The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23
HALF OF 1 PER CENT.
RULES DRY STATES
Brewers Fight Causes Anti
Saloon League to Canvass
Arid Territory.
STRICT LAWS ENFORCED
Some Measures Neglect to De-
fine How Much Alcohol
Will IntOxicate.
STRICT LAWS ENFORCED

The fight by the New York brewers to
save their business from ruin and to
preserve their right TO manufacture nom
intoxicating beer has aroused general in
terest in existing prohibitory laws
adopted by the various States. Wayne
b. Wheeler. national counsel for the
Anti-Saloon League of America, has
canvassed those State enactments and
finds that most of them set one-half Of
l per cent. as the permissible alcoholic
content. A number Of these laws are
extremely drastic, Virginia forbidding
fruits preserved in alcohol and West
virginia tabooing all malt or brewed
drinks whether intoxicating or not. Nom
tana, however, allows 2 per- cent. and
some other States merely ban liquor
which is intoxicating without defining
how much alcohol can be guaranteed to
produce intoxication.
In the District OF Columbia alcoholic
liquors are defined by law to include
''whiskey, brandy. rum, gin, wine. ale,
porter. beer, cordials, hard or fermented
cider. alcoholic bitters, ethyl alcohol. all
malt liquors and all other alcoholic
liquors"
Strict Han on Liquor.
Section l of the Arkansas law Iprbids
the manufacture, barter or giving away
of alcohol. vinous, malt, spirituous
or fermented liquors, or any compound
or preparation thereof commonly called
tonics, bitters or medicated liquors"
The Alabama act of 1919. Section l..
contains the following: "All liquors,
liquids or beverages, made in imitation
Of intended as substitute for beer. ale.
rum. gin, whiskey. or any other alcho-
~ mo Itnttnr
and further. that any liquor. drink or
liquid made or used for beverage pur-
poses containing any alcohol shall be
deemed an alcoholic liquor"
In Florida the law Classics pro-
hibited liquors and beverages under six
headings. viz:
alcohol. alcoholic liquors. spirituous
liquors and all mixed liquors any part
of which Is spirituous. foreign or do
nestle spirits, or rectified or distilled
spirits, absinthe, whiskey. brandy. rum
and gin.
''Vinous liquors and beverages.
"All matted. fermented or brewed
liquors whether alcoholic or not
or whether intoxicating or not.
And any drinks. liquors OF beverages
containing one.half OF per cent. of al
cohol or more by volume at 60 degrees
Fahrenheit. or any other liquids or
liquors manufactured or sold or other
wise disposed OF for beverage purposes,
containing said amount OF one-half of
l per cent. OF alcohol or more.
Any intoxicating bitters or beverages
by whatever name called.
All liquors and beverages or drinks
made in imitation OF or intended as a
substitute fog beer, ale. wine or whskey,
or other alcoholic or spirituous, vinous
or matt liquors. including those liquor.
and beverages commonly known and
called near beer"
Georgia stipulates among other things
that prohibited liquors shall include:
"All matted. fermented or brewed
liquors Of any name or description, man
ufactured from malt wholly or In part,
such as beer. lager beer, near beer por-
ter and ale, and all brewed or fermented
liquors and beverages in which maltese
Is substantial ingredient, whether al
coholic or not"
In Indiana there Is an amendment
pending TO strike out the one half OF /
per cent alcohol permitted at present
Indiana CONSTITUTES Intoxicating liquors
as meaning: IAN malt, v!nous or spirit
uous liquor containing 40 much as one
half of ! per cent OF alcohol by volume,
or any other intoxicating drink, mix
ture or preparation of like nature: and
all mixtures or preparations containing
such intoxicating liquor. whether pat
ented or not. reasonably likely or in
tended to be used as n beverage. and all
other beverages containing so much as
one-half OF l per cent. OF alcohol by vol
ume.'
Michigan construes Intoxicating
liquors" AS: ANY vinous, malt, brewed
fermented or spirituous liquors. and
intoxicating properties which is capable
OF being used as beverage, whether
indicated or not. and all liquids whether
proprietary or not. which contain alco.
hol and are capable of being used as a
beverage; and all mixtures. compounds
or preparations. whether liquid or not
which are intended when mixed with
water or otherwise to produce by fer.
meEtation or otherwise an Intoxicating
liquor"
In Montana the phrase Intoxicating
liquors means whiskey. brandy, gin
rum. wine, ale. spirituous. vinous, fer
mented or malt liquors. and liquor oil
liquid of any description, whether medi.
Gated or not, which contains as much AZ
2 per cent. alcohol and is capable OF
being used as a beverage,
Nebraska Places Limit.
Nebraska names one-half of per cent
an the limit OF alcohol content, and New
Hampshire sets the limit Mt ! per cent
OF alcohol and specifies that ans bever.
age ANY part of which is intoxicating
Is unlawful.
Oregon has set the one-half OF pei
cent limit and further bars "All mix.
turca. ~>orpasassds or 'eparatlary
whether liquid or not, which are In,
tended when mixed with water or 9th.
erwisc 10 produce. by fermentation o,
otherwise. an intoxicating liquor"
In South Dakota hard cider. absinths
and cordials are included under the head
o: Intoxicating liquors"
Utah is like Virginia and puts the bar
on fruit preserved in alcohol. and de,
fines liquors as; IAN fermented malt