The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-15
TO STOP THE MANUFACTURE OF
ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS

Senator John H. Works of Califor-
MIA has introduced a joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the con-
stitution of the United States, prohib-
iting the sale, manufacture and i'm
portation of distilled alcohol, except
for mechanical scientific and medici-
nal purposes. The senator himself is
so ardent a prohibitionist that he
does not think that those exceptions
are at all necessary, but has made
them a part of the proposed amend
ment in Difference to the views of
others.
He says that there is surprisingly
small amount of capital invested and
number of men employed in the man
ufacture. of distilled liquors. The
amount invested in the entire country
is less than $75,000,000, and the num-
Der of persons employed but little
more than $4,000, SO that the sacrifice
of property and deprivation of en-
ployment will be comparatively small
if the amendment should be adopted.
Senator Works says that this is put
ting the axe to the root of the evil,
and in his judgment is the only way
prohibition will be made possible and
effective.
The senator gives a list of the dry
states, counties and towns in the
United States, and while the dry ter
ritory continues to grow larger he
prints the statistics recently issued
by the commissioner of internal rev.
enue, the revelations of which are
most startling and surprising.
We append hereto the data contain
ed in Senator Works address:
Consumption of Whiskey Increasing
ION page 10 of the report of COM
missioner of internal revenue for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, we
| find that 17S,249,9S5 taxable gallons
of distilled spirits were produced in
| the United States, not counting BRAN
/ ny dHu OLH0I ll4uOio PiOouSOu AAOAAA
fruit. This is the largest in the his
tory of the country and exceeds all
previous productions by 2,S47,590 gal
Ions
"The amount withdrawn from the
bonded warehouses, which measures
the amount consumed of such distill-
ed spirits, not counting fruit brandy
was 133,259,147 gallons. This ex'
ceeded the withdrawal of the year
previous by 1,2OO,511 gallons.
"The amount of revenue paid to
the government for the year 1912 fol
whiskey and alcohol was $146,7 1908
and for brandy, S2,694,264. A com
parison of these two figures will show
the relative proportion of each manu-
featured and consumed.
THE Increase of revenue for whis
Ike yand alcohol over the previous
year is s1,332,440 (See page 80, re
port of commissioner of internal rev
enue)
"The figures for the fiscal year end
ing July /, 1918, are still more start
ling.
"The internal revenue office shows
that the receipts for distilled liquor
for the first ten months of the fisca
year ending May 1, 1913, were $135,
167,534.S6, while for the correspond
ing period last year same were 1927,
$50, 401.27, an increase of $7,208,
1889, which, at a s1.10 per gallon
equals 6,552,84S gallons.
The amount of whiskey produced
for the year 1898 was only about so,
100000 gallons"
Thus, the senator concludes, as the
production and consumption of spirit
uous liquors are increasing at ire
mendous ratio, despite the agitation
and earnest work of the temperance
advocates, that the only hope an6
safety of genuine temperance lies in
the direction of complete stop be
ing made to its manufacture and i'm
portation.
Tampa could not have had a better