New Britain herald., 1919-10-29
No Beverage With More Than One. half Of One Per Cent. Of AL COhOhC Content Can Be
 Served
B0OTLEGGERS AND OTHER
 PEDDLERS ARE WARNED
Revenue Collector Estimates That Connecticut Brewers Have Between 5O,OOO and 6O,0OO Barrels of Beer of 2,75 Nintase-All Officials Arc Expected to Aid in Enforcing Reg uatiOns.


 Hartford, Oct. 29.-Collector of Internal Revenue James J. Walsh gave out the following statement to- day relative to the enforcement of the national prohibition act.
 One-Half Of One Per Cent.
 '"The passage of the national pro- hibition act over President Wilson's veto by the congress of the United States yesterday afternoon made the prohibition enforcement section effec- tive immediately and provided the in ternal revenue bureau with the ma chinery for preventiny the sale of beV erages containing one-half of one per cent. or more alcohol by volume.
 What Law Includes.
 The national prohibitions act de- fines intoxicating liquors as including alcohol, brandy, whisl1ey, rum, gin, beer ale, porter and wine and in ad- dition thereto any spirtuOus, vinOus, malt or fermented liquors and com pounds, whether medicated, proprie- tary, patented or not, and by what ever name called, containing one-half of one per centum or more of alco- hol by volume which are fit for use for beverage purposes. Under this definition the manufacture and sale of beverages or compounds fit for beverage purposes, which contain one-half of one per centun1 or more of alcohol by volume, is clearly pro-
 All Must Cooperate.
 'While the internal revenue bureau is made the agency of directing the enforcement of the measure and
  Roper as enforcem lent officer for the district of Connecticut. responsibility is not confined solely to federal off cers. State, county and municipal officers are expected to do their full share in stopping and punishing vio- lations and the successful administra tion of the law.
 q have between so and 100 men available for enforcement work and their first attention will be given to the following violations:
 ''1. Open or clandestine saloons.
 "2. Open or clandestine manufac ture or sale of beverage spirits and fermented malt liquor.
 "3. Bootleggers or peddlers.
 Tn view of the fact that the con- gress of the United States, notwith standing the veto of the president, has insisted upon the enforcement of the war prohibition act, l call upon manufacturers, wholesale and retail liquor dealers to observe all the re- uuirements of said act while same is in force and in operation"
 No More Beer to Be Made.
 No more real beer will be made in Connecticut until the situation as re- gards national prohibition changes greatly. This was the staten ent to- day of N. w. Kendall, president of the Connecticut Brewers association. Nothing above one-half of one per cent. will be brewed he said.
 Much Booze Left Over.
 'The brewers of the state will live up strictly to the letter of the pro- hibition enforcement law,' said MT. Kendall. '"They still pin their hope on the asserted probability that Pres ident Wilson will lift the prohibition ban some time in November" This Mr. Kendall pointed out, would give the brewers a month or six weeks in which to dispose of their stock. He estimated that Connecticut brewers had between 0,000 and 60,O00 barrels of beer of 2.75 per cent. alcoholc con-