Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-06-27
Food Control Bill Passed by
House Rewritten in Senate;
J Passage Expected by Sat-
! urday.
PROHIBITION TO Be
IN WILSON'S HANDS
Fight Is Likely to Center
Around Abolition of AICohoI's
Use as Beverage; Sentiment
Strong,

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Washington, June 26.--The admin
istration food control bill passed by
the house was rewritten today by a
senate agriculture subcommittee sc
as to give President Wilson the power
and responsibility of deciding whether
the nation shall be bone dry during
the war and to place iron and steel
and many other products in addition
to food and fuel under government
control.
Both advocates and opponents pre-
dicted passage by Saturday. AS a
substitute for the house prohibition
sections, which, without qualification,
forbid the manufacture of foodstuff
into liquor, the subcommittee adopted
provisions which would prohibit man
ufacture, during the war. OF all intox-
icating beverages and empower the
president to commander existing
supplies of distilled spirits, but would
authorize the executive in his discre-
tion to permit manufacture or matted,
fermented and vinous beverages and
fix their alcoholic content.
Fight on Prohibition.
As rewritten the subcommittee
draft will be considered tomorrow by
the agriculture committee and prob
ably will be reported at once.
Senator's Gore, Smith of Georgia,
and others prominent in the bitter
fight against the legislation, have an
nounced their support for the re-
drafted measure. Future debate
promised to center upon the prohi-
bition question. with leaders predict
ing an extremely close final vote. For
the house prohibition plan, the sub
committee substitute provides:
THAT from and after thirty days
from the date of the approval of this
act, ii shall be unlawful for any per-
son. firm or corporation to use in the
manufacture of any intoxicating
liquor for beverage purposes any per-
ishable or nonperishable feeds, foods
or food materials.
Powers of President
whenever the president shall find
1t necessary to conserve the perish
able products named, he is empower
ed to permit the use of such products
In the manufacture of Vinous liquors.
Whenever in the judgment of the
president the public interest would be
subserved thereby he is empowered
to permit the limited use of the ma
terials mentioned in the manufacture
of malt or fermented liquors and
prescribe the alcoholic content there
of"
Another section adopted would au-
thorize the president to take over any
or all distilled spirits now in bond,
upon payment of reasonable and
Just price to dstillers for redistilla-
ton into alcohol for war, industrial or
other nonbeverage purpose.
Thirty-day ProvisO.
The thirty-day proviso is. designed
to give time to the president to decide
whether further manufacture of beer,
wines and light beverages shall be
permitted and for consumers anl
manufacturers to prepart for what the
president may decide.
Should the president not exert his
authority so as to exempt malt, fer
mented and vinous beverages from,
the sweeping prohibitory provisions
and should he commander distilled
spirits in bond, bone dry" national
prohibition--of both manufacture and
consumption-would result, entailing
"a loss of federal revenue estimated
between four and five hundred mil
lions of dollars and new taxation
measures as we'll as local revenue re-
ductions.