The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-01
UNCLE SAM WANTS
HIS SHARE Of BEER
USED IN OUTINGS.
License Fee of SIS to Be Charged
by the Government
Hereafter.
GOES INTO EFFECT
BEGINNING JULY l
Committees Running Affairs Are
to Be Regarded as Liquor
Dealers.

Uncle Sam a decided that all out
ing parties which hold picnics, stays,
excursions, in halls or out In the woods,
for which admission is charged, must
procure a government license when
beer or liquor is given away or old
The license is SIS a year, dating from
July l, with one-twelfth off If procured
ir, any Of the succeeding months. -
The government by a recent decision
holds all such committees as liquor deal
ers and has decreed that they must
procure a license.
II the owner of a hall sells the bar
privileges to any person or persons, Or
~ganization or club, they are liable.
1t Is said that Uncle Sam has found
out hat since the wave of prohibition
has been sweeping the country he was
being cheated out of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars yearly through the
evasions inaugurated to get ahead of
the laws passed to restrict the sale of
liquors, by selling tickets, which gave
the holders the privilege of drinking as
much as they pleased.
telVet, AT One Time.
For years it has been the custom of
outing parties in this and other cities
to go out in the country on a Sunday,
take along a load of beer and serve
the same to members of their party
who have bought tickets at a price
that would v the expense of the
entire day. These committees must
hereafter visit the postoffice building
and pay into the internal revenue office
the price of the special tax stamp, Just
the same as any saloon-keeper or
other person dealing in spirituous or
malt liquors.
1t Is understood that the govern
ment Is to give this matter considera-
BILE attention from now on. and it
would be we'll for the committees OF
all picnic parties to be familiar with
the law before making any arrange
ments to go out and spend a quiet day
with a supply of beer on the side. 1t
has been the law for some time for
picnic parties at the different parks
to pay their special tax when conduct
ing their own bar, but the extending
of the law to those that have hitherto
been looked 0 as private parties.
seems to be new. and may be con-
strued as drawing the line a little too
fine. But Uncle Sam has decided that
law is law, and as the penalties are
rather severe it is hardy likely that
anyone will want to take a chance.
Heavy Penalty.
The penalty for selling or handling
liquors without having paid the spe-
cial tax Is $1,000 fine or two years in
prison, or both, SO that 1t will be rather
dangerous for picnic or outing COM
mittees to take any chances. Each
year the government laws seem to be
growing more strict, but. this latest
effort on the part of the federal au-
thorities to increase their and
also to make the law meet all persons
on the same footing when handling
liquors may seem like a hardship to
the smaller clubs, but at the same
time it is also regarded as a sort Of
a protection to the legitimate dealer
In liquors., who believes himself dis
eliminated against by persons or com
mittees taking large quantities of beer
to neighboring parks and disposing Of
1t without any sort of license. The
fee fol-. the retail sale of liquors to the
government is s25 per year, but there
is a sliding scale that reduces the
amount each month.