Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-16
CHICAGO LIQUOR
DEALERS TO EXPORT
STOCKS OF BOOZE
MAKE PREPARATION FOR GET.
TING BARREL LID GOODS INTO
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, SINCE NO
HOPE APPEARS FOR VT U. S.

HOPE APPEARS F OF VT u. s.
Chicago, Gee Ia Chicago licu r.
dealer Plaza to export and 10 dealco.
holize the vast Quan'il, o. Eqror the =
have stored IN focal wagpnou e. q mum.
Der Of leaders ia HE induNrp ala %ee.
terday. TIE Supreme Court ruling mad
been discounted; ana plaL3 nave Dern
under way Tor cvegu months IN snap
much OF tie ioc2l Nhiski 70 Europe.
Mexico ana parts III Canada
The whisky can be dc..A 'phoIi2eG
and sold aS pure alcohol for CONNER
cial purposes, II IS SAID al Il Sma!!
profit /. law are enacted that viii
permit lts removal without payment
OF the tax OF 81. 10 a gallon
Extra Export Tax Levied
AS the matter now stands the own
ers Will have 10 pay the government
tax when IT is removed either Tor eN-
port or any other purpose Ii Tor eX-
port an additional tax Of SlIU - lev
led The report had gained circuia.
ton that the So. so tax did NOT apply
when the liquor was exported, but to-
cal revenue officers say this l. an
true.
There are more than l0,u0O,Gud gal
Ions of whisky stored in Tree ana
bonded warehouses in Chicago, II was
said yesterday The bonded goods IS
under federal control and there Is mt
tie likelihood that il can be removed
even for commercial purposes unu!
new laws are enacted.
There are about 3,o060O0 gallons o.
whisky in so-called free warehouses,
but the state search and seizure law
prevents its removal. The federal Oh
lcials disclaim any respon- ibiity for
the whisky in this class oi warehouses,
although if evidence Of It's sale Is pro.
cured the district attorney can pros
ecute under the Lever act.
State Laws intervene.
It's removal for purposes other than
sale in saloons j. permissible as TAR
US the government Is concerned. me
attorney general of the state, however,
has ruled that Coufiscation and pros
ecution under the stat, law Will tni-
low any attempt TO move it ,or any
purpose.
Grommes 4 Ulrch. Hannah X Hogs.
Eitel Brothers. the Old Rose Distiil'
Ing Company alid other leading liquor
dealers in Chicago were uncertain as
TO their plans yesterday.
A representative OF Gr0mmes
Ullrich said.
If the situation does rot lock moro
hopeful within the HeAt few weeks W
will make plans to export what we
have or have ii converted into pure
alcohol for commercial purposes. ~
does not seem possible that Congress
will remain inactive on the question
very long. because after Jan. u We
cannot even export 1t.
Want to Know Fate.
IF the final hope is to die, then we
would IKE to knCw II as soon as pos
sible so that we can carry on, our
plans for future disposition OF our
stock
The same opinion was expressed ny
Otto Eitel OF Eitel Brothers. ana
there is a likelihood that the big deal
crs will combine 10 dispose OF al
their stock At Cncc
Louisville Saloonmen Uneasy.
Louisville. Ky. Dec. Watching
one Of their last remaining hopes tor
brief wet" spell disappear by the de-
cision yesterday Of the federal I'd
preme Court uphoding the war Time
prohibition act, Kentucky distiiier5
and former saloon proprieto:s today
were deeply troubled.
How to lawfully dispose Of approx
mately 3S0O9,00D gallons OF liquor
worth at Wholesale approximately
0,OoC, GOO was the problem, NhiI@
expectation Is allowed until national
prohibition becomes effective Jan. /"
1920, n scarcity Of ocean tonnage pre-
vents shipments to ioreien lands.
1000 to Quit.
Chicago. Dec. lG--Four thousand Of
Chicagos 5000 will close their doors
or 20 into other business on January
|, according to an estimate today ny
NJ j. Mccarthy, secretary OF the III
nois Liquor Dealers association.
I'VE really expected to see the
saloons open up after the supreme
Courts action" he said, and the decis-
ion unfolding war time prohibition
took the ncp out of the owners.
Most OF the saloon Keepers had re-
tanned their leases and operated soft
drink establishments with their reg
ular corps of bartenders since july t.
Mccarthy said the closing January
l would throw 10000 men ont of EN-
ployment
The statement Of Levy Mayer, chief
counsel for the LIQUOR interest of the
middle west that the real fight has
not begun" brought some cheer to the
saloon owners and distillery heads.
This decision is just scratch on
the surface he said. The constltu-
tionality of the eighteenth, or prohi'
bition amendment will he attached M
a few days. None of the questions in
yolyed in the case just decided mas
any relation to or any bearing on the
momentOus Eight that will be made ON
the amendment.