu-
| facturer OF ''adulterated beer" shall attach
| to each package of 'adulterdted beer
manufactured by him a label on which
| shall be printed the number of his manu-
| factory and the district and State in
! which it is located and these words:
Notice, the manufacturer OF the aduIter-
| ared beer herein contained has complied
| with all the requirements of the law. Every
| person is cautioned not to use the stamp
| the reon contained, nor to remove the
| contents of this package without destroy
| ing such stamp, under the penalty pro-
| vidcd by law in such cases" Neglect to
! affiX this label, or to remove it after
| affixed, is punishable by a fine of 500
| for each package and Imprisonment not
more than six months.
| Section eight provides that a taXs Of
So barrel shall be paid on ''adulterated
| beer in addition to the tax now i'm
| posed upon beer and other fermented
liquors.
Sections and 10 regulate the bottling
of "adulterated beer and its sale at the
brc very.
THE IMPORTED BEERS.
| Section l 1 provides that all ''adulterated
| beer imported from foreign countries
| SHALL i'll addition to any import duty i'm
| posed upon il as fermented liquor of any
| kind, pay Il further tax at the rate of $3.50
a barrel.
Section / 2 prescrbes that every person
| who sells or offers for sail any adult Grated
beer shall post and keep in conspicuous
place upon the premises and in the apart
| ment where such ''aduterated beer is
sold OIL Offered for sale, two printed notices
which shall be printed in both German and
English, and which shall be of legible
black letters at least two inches square,
upon white substantial background and
which shall be as follows:
Notice. Adulterated beer is sold here"
Failure TO do so is punishable by fine
of not less than $3.50 nor more than ST.
900 and Imprisonment for not less than
three months nor more than one year.
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for various infractions of the act.
Section 16 pro yides that the commissioners
of internal revenue shall at least once a
month cause to be analyZed samples of all
beer manufactured in the United States,
and shall once in three months publish in
the daily papers Of each revenue district
the names of all persons who manufacture,
bottle or sell '.adulterated beer in such
district.
Sections IT, 1S, 10, 20 and 21 provide
further penalties for violations of this
act; section 1S providing that any manu-
facturer of "adulterated beer who de-
frauds or attempts to defraud the United
States of the tax on such beer, shall forfeit
his brewery; or, If bother, his establish
ment; or, IL a retailer, his stock of such
beer, and In addition be subject to fine
from $500 to $4,000 and Imprisonment
from six months to three years.
Section % provides that the act shall
go into effect on the ninetieth day after it's
passa ge.
EXPLAINED BY ITS AUTHOR.
Representative Cooper said of his BILL
my bill is in line with the accomplished
Legislation of the oleomargarine law and
| the proposed legislation of the filled
cheese bill, which recently passed the House
| and is now before the Senate. Its object
| is TO enable people who want pure beer to
| get 1t and TO know that they get it., and
| to enable those who are satisfied with an
adulterated article to get it and know
| what they are getting.
Beer made out of drugs and substances
! whose fermentation produces fusil Oil and
| other products injurious to the human
system will, If this bill becomes law,
| have to be known, deslgnated, sold and
bought for what 1T iss radulterated beer
Manufacturers will have, to pay additional
taxes to make it, and wholesalers and