The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-10-10
Hy the President Of the United States
Of America
A Proclamation,


Whereas, under and by virtue Of
an act of Congress entitled "An act tt
provide further for the national secur
ity and defense by encouraging the
production, conserving the supply, and
controlling the distribution of food
products and fuel" approved by the
President on August 10, 1917, it II
provided in section Is, among othel
things as follows:
Whenever the President shall find
that limitation, regulation, or prohibi
ton Of the use Of foods. fruits, food
materials, or feeds in the production
Of malt or vinous liquors for bever
age purposes, or that reduction Of the
alcoholic content Of any such malt OF
vinous liquors. is essential, in order
to assure an adequate and continuous
supply of food, or that the national
security and defense will be subserv
ed thereby, he is authorized, from
time to time, to prescribe and give
public notice of the extent of the limi
tation, regulation, prohibition, or re-
ductioa so necessitated. Whenever
such notice shall have been given and
shall remain unrevok9d, no person
shall; after reasonable time pres.
cribed in such notice, use any foods,
fruits, food materials, or feeds in the
production Of mat or vinous liquors
or import any such liquors except
under license issued by the President
and in compliance with rules and
regulations determined by him gov.
erning the production and importation
Of such liquors and the alcoholic con-
tent thereof"
Now, therefore, I Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the powers con.
ferred on me by said act of Congress,
do hereby find and determine that it
is essential, in order to assure an ade-
quate and continuous supply of food,
in order to subserve the national Sc
curity and defense, and because of
the increasing requirement of war in
dustries for the fuel productive capa-
city of the country, the strain upon
transportation to serve such indus
tries, and the shortage of liquor caus-
ed by the necessity of increasing the
armed forces Of the United States,
that the use of sugar, glucose, corn,
rice, O: any other foods, fruits, mater.
ials, and feeds in the production of
malt liquors. including near beer, for
beverage purposes be prohibited. And
by this proclamation prescribe and
give public notice that on and after
October 1, 1918, no person shall use
any sugar, glucose, corn, rice, or any
other foods, fruits, food materials, or
feeds, except malt now already made.
and hops, in the production Of malt
liquors. including near beer, for bev.
erage purposes, whether or not such
malt liquors contain alcohol; and on
and after December 1, 1918. no person
shall use any sugar, glucose, corn, rice
or any other foods, fruits, food mater
ials, or feeds, including malt, in the
production Of malt liquors, including
near beer, for beverage purposes,
whether or not such malt liquors con.
tain alcohol.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF
the United States to be affixed.
Done in the District of Columbia,
this sixteenth day of September in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eighteen, and Of the in.
dependence of America the one hun.
dred and forty-third.
(SEAL) WOODROW WILSON
BY the President:
Robert Lansing. Secretary of
State.