Evening journal., 1919-10-29
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reouest their cooperation in urging
upon sherifrs aud all other local officers
the vital necessity of their immediate
assuming their responsibilities under
! the new act
The immediate effect OF the law Will
he stopping OF the sale OF 2.75 per cent.
beer. since the enforcement bill pro-
hibits the sale Of any beverage con
tanning one-half Of one per cent. or
more Of alcohol.
Funds for clamping down the lid
| will be made available today, House
! leaders say. The deficiency bill agreed
( to by the Senate late yesterday pro-
vides 100000 a month for enforcing
prohibition. The House will take siIni-
lar action today.
Dry leaders in both Houses today
denied the reports that any effort
would be made TO pass a bill making
! the nation dry between the time the
President declares war prohibition at
an end and TIE beginning Of constitu-
tional prohibition on January ].
Dry leaders believe that wartime
prohibition and constitutional pro-
\ lhibition will merge since President
Wilson has let il be known that he
will not lift the wartime ban until the
ratification Of the peace treaty.
! Interest Is centering in the efforts of
| the liquor dealers to force the govern
ment TO allow them TO dispose OF the
supplies now on hand. If the Supreme
Court should sustain the action Of the
Federal Court at Louisville, which held
| the wartime act unconstitutional be-
cause it deprives holders of bonded
! Iliduor the right TO dispose Of their sup
plies, il would offer liquor owners re-
! lief
It was also pointed out that in case
the government does not allow bonded
] liquor TO be sold a loss Of more than
| $500 100000 in revenue will result.
About 6O.OOO,0OO gallons are now in
bond, and the tax of 500 a gallon has
been paid on only 100000 gallons Of
this large supply.
Dry leaders in Congress today saw
the end Of the long legislative battle
that has revolved about prohibition for
fifty years.
1T has been a long, hard fight, but
! this is the end" declared Senator Nor
ris Sheppard today.
Some idea of the struggle that was
waged in the effort to enact national
prohibition legislation is shown by the
fact that in the bill just passed 2Si
amendments were made before suf-
hclent votes could be obtained to ef-
feet its passage.
The salient points Of the bill are as
follows:
Everything from whiskey to castor
oil having more than one-half of one
per cent. alcohol comes under its pro-
vision, while persons who probably
might violate its provisions include
natural persons, associations, co-part-
nerships and corporations"
No one but a physician may prescribe
liduor, and he must keep a record,
making report to the Federal authori-
ties.
Carriers Of liquor must assume the
risk that both the cOnsignee and con-
signOr are legally authorized to sell
and buy liquor. However, as pro-
lection for the railroads, the bill makes
It unlawful to ship liquor mislabelled.
Persons selling liquor TO the public
are liable to the public for any damage
by the purchasers while under the in
fluence Of same.
Private dwellings and homes are free
from search and guests Of private
homes may have a nip" with their
host without breaking the law.
one of the most drastic provisions Of
the bill is that stipulating that when
any officer Of the law discovering liquor
being Transported wagon, auto, aircraft
or watercraft, shall seize not only the
liauor. but the vehicle or automobile
as well. and arrest the person in charge
of same. Whether it be a "swig' or
carload the law is applicable unless
the liquor was purchased with ooc-
! tors prescription.
! Advertising Of liquor Is prohlDlted,
and under the provision Of the act II
/ liduor advertisements are tackled on
barn or fence the owner Is liable.