The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08

facture or importation. The beer and wine industries would be left undisturbed In lieu of the section of the House bill to prohibit the manufacture of food stuffs into beverages of any description, | the Senate substituted, by a vote of 4o ' to 37, provision prohibiting manufac- turer ant importa ton of distilled bever- turer and the war, and added 65 to 12, a further clause directing the President | to take over all distilled spirit in gov ernment bonded warehouses and pay for 1t on the basis of cost plus ten percent.
 HOUSE WILL ACCEPT | While the final prohibition legislation will be evolved In conference between the | two Houses, 1t is generally regarded al probable that the House will accept the Senate's change after a fight in behalf of the original section.
 The Senate provision would limit con sumption to stocks in retailers hands or withdrawn before the law goes into ef- feet Stocks of distilled beverages in bond were estimated tonight as between 200, ,0o0o00 and 300,00o,0o gallons and the annual normal consumption at 120,0 900 gallons. To purchase this enormous quantity of liquor, or what Is left of it after withdrawals In anticipation of the legislation, it is estimated that the gov- ernment would have to spend from $3oo,-
 
 in Federal revenues Is placed at from S200, ,000,00 to s4O0,0o000o, although this as well as the cost of purchase would de- pend entirely upon how much liquor was withdrawn tax-paid before the com mandeering.
 TO DELAY REVENUE BILL
 The Senates action promises indef- mite delay in enacting the war tax bill, further delay on the food control bill and indefinite postponement of adjourn ment of Congress. The revised s1,670,- 000,00 war tax bill was withdrawn inn mediately following the final vote upon the liquor question to seek new sources of revenues in case taxation on distilled liquors Is eliminated.
 The Senates vote to have the govern ment virtually buy, for industrial pur- poses and thus withdraw for consump- tion or revenue purposes, the great stocks of distilled liquors held in bond followed rejection of a proposal to deal with beers and wines, proposal to authorize the President to suspend manu- fracture of these light intoxicants be- ing defea ted.
 ENORMOUS WITHDRAWALS Immediate and probably enormous withdrawal of distilled liquors from bond ed warehouses before the senate pro- vision could become effective was gen erally predicted tonight. It was esti- mated that manufacturers and dealers probably could raise funds enough to withdraw at least half of the existing supply. or enough to meet consumption demands for a year or more. One feature of the bill as It now stands-the prohibition of the manufac- ture of distilled spirts-will not be sub- jeet to change in conference and there fore is certain to become law. resort to cloture still is threatened to hasten action on other disputed sec- tons of the control bill Senator Cham berlain tonight presented and then with drew temporarily his cloture after fail ing to obtain an agreement by unan- lmous consent for a final vote next Wednesday. Determined to dispose of the measure during the coming week, he announced that he would renew the cloture motion Monday unless an agree ment could be reached.
 DAY OF SPEECHES Another day of impassoned speeches under a fve-minute limit, inside" con gressional maneuvering and parliament ary tanges preceded the Senate action | in the liquor contest The result was hailed as a partial victory by both ''wets" and "drys." Prohibition advo- | cates were most elated. however, be- cause they had won their fight to stop, or at least greatly restrict consumption as well as manufacture of distilled bev- | erages.
 | The vets were successful, however, in confining the Senate's action to dis titled beverages without interfering with | beer and wines.
 l The contest waged about the so-called | administration compromise of Senator Robinson. originally providing only for 1 prohibiting manufacture of distilled bev- erages during the war.
 AS FINALLY AMENDED As finally amended and substituted for i the House prohibition section, it reads 1 That from and after 30 days from the date of the approval of this act no per son shall use any foods, fruits. food materials or feeds in the production of