The sun., 1909-06-21

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To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuH-sir, Tn.
communication In THE SUa from the pen
Iof Mr.. Adolphus Busch Ia interesting In a
far AIT deals with the regulation OF IN.
business OF dispensing liquors. But Mr.
Buech does not at all touch the vital CUES.
tion Of how sTectuaily to abate or STOP for
good the evils connected with the manu-.
facture. sale and use Of cheap poisonou,
LIQUORS. which OF course include beers and
wines.
|, Prohibition docs not prohibit, and reg,.
lation does not regulate. Let tie people
of this country set up q high standard az
quality for liquors. and then II need be march
I'm o solid body TO Washington and make
"a peremptory demand on Congress to enac.
q law fixing the time for paying taxes ON
spirits at not less than ten years after thew
are distilled. wines ten years after they
are made. and beers In breweries six months
after they arc made. Low grade beers
cannot survive SIX months, 80 that class Of
beers would not be made at ALL Well mads
beer when old enough to use Is a whole
some. useful beverage II drunk in mod.
Grafton. Poorly made beer Is rank poison
whom II 10 young. The bulk Of beeps mads
In this country are made Of inferior mate.
yrisls and sold very young. A great deal
Of the beer Yade ip this country Is sold a.
beiSs We made and old /. iHs1'.nS Is not an S. o.
reasonable assertion to make that wines
ought TO be ten yearsold before being used.
to be twelve years stored in wood abovs
the Eround to be fully matured there.
fore absolutely pure. However. whiskeys
E.!. be .s IN safe & condition to use when they
Kt tSls point permit me to say that liouor,
Ind wine when ten years old and upward
Hf,Ia iii
snnot AFFORD to use them except tI as nts medi.
whsn Rsfs III qusssd Ssed arg rohpsyT f5ss Tsa @
,roy persePsl liberty Af proSibtory SHiRs; issy lss.
na. ya.v sId ,ss srs but
Sheaply made LIQUORS can never bring
hih prices. therefore they 80 into mme-
diae use; consequently that class OF goods
i'm should De Sed a. It. not les less 'thhsssI.s thss i.s
yeas, simply because cheaply made spirits
SSpt SeGSnpt Improve BY the aging process.
whei they are ten days old as they do
whsnhey are ten years made. The well
madelianors that 1t would pay 70 carry
and onsy ae:, Of ssS S
pens,vl that there would not be any lev
Ths f EeTSs1s sosTse e, woad aGns DssRb sR.
cheap tSsh liquors such as the market IL
noodsd Nth at present. There is nc. way
young chap spirits with older goods and
cheapentk them In that way, Eliminate
young Chap spirits; wines and beers from
the ll9norraffic and the liquor problem IS
it is extSmely reerettable that reform.
srs d0 not 1iew the liquor subject In the
light indicaed here. 1t is the only way
that hes evebeen proposed In this country
that can SUCCESSFULLY eradicate the evils
associated WITH the dispensing OF liquors.
] take Il that Acre Is not one distiller. brewer
| or LIQUOR deaAr In the United States bold
enough to stat up and say out loud that 10
Is Tor the benft OF the people TO continue
to swallow. THY endless stream OF cheap
poisonous iaurs. wines and beers which
are fodnd On very hand where one may
tuTq r. ~ ,iunor tne ,iHh%E h business ,,.,,
| Is In very bet hds Reemlation is a long
way prefera9lelo- nrohibition, but refor:.
ma.iqn n 4 ~; really hat the business needsto
The nanD,act.e ers and venders Of cheap
posonous liauo{ IN conjunction with
venrl politicianshave juggled with the
liquor question q cowardIy. dishontst
way. which has lRered its tone In -tead OF
| elevatin9 T. Lsthe people ask Congress
| 10 psss q iawifotiddinR the Gov vernment
to collect taxes Q liquors until they are
ten years In bond nd nn.beers in brewsIles
course II carried q viii beyond any oues.
! lion cure all the illshai attach to the liquor
business. Are the ,kople brave and honest
| enough to make thIdelnsnd?
NIGH J. REYNOLDS.
new HAVEN, Conn.June 10.