Catoctin clarion., 1918-09-19
ALL BREWER|ES
CLOSE DEC. /
Decree Making Bars BeerIess
Has Full Approval of
the President.
PURELY A WAR MEASURE.
Manufacturers Of Other Beverages
Warned to Prepare for curtaiIment.
Prohibition Legislation Antici-
pated by Drastic Act.

Washngton.-Th bars Of the ma
tion will be beerless next year regard
less Of whether the wartime prohibi-
tion meash"e, passed by the senate as
part of the agricultural stimulation
bill, becomes law.
An order, which had the full ap-
prova of President Wilson, went out
from the food administration closing
oil breweries in the country on De-
cember |. This is tle very action
which the original Randall rider, pass
ed by the house, sought to force upon
the President in providing that no ap.
propritHicns for the stimulation of ag-
riculturc should be available until the
President had stopped the use Of food
Stuffs for this p".pOSe under the au-
thority conferred upon him by the
Lever law.
Warning that the production of beer
substitutes and other soft drinks and
spring waters IS also to be materially
curtailed was given with the an
nouncement that the brewing was to
be stopped and the breweries shut
down for the period Of the war.
Significance was seen in the fact
that the announcement of the admins
trative action followed closely upon
the passage by the senate of the food
production stimulation bill with Its
rider enforcing nation wide prohibi'
tiOn as war mesaure.
In effect, the action by the Presi'
dent and his advisers anticipates the
"dry" legislation which has been hang
ing fire in Congress. The dry rider
would enforce nation wide prohibition
by June 80. All whisky distilling in
the United States or the distilling OF
other spirits for beverage purposes
was stopped by order of the President
just little short of year ago. with
the ban on brewing the nation is GER
tain to go dry within year, whether
the nation wide dry rider becomes a
law or not
Beer Is not aged like whisky, and
the stocks carried are comparatively
small The order issued by the food
administration curtailing the brewing
of beer 80 per cent. July 3 has resulted
In depletion of the stocks on hand.
1t will be matter of few months
only before the beer drinkers will be
out of a supply. AS the entire whisky
stock of the nation will be consumed
within year, according to the estl'
mates of the best qualified government
experts, this means Il dry nation with
or without prohibition legislation.
The bans placed upon both distilling
and brewing are put down as war con-
servation measures Dlstilling was
stopped to save the large amount OF
grain that was converted into alcohol.
Brewing is to be stopped to save not
only the grain that was matted, but
fuel consumption and transportation
as we'll A big saving in coal consump'
ton and in freight car capacity Of the
nation is anticipated.
The beer drinking population scarce
ly felt the so per cent. curtailment or
der which has been in effect two
months. This was because the brew
cries combined in coal saving to keep
up production, but it will be COM
paratlvely short time now before the
pinch Is felt
For year the food and fuel admin.
istrations have been cutting In upon
the beer supply Of the nation Re
1Rh han
was ordered year ago, making a saw
ing in matted grain. COincdent with
fuel administration orders limiting
brewing an order was issued by the
food administration prohibiting the
further mailing of grain for brewing
DurDOSpS.