Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-13
DRUG MEN FIGHT
NEAR-BEER BILL
Declare Alcohol Clause of Tip
pins Measure Means Ruin to
Trade in Georgia.

Unless amended to meet the require
ments of the drug trade of the state,
the famous Tippins bill, the first bill on
the house calendar for consideration by
the Georgia legislature at it's forthcom-
ing summer session. will be bitterly
fought by the druggists.
The Tippins bin is primarily aimed
at the near-b beer dealers and manufac-
turers of Georgia. Under its provisions
no beer or liquid compound manufac-
tured for sale as an imitation" beer
could be sold in any event, and no
compound whatsoever containing more
than one per cent of alcohol could be
marketed, either in wholesale or retail
quantities.
The passage Of this bill, with the
governors signature attached inevita
bly, would close every near-beer bar In
Georgia 1t would also absolutely stop
the manufacture of beer or any imita
ton thereof
Druggists Ready For Fight,
The druggists Of the state do not OPP
pose those things so strenuously as
lItN 40 UDDOSt INC lllpN iHlOli VI INV iAH
pins bin which prohibits the sale of
any liquid compound containing more
than one per cent of alcohol. The
druggists of Georgia appointed a COM
mittee to confer with Legislative com
mittee looking to the amending OF the
Tippins bill in such wise as to remove
that Objectionable feature. but the COM
mittee from the druggists claim that
the bin was not so amended, as the leg
islative committee said ii should be,
hence the druggists VIII fight it. as it
stands
Druggists returning from the annual
meeting of the Georgia Pharmaceutical
association. now in session in Savan-
nah. say that the Tippins bill has been
"a topic OF continued discussion during
the progress of the convention. They
say that the druggists viii oppose it
virtually to man. in its present form.
The druggists claim that the Tippins
bin would drive the sale of drugs abso-
lutely from the state, If enacted in its
present form. They point out for in
stance. that paregoric, one OF the COM
monest articles OF sale in drug stores,
would be barred from the market under
the operation of this bin, because it
contains necessarily a high percentage
of alcohol. They cite scores of other
drugs that would be eliminated from
the trade by the Tippins bill
Early Vote on Bill Expected.
The Tppins bill win come up for ac-
ton early In the summer session of the
legislature. Ii has been read in the
house twice. and can hardly be kept
from a vote long After it passes the
house if it does pass, and it generally
is predicted that 1t will, 1t must so to
the senate. If the senate passes it,
there stiH is the chance that the gov
ernor via veto it, that, in all likeh-
hood. WIN depend upon the shape in
which it gets to the governor.
Already there is talk of amending it,
before il leaves the house. An amend
ment providing for the abolition Of
locker clubs" is being talked Of, an
other amendment to meet the objec-
tious OF the drug trade has its advo-
Gates. while still another amendment
vague and indefinite as yet is being
thought out. whereby il may be re-
ferred to the people for approval or re-
lection. as the ease may be, after it is
passed by the legislature