The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-05-17
HOME DISTILLINC
MADE LESS EASY
Government Makes Elaborate Ar.
engagements to Discourage
Private Plants.
TAXES, fines and PRISON
Manufacture Of Whisky In Commercial
Quantities Made Especially Diff
cuIt-Home Stills Are Off.
cialIy Defined.

CIaIIy Oenneo.
Washington. - Ambitious drinkers
who expected to set up their own little
Stills and maintain an individual oasis
against the national drought are to be
checked up, taxed and policed by the
Internal revenue bureau Of the treas
ury department..
The bureau sent notice to every COL
iector of internal revenue of the re-
quirements for registering and paying
taxes on stills. The regulations are
rigid and apparently the only escape
for the individual defiant will be in
the home manufacture of the distillery
as we'll as the spirits.
Then Is given the following notice:
Under federal laws and regulations
manufacturers Of stills are required
to pay an annual special tax of $50
and in addition thereto 500 for each
still or worm for distilling made by
them. All persons, firms or corpora
lions thus manufacturing q still or
worm to be used In distilling are deem
ed manufacturers of stills. This ap-
plies to all stills capable Of the pro-
duction Of distilled spirits but does
not apply to small laboratory stills
CASUALLY CLASSY for legitimate labora-
tory purposes or to water stills which
are not capable Of and intended for
the production Of distilled spirits. Or
dinarily laboratory stills are small,
constructed of glass and not adapted
to the commercial production of dis
titled spirits.
How Stills Are Defined,
"Any stills or worms adapted to the
production Of distilled spirits for COM
mercial or beverage purposes are pre-
sumed to be intended for such use and
in consequence the manufacture there
of involves the manufacturer in special
tax liabilities as above In order to
remove such presumption in the case
of stills and worms intended to be
used in the manufacture of essential
oils, vinegar and like products and in
publication Of water (other than small
glass laboratory stills) the person for
whom such still is made will be re-
CURED to submit to the collector evil
dence under oath showing that the
still is not to be used for the produc-
ton Of spirits and setting forth spe-
officially the actual purposes for which
it is to be used
"The manufacturer of any still, boiler
or any vessel to be used for the pur-
pose of distilling must, before the
same is removed from the place Of
manufacture, notify in writing the COL
1ector Of the district in which such
still, boiler or other vessel is to be set
up, by whom it is to be used, it's ca
pacity and the time when the same is
to be removed from the place Of manu-
facture. Manufacturers of stills for
Industrial distilleries are exempt from
the special tax for the manufacture
of such stills, but they are required
to obtain permits for their removal
in the usual manner. Penalty for fall
ure to file return Of special tax with
in the time prescribed by law IS Is
per centum of the amount of the tax.
Penalty for carrying on the business
of manufacturer of stills without hav-
ing paid the special tax required by
law Is a fine of not less than 500 or
more than $1,000 and Imprisonment
of not less than 80 days or more than
two years.
GAIL stills set up, whether intended
for use or not, must be registered
with the collector Of the district on
form 26 in duplicate. This applies to
all stills of whatever size or for what
ever purpose intended, whether for
distillation Of spirits or for pharm-
aceutical or other purposes except as
to small glass laboratory stills. Pen
atty for failure to register still is
forfeiture of the still or distilling ap-
paratus which is not so registered, to-
gether with all personal property in
the possession or custody or under con-
troll Of such offender and found In his
building or in any yard or Enclosure
connected with the building In which
the same may be set up.
Tip for Home DistiIlers.
"A person who makes mash fit for
ulSL1lldLlOu IS uclU W US ulSIllASr
even though he does not vaporize or
condense the spirit. A mash fit for
distillation is a fermented beer in
which alcohol is generated. Obviously
the making Of such mash is not per-
MISSILE in the home brewing Of beer
or home production Of spirits, since
it renders the manufacturer liable as
an Illicit distiller. Penalty for illicit
distillation. is forfeiture Of the distil-
lery and distilling apparatus and all
distilled spirits and raw materials for
the prodp :tion of distilled spirits found
on the distillery premises, and a fine
of'not less than $500 or more than $5,-
600 and Imprisonment of not less than
six months or more than three years"
Mourn Dead Goose.
Huntington, md.-Mr. and Mrs. A. G..
Ferris Of Andrews are mourning the
loss by death Of a goose which was
given to them thirty years ago as q
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