The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-09
Effort to Place Wine
And Beer Under Ban Loses
Out by Vote of 46 to 35
Big Dry Victory Comes After
One of Hardest Fights in
History
MAY WITHDRAW STOCKS
FROM WAREHOUSES;
Only Source of Supply Exempt
Is That Now Upon Shelves
of saloonkeeper

,, Washington, July 9.-With the pro.
hibition issue disposed of temporar-
lily, at least, the senate today again
took up the food control bill in the
expectation that final action on the
measure, as a whole will be reached
during the week. First to be consid-
cred was the section which would au-
thOrize the president to commander
factories, packing nOuses, mines and
other plants, and to operate them on
fixed employees wages. There is con-
siderable opposition to these propos-
ais.
The list of commodities includes
all munitions, foodstuffs, and fertiliz-
ers.
The fact that foodstuffs are includ-
ed in the proclamation is believed
here to amount to partial substan.
tiation of reports that complete EN-.
barge for sixty days on all food ship
ments is under consideration This
would afford opportunity to ascertain
the nations supply, and allow the
allies and the neutrals to prepare a
full program, and their requirements.
Pending final decision by congress
on the liquor question, revenue and
other problems cannot be worked out
The senate voted Saturday to pro-
hibit the manufacture and importa-
tion of distilled beverages only, and
the house reported prohibiting manu-
facture Of all intoxicants. r., '..s. /"
The whiskey business will be wiped
out thirty days after the Lever food
control bill becomes a law through
these provisions in the final agree.
ment reached on prohibition in the
senate late Saturday:
The president is authorized to take
over for government use all distilled
spirits held in bond.
The manufacture of distilled spirits
from foodstuffs is prohibited
The importation of distilled spirits
is prohibited This means that the
only whisky, brandy, gin and rum
and other distilled liquors which can
be sold after that date will be those
in stock, in caloons.
Wine and Beer Is Exempt. >. :.
BY vote of 45 to 81 the senate re-
fused to make the nation bone dry by
including wine and beer with distilled
liquors. The proposal to give Presj-
dent Wilson control over boer and
wine-making was defeated, 35 to 46
The big dry victory of the day was
the adoption of the amendment by
Serator Smoot of Utah, authorizing
the president to take over all distilled
spirits in bond and providing compen.
sation of cost plus 10 per cent profit
to the owners.
Smoot Charges Plot.
In urging his amendment Smoot
charged that whisky interests had
entered into a conspiracy to rob the
people He declared they are not OBJ
jecting seriously to prohibition Of
manufacture and importation OF dis
titled liquors and that 1t is their pur.
pose to use this means to derive ex-
orbitant prices for whisky held in
bond.
"They intend to make s5OO,o0o,-
profit he declared, "enough to !,
liquidate their whole business and
leave them with clean slate"
Information had come to other SEN
ators direct from the distillers that
they would be satisfied with such an
opportunity ito clean up and get
out of business, realizing prohibition
is only a matter of few years.
Where Difference Lies.
The difference between the prohibl-
ton section passed by the House and
the one agreed to by the senate is
that the former prohibits the making
of any kind of intoxicating liquors
from foodstuffs. but does not prohibit
the importation, while the latter
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