Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
PROHIBITION JULY |
). Us. SENATE VOTES
New Date Fixed Without Roll
Call; House Expected to Con
cur, Liquor Dies Silently.

Washington, Aug. 30-Without even
the fornality of roll call the Senate late
yesterday passed the prohibition amend
ment to the Food Stimulation bill. What
the Senate accepted WAS the Sheppard
substitute, which proposes to put the
whole country into the dry column after
June 80 next.
Senator Trammel of Florida attempted
to restore the date for prohibition to
January |, 1919, as formerly intended, but
the Senate refused its assent, President
Wilson had already asked Senator Shep-
pard of Texas 10 defer the date until
June 30. as more than 81 900, 900 900
revenue expected tn be raised by the
$1,000, ,OOO, 600 War Tax bill is based upon
liquor taxes
PROVISIONS or THE AMENDMENT.
Briefly, the provisions in the amend
ment adopted today are
That after June 80, 1919, until tho end
of tho war and during demoblization no
distilled spirits shall be sold for beverage
PURPOSES or taken out of bond except tor
exrort: that after MAY |, 1919, and dur
inc the period indicated, no foodstufs
shall be used in the manufacture of beer
or wine: that after June 30, 1919, and
during the same period stated no beer
or wine shall be sold for beverage purposes
except for export; that the Commissioners
of Internal Revenue shall regulate the
sale of wine for sacramental, medlcnal,
and special uses; that after the approval
of the ac no beer, wine or other intou-
cants may be imported that any person
violating the law may be imprisoned for
a wear. fined $1,000. or both; that tho
President may establish prohibition zones
about coal mines, munltion plants, ship
yards, and other war works.
HOUSE CONCURRENCE BxrECrED.
The Senate amendments are vet to be
acte d upon by the House, but that body
has been overwhelmingly for prohibition
and Senator Sheppard said Yesterday
afternoon that he saw no difficulty ahead
The House originally put IN the Food
Stimulation hill prohibition section 10
the effect that $4,000, 900 Of the Sll ,ooO,-
600 appropriation made for food stlmua-
ton could not he expended If foodstuiis
were used IN beer and VINE manufacture.
After the House passed the bill and
sent it 10 the Senate President Wilson
stated that the prohibition question should
nc treated as an out and out issue. and
not handled IN the manner proposed m
the House amendment.
The present amendment was then fran
ed, Dut the ualF was SGT ieI btAiAASiN :
1919. Several days ago, upon the request
Of the President, Senator Sheppard dc
ferred the date TO June 80 of next year
No ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS.
"Wets" and "Drys' alike conceded
that the amendments would pass. When
the time for voting arrived, Senator
Trammel presented his amendment. II
was defeated by viva voce vote. Senator
Robinson, of Arkansas. who occupied
the chair. asked for the vote on the main
amendment. The "aves' were not partIc-
ularlv loud, but clearly outnumbercd thc
much fainter noes" No one demanded
aroll call.
wADswoRT1I WOULD SAVE BEER.
'rThe measure is said TO he wa rtime
Prohibition. but that Is a fake, SAID
Senator Wadsworth Of New York II
am not willing to vote for bill sO labeled
when know 1t is not what II pretends to
be !"
He said that the provision retaining
prohibition until rehabilitation was over
showed that the measure could not be n
wartime one The Senator was IN
favor of prohibiting whiskey, but not
wine. nor beer.
"If YOU drive out distilled spirits,
YOU will never hear of the liquor question,
SAID he.
Senator Borah criticized the Federal
Food Administration for not preventing
the manufacture of beer, when it was
clothed with the power and asserted that
when schools and churc hes were without
coal last winter 'the breweries were