Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-18
PROCLAMATION
CONCERNING BEER

OONCChNlNG beEh
Whereas under and by virtue of an
act OF congress entitled IAN act to
provide further for the national Sc.
curity and defense by encouraging the
production, conserving lhe supply, and
controlling the distribution of food
products and fuel" approved by the
president on August 10. 1917, II Is pro-
vided in section Is. among other
things. as follows:
Whenever the president shall find
that Limitation, regulation. or prohi.
bition of the use OF foods, fruits, food
materials, or feeds in the production
or malt or yinous liquors for bever.
age purposes, or that reduction of the
alcoholic content OF any such malt or
Vinous liquor. is essential in order to
assure an adequate and continuous
supply OF food, or that the national
security and defense will be subserved
thereby, he is authorized, from time
TO time, to prescribe and give public
notice of the extent of the Limitation,
regulation, prohibition, or reduction so
necessitated. Whenever such notice
shall have been given and shall re.
main mreyoked, no person shall. after
a reasonable time prescribed in such
notice. use any foods. fruits. food ma.
|terials, or feeds in the production OF
malt or yinous liquors. or import any
such liquors except under license Is.
sued by the president in compliance
with rules and regulations determined
by him governing the production and
importation of such liquors and the al.
coholic content thereof"
Now. therefore. |, Woodrow Wilson,
| President of the United States OF
America, by virtue OF the powers con
ferred on me by said act OF congress
do hereby find and determine that the
national security and defense will be
subserved by the limitation of the
amount OF foods, fruits. food materials
and feeds used in the production OF
malt liquor, and by reduction of The
alcoholic content OF malt liquor pro,
duced in the United States. And by
this proclamation prescribe and give
public notice that on and after Janu
AIRY !, 1918. the total amount of foods
fruits. food materials. and feeds useC
by any person in the production o
malt liquor shall not exceed 10 PEE
cent OF the average consumption o
any such foods, fruits, food materials
or feeds i'm the production of such mai
liquor by such person during the per
iod from January |. 1917, to January !
1918, the unit OF time to be fixed by
regulation: and that on and ate!
January /, 1918. no malt liquor excep
J ale and porter shall be produced II
4 the United States containing more
than two an dtITee.fourths per cent o
alcohol by weight
. No person shall, after January
1918. use any foods, fruits, food ms
terials. or feeds in the production @
; malt liquor unless he secures licens
so TO do, to be issued by the commits
sioner of internal revenue. and com
plies with rules and regulations to b.
hereafter promulgated governing tn
production of such liquor and the alec
holic content thereof; and no person
shall import any such liquor excep
under license to be issued by the di
vision of customs, treasury depart
ment. and in compliance with an!
rules and regulations governing tn
importation of such liquors which ma!
be promulgated.
4 In witness whereof, / have here
unto set my hand and caused the sea
of the United States to be affixed.
; Done in the District OF Columbia
this Sth day of December. in the yea
Of our Lord 1917. and of the independ
ence of the United States of Americ
the li2d.
WOODROW WILSON.