The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28
DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST BEER TO
MEET HARD FIGHT
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give the whole liquor business not
to exceed thirty days to get out Of
the way OF winning this war
Many members Of both branches Of
Congress believe the Norris amend
ment particularly unjust to the labor
ing class in that it cuts on in three
months the beverage which is most
generally used and which is the most
temperate of all the alcoholic drinks
Beer, they point out. is now only
two and one-half per Gent alcohol,
much Of It only two per cent, for
since the ruling of the President that
1t contain only two and three-quar-
ters per cent the brewers in order
to be on the safe side have been
making beer with less than the au-
thorized amount of alcohol.
Beer VIII Not Keep.
Under the terms Of the amendment
She brewing would be forbidden after
three months from the authorization
OF the law. Beer will not keep. and
any beer brewed in the period OF
three months, IL not consumed within
two months thereafter, would have
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erage purposes
Further than this. the ruling Of the
President put a limit on the amount
of foodstuffs that could be used In
brewing this year, fixing that amount
at 20 per cent Of last years consump-
ton, would make il impossible for the
brewers to make and store any con
siderable amount of beer before the
period allowed for manufacture had
expired.
As against the brief period for the
making and sale of beer, the amend
ment allows tn esale Of whiskey for
practically a year. and the making
Of wines for a similar time and the
sale of wines unlimited by any date
Unfair Discrimination
These discriminatory conditions
are looked upon as unfair, and there
are many of the members inclined to
prohibition who will not vote to treat
beer so radically while whiskey and
wines are given greater privileges
CONGRESSMAN Randalrs statement
published in The Times yesterday,
calling attention TO this discrimina-
tion and the putting OF the country
on a whkskey basis. attracted wide at
tsntion and will be the keynote OF
those who will oppose the passage II
the Norris measure.
Many members are calling atten-
ton to the fact that this amendment
does not at all accord with the ex-
pressed wishes OF the President ex-
pressed m his letter to Senator Shep-
pArd. nor with the opinions Of Mr..
Hoover, when he discussed the rela-
tons of the brewing of beer to the
conservation Of food inNhis letter TO
he same Senator.
Senator Lewis. View.
Senator Lewis Of Illinois today
said he could not vote for the amend
ment and that he considered it dis
ertminatory In that It required man
ufacture OF beer to halt in three
months and allowed manufacture Of
vine 70 go on for a year.
The amendment is so discrtmtna-
tory and unfair that 1 cannot sup
port it" said Senator Lewis. There
Is no reason why there should be a
limit Of time placed on the man
ufacture of beer different from that
Imposed on the manufacture Of wine.
Under the amendment the manufac-
ture Of wine would be allowed to go
On until June 80, 1919. The manu-
fAeture Of beer would be cut off in
three months am opposed to the
amendment because I do not believe
e wise OF necessary. ] am opposed
% Il because II is discriminatory