The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1909-12-04
ALL "DRY''
STATES TO
Be DRlER.
"BOOZE" MUST BE LABLEo
"BOOZE" AFTER THE FIRST OF
NEXT MONTH, ACCORDING TO
PENAL coDIFIcATON.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 8.
Another phase in the great campaign
against liquor will come to the fore
the first of next month, when the re-
vised penal code of the United States
is to become effective Many of the
changes made in the penal code BY
the Sixtieth Congress were of minor
interest, but the section relating to
the shipment of liquors into 'dry"
territory contained new legislation,
the result of which will be to make
the United States a factor in pros
ecuting the violators of the act. In
thickly settled communities the local
authorities. as a rule, are able to
deal effectively with offenders, but
in certain sections of the South and
; in sparsely settled communities
the task is not so easy, and the mem.
bers of Congress from those sections
insisted that the federal government
should come to the aid of the local
authorities.
Three sections of the new codifica-
ton relates to the liquor traffic. The
most Important provision is that on
and after January l, every shipment
of intoxicating liquor shall bear
the name of the consignee, the ma
ture OF the contents of the receptacle
and the quantity contained therein
1t is notorious fact, so say persons
who have had experience in attempt.
! ing to drive out blind tigers" that
practically all the liquor now shipped
into prohibited territory is labelled
as some other commodity, or not
labelled at all, and frequently address.
ed to parties other than the cOnsignee
! The federal authorities have already
sent out notices to all manufacturers
of intoxicating liquors that their ware
must be labeled on the outside OF
the package on and after the first Of
the new year, setting forth the
nature of the contents and the exact
amount in each package 1t IS believ>
ed that if the local authorities co.
operate with the federal government
in the enforcement OF the law it will
be comparatively easy to suppress
the blind tigers" 1t is pointed out
that from now on they cannot exist
without violating the federal statute.
and the assumption of the Depart
ment of Justice is that would be vi.
olators will not care to take the
chance Of falling into the clutches
of the federal court
I 1t has been alleged from time to
time that in some of the states where
the sale of intoxicating liquor has
been prohibited in one way or anOth-
er the railroads and express cOm2a-
by acting as buying or selling agents.
or both. Congress, with the idea Of
putting a stop to this practice. p.o-
vided as follows: ANY railroad COM
pany express company, Or other CON-
mon carrier, or any other person who
in connection with the transportatio /
of any spirituous, vinous, matted
fermented, OR other intoxicating liz
uOr of any kind, from one State, Ter
ritory, or District of the Uniter States
or from any foreign country into any
State. Territory, District of the UHit-
; ed States, shall collect the purchase
price or any part thereof, before, OF.
or after delivery. or shall in any mai
ner act as the agent of the buyer Or
seller of any such liquor, for the pur'
pose of buying or selling or compiet'
ing the sale thereof, saving only il
the actual transportation and deliv-
cry of the same. shall be fined &c,
more than $1,000
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