The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-26
Measure Prohibits'Us Of Food
Stuffs For Manufacture Of In
toxicants and Gives President
Power To Seize Liquor Stocks
BROAD AUTHORITY IS
| GIVEN TO EXECUTIVE
Feed Stuffs and Fuel AS Well As
Food Are Placed Under Presi-
dental Control and $1,000
600 Appropriated To Enforce
Associated Press BY o. 8. Naval Com.
munication service)

w AsHINGToN June "A
~ BY vote Of three hundred
and sixty-fve to FIVE the house Of
Representatives last evening pass
ed the Food Control Bill The
five who went on record against
il were McLemorc, Slayden and
Young Of Texas, Mceker Of Mis-
sour and Ward Of New York. An
appropriation Of $ls,25000o is
contained in the bill for its en-
fofcement.
AS passed by the house broad
authority is given TO the Presi-
dent. He will have control not of
food alone but Of feed stuffs and
fuel as well.
Drastic prohibition provisions
were finally written into the bill.
Following hours Of hot fighting
parliamentary tactics were en-
ployed by the opponents Of such
provisions and again and again
they had such provisions thrown
out on points Of order which they
raised and which were sustained
BY Chairman Hamlin Of the COM
|mittee Of the whole. Among
these was the Webb amendment
to empower the President to take
over all stocks Of liquor in the
United States. Ultimately simi-'
lar provision carried and is en-
bodied in the bill.
The provision which prohibits
the use Of food stuffs in the man
ufacturc Of liquors was finally
passed after heated debate by a
vote of 1872 to ia.
The other provision was 70 give the
President authority TO take over. ID
his discretion all stocks Of distilled
liquors for the uses Of the war. This
was inserted as q means to overcome
the objection to the clause which pro-
hibits the use Of food stuifs in manu-
facture Of intoxicants. 1t was urged
that there are large stocks Of liquor in
the United States, much now in the
government bonded warehouses. That
the other provision would close the dis
tilleries and the breweries and the
country would be turned from the use
Of beers and light wines to the distill-
ed liquors in stock with their high per
centages Of alcohol
according 10 a report made BY the
commissioner Of internal revenue there
was used In the year which ended June
80, 1915 in the manufactures of Iiistill-
ed spirits more than thirfy-two mil
lion bushels Of corn, three million
bushels of rye, four million bushels OF
malt and one hundred and fifty-two
millions gallons of molasses. besides
small quantities Of wheat, oats ana
other materials. Some Of the molassss
Is not edible but il could be used In
the maunfacture Of denatured alcohol
and quantities Of this win be required
in the manufacture Of ammunition.
The department Of agriculture from
figures secured in the ofiice Of the
commissioner Of internal revenue gives
the following figures on the materials
which 80 into the manufacture of beer
and ale; malt expressed In terms Of
barley, 52,439973 bushels: corn. 49,
57s,5sl bushels; rice, e,a54,OOO grape
sugar or maltese, 54,924,62l pounds;
glucose o. strip, 2,742,s54 pounds.
The refuse from the breweries aud
distilleries has some feeding value for
cattle. II Is essential as thirty-iiv
DaF cent Of tha xphnla ,.rat.. fHI