Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-09-08
TOMORROW ENDS
WH|SKEY MAKING
PROHIBITINE CLAUSE OF FOOD
CONTROL ACT WILL RELEASE
CONslDERABLE GRAIN.
q, Associated Prs

facture Of whiskey will cease
throughout the nation al ID o'clock
tomorrow when the prohibitiye
clause OF the food control act be-
comes effective.
] Millions OF bushels Of grain which
food officials say would otherwise
be- ground up for whiskey. will thus
b. released for food HoS many mil
lions. no one knows, for the manu-
iacture Of alcohol for beverage pur-
poses IL so closely blended with the
production OF alcohol Tor Industrial
ana mechanical purposes that there
is no way uf determining the exact
amount.
WIN save Grain.
OF the lOOOOO.UO0 bushels Of
grain. or whereabouts, which goes
INTO the distillories each year. about
forty per cent experts estimate
comes out IN the form ~ whiskey
and other distilled beverages. The
remainder. made into alcohol 81 ex-
irtly the same characteristics as that
used Tor Whiskey, eventually finds
IT. way into perfumes. toilet waters.
bay rum. medicines and 90 indus
tries where deuatured alcohol Is
used IN ever increasing quantities
/ approximately ll6,OOU,UUO gal
Ions OF whiskey are produced each
year by American distlllefies Pro
ductluu OF alcohol By the same DIS
tillerles for commercial and medi-
'inal use. other than beverages APP
pruNlmHtgs lfG.Ouu.puO gallons The
manufacture Ol alcohol for the lat
+ tor uses will continue as usual. prob
ably Ia greater volume and few Of
tho larger distilleries. IL any will
have 90 shut down, according 90 gov
eminent authorities
California Plants MAY Continue.
The class OF distilleries. which Will
DE put out OF business Is composed
almost wholly Of small plants operat-
eel by from one man 10 half a dozen
men located in California. Ohio and
New Jersey and producing brandy
from grapes, apples and peaches.
These produce approximately 1000
7 900 gallons a year Those In New
Jersey and ohio officials believe
viii suspend operations entirely. The
California plants, II IL thought will
continue 20 operate in part for the
manufacture OF spirits for fortify-
ing sweet wine.
stopping whiskey manufacture.
instead OF curtailing the govern
meuis revenues, will increase them
Tor the next two years. officials be
li"ve. Coupled with the pending
revenue bill the withdrawal N whis-
Key from the bond will probably
treble the revenues within tae next
twelve months, as the prSsent law
Imposes a tax Of Sllu and the reve-
niue bill contemplates tax OF 50 20
"a gallon. \ tax OF approximately
.30.0O0,O00 gallons has accumulat-
ed In the bonded warehouses and
on the shelves of wholesale and re-
tail liquor dealers. approximately
lso,uoo.00O gallons are In ware
houses and upon that quantity the
government will collect taxes upon
alcohol for commercial purposes.
except alcohol for standardization. the
revenue bin would impose a tax Of
- 20 doubling the present income.
Capital Invested l. High.
There are approximately 700 dis
tilleries IN the country Of which more
than one-half are small fruit brandy
plants. The amount OF capital in
vested IN the latter class Is not great
In the aggregate. The capital Invest
ed IN the blk producing plants
mounts high into the millions. OF
iicials here believe that losses will
be more than wiped out boy the prices
distillers will obtain for product al
ready manufactured.
In the opinion Of some officials
whiskey will bo selling az Si5.00 a
gallon within twelve months. afford
ing disiilleries enormous profits.
\ tremendous growth In the Use
Of commercial alcohol b. anticipated
which IN time may result In the de-
mand for a quantity OF alcohol al
least as large as the present output