The Arizona copper camp., 1918-05-25

ny virtue Ol us TASTE or smell, OF De
cause of it's systematic effects if taken
in excessive doses, it cannot practic
ably be taken as a beverage or for the
purpose of producing any degree OF
intcxication
No remedy, flavoring extract, es
sence, tincture, perfume or other sub
stance which contains any percentage
of alcohol whatsoever no matter how
highly medicated shall be sold as a
beverage or under circumstances from
which the seller by the exercise OF
due diligence should be able to deduce
an intention on the part of the pur
chaser to use the same as a beverage
IF given remedy containing al
cohol is such that the manufacturer
thereof is not permitted by the bureau
of internal revenue to withdraw non.
beverage alcohol for the manufacture
of such remedy then in no instance
can the remedy be lawfully sold. I'm
other words, no remedy can be law
fully sold unless it complies with the
provisions of Treasury Decision 1853
as modified by Treasury Decision
2576.)
"If a given remedy or substance has
been classified as compount liquor
subject to internal revenue special
tax under the provisions of Treasury
Decision 1843,. then in no event can
it be lawfully sold.
II a remedy or other substance has
been listed in Treasury Decision 2544
as an alcoholic medical preparation,
or has been listed as an alcoholic
medical preparation by the bureau of
internal revenue since the date of said
Treasury Decision 2544, that is to say,
since October IA, 1917, then in NO
event may it lawfully be sold. The
list contained in said Treasury De-
cision 2544 comprises some $50 alco-
holic medical preparations. Dealers
not already having this pamphlet in
their possession should obtain the
same from the office of the collector
of internal revenue, at Phoenix, be-
cause the sale of any of these prepar-
ations will subject them to prosecu-
ton under the prohibition laws. In
addition to this, all other substances
that since October IA, 1917, have been,
or may in the future be, listed by the
bureau of internal revenue as alco-
holic medical preparations, may not
be lawfully sold under any circum-
stances.
Furthermore, there are certain Ii
guilds not listed as alcoholic medical
preparations by the bureau of internal
revenue, the use of which has been
sufficiently abused in the past so that
their sale under any circumstances
whatsoever is construed by the county
attorneys office as absolutely prohib-
tier.
"a list of these prohibited sub
stances is as follows:
Essence of Jamacai ginger, Tine
ture Of Ginger, U. S. P, Beef, Iron and
Wine; or Beef, Wine and Iron of any
character or brand whatsoever; Dami-
ana Bitters, Port Olive Tonic, Peruna
of any formula other than that con-
tanning laxative and no more than II
per cent alcohol, Marathon Tonic
Concerning several other remedies
commonly sold but not thus far found
to have been abused, the county attor-
ney's office is in doubt as to whether
they are sufficiently medicated to be
non-beverage in character. These are
being called to the attention of the
commissioner of internal revenue for
analysis and classification.
''No grocer or other merchant need
fear selling vanilla extract or other
flavoring extract so long as they are
sold in very small quantities for culin-
apy use only, and not as beverages,
and not under circumstances from
which the seller in the exercise of due
diligence, should be able to determine
that they are purchased for beverage
purposes.
''In conclusion, l wish to state that
the rulings set forth in this letter will
be revised at any time that they may
be found to fall short of the full rigors
of the prohibition laws, and that moth
ing in this letter is to be construed to
affect in any manner the prohibition
against the introduction, transporta-
ton, sale or disposal of any substances
commonly known to be Intoxicating
liquors.