Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
MARK THE PACKAGE PLAINLY
New Laws About Wet Goods Shipped
to Dry Territory.
UNCLE SAM TAKES A HAND
Name Of COnsiGnee and Nature and
Quantity of Contents Must he Wis.,
ibie-RegulatiOns Effective
the First of the Year.

Another phase in the great campaign
against liquor will come to the fore Jan
uary !, when the revised penal code Of the
United States will go into effect. Many of
the changes made in the penal law by the
Sixtieth congress were of minor interest,
but the section relating to the shipment of
intoxicating liquors into dry territory
contained new legislation, the result of
which viii be TO make the United States
q factor in prosecuting violators OF the
act, In thickly settled communities like
New England, the local authorities, as a
rule, are able to deal effectively with Of
tenders. but in the south, where settlement
is sparse, the task is not so easy, and the
southern members insisted that the fed
era! government should come to the aid
OF the local authorities.
New Laws ON Liquor.
Three sections Of the new c~odification re-
late to the liquor traffic. The most lmpor-
tant provision is that on and after
January ! every shipment of intoxi-
eating liquors shall bear the name OF the
c~onsignee, the nature Of the contents Of the
receptacle and the quantity contained
therein. 1t Is a notorious fact, so say per
sons who have had experience in attempt
ing TO drive out blind tigers" that prac.
tiealIy all the liquor now shipped into pro
hibited territory Is labelled as some other
commodity, or not labelled at all, and FIRE.
auently addressed to persons other than the
consignee. Here is what congress says
shall be done after January /;
"Whoever shall knowingly ship or cause
20 be shipped from one state. territory OF
district OF the United States, or place non
contiguous to but subject 20 the jur1sdic-
ton thereof, or from any foreign country
into any state, territory or district of the
United States, or place noncontiguous tc
but subject TO the jurisdiction thereof, any
package OF or package containing any spir.
ituOus, vinous, matted. fermented, or other
Intoxicating liquor OF any II unless such
package be labelled on the outside Gov u
as TO plainly show the name of the con
signee, the nature of the contents. and
the quantity contained therein, shall be
fined not more than 5000; and such LIQUOR
shall be forfeited to-the United states. and
may be seized and condemned by like pro-
ceedings as those provided by law FOR sciz-
ure and forfeiture OF property imported
Into the United States contrary to law"
Liquors Must Be Labelled.
Tue Aeueial authorities already have sent
ont notice to all manufacturer OF intoxi-
csnts that their wares must be labeled on
the outside OF the package on and after the
first OF the new year. setting forth tho
nature of the contents and the oxac,
amount in each package. The authorities
here az Washington take IL for granted
that the manufacturers viii pass the word
down The line 10 tho wholesale ana retail
dgalcVs that tho federal government tntspd.
TO see that this new law Is enforced; for
the government does intend TO enforce the
law TO the letter. Violations OF this section
VIII be looked after as conscientiously as
Violations OF Tho Internal revenue law are
now. OF course the federal authorities ex-
D1St the 90 operatiO% 4 cigEcns y com-