Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-09-14
ALL BREWERIES
CLOSE DEC. |
Decree Making Bars BeerIess
Has Full Approval Of
the President.
PURELY A WAR MEASURE.
Manufacturers Of Other Beverages
Warned to Prepare for curtailment.
Prohibition Legislation Antiei-
pated by Drastic Act.

Washington. The bars of the ma.
ton will be- heercss next year regard
less OF whether the wartime prohibit.
ton measure, passed by the senate as
part of the agricultural stimulation
bill. becomes law.
An order which had the full mp
proyal OF President Wilson. went out
from the food administration closing
all brcweries In the country on De
cember /. This Is ne very action
which the original Randall rider, pass
ed by the house. sought to force upon
the President in providing that no ap.
propritaions for the stimulation OF az
riculture should be available until the
President had stopped the use OF food
stuffs for this purpose under the au-
thority conferred upon him 10y the
Lever law.
Warming 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 brcwcrics shut
down for the period of the war.
Significance was seen In the fact
that the announcement of the admins
tratlyc action followed closely upon
the passage by the senate of the food
production stimulation bill with its
al q. Ia
ton as 4 war measure.
In effect the action by the prcSi
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 diStilllnc in
the United States or the distillns Of
other spirits for beverage purposes
was stopped by order of the President
just little short nf 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 30 per cent. July ? has resulted
In u depletion of the stocks on hand
II Will he a matter of few months
only before the beer drinkers will he
out of supply. AS the entire whisky
stock of the nation will be- consumed
within year, according To the eSti
mates of the best qualified government
experts. this means dry nation with
or without prohibition legislation.
The bans placed upon both diStillinG
and brewing are put down ms war con
servation measures. DlStilling was
stopped TO save the large amount OF
grain that was converted into alcohol
Brewing Is 10 be stopped to save not
only the grain that was matted. but
fuel consumption aud transportation
as we'll 4 big saving In coal consump-
ton and In freight ear capacity OF the
nation Is anticipated
The beer drinking population scarce.
ly felt the 30 per cent curtailmcnt or.
der which has been In effect two
months. This was because the brew.
cries combined In coal saving To keep
up production. but 1t will be com.
paratively short time now before the
pinch is felt.
For year the food and fuel admin
istratlons have been cutting in upon
the beer supply of the nation. Re.
strictlon of the alcohol content of beer
was ordered year ago. making Il say
ing in matted grain. Coincldent with
fuel administration orders limiting
brewing an order was issued by the
food administration prohibiting the
further mailing OF grain for brewing
purposes.