The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-13
ANTl-sALooNlsTs ASSIST
Prohibition Enforcement Bill viii
Live Up to Its Purpose.

Washington, Sept. S.-The Anti
Saloon League of America will assist
the government in the enforcement
OF the wartime prohibition act. The
first move in that direction was made
Sunday when that organized an alpha
betical index of the prohibition en-
lorcement code, and a summary of its
main provisions, to be used by feder-
al agents and others.
While the House is preparing to go
through the formalities of resisting
Senate amendments, the Anti-Saloon
League has accepted the action of the
Senate as final.
Careful reading of the prohibition
bill reveals additional drastic provis-
ions. 1t has been framed to cover
every sort of manufacture or sale of
Intoxicating liquor The Anti-Saloon
League attorneys drew most of the
important provisions and superntend
ed the construction of the amend.
.mentI.
After the House passed the Vol.
stead bill, members of the Senate jul.
dietary committee asserted that they
would construct their own bill. but
they soon turned to the House draft
The Senate made few important
changes. 1t added a new section TO
provide for prohibition in the canal
zone and amendments providing for
the issuing of prescriptions not on
blank forms in cases of emergency
and striking out the provision putting
the burden on the defendant to show
the alcoholic content of liquor There
are many striking provisions in the
new bill.
No person shall solicit or receive
from any person any order for liquor
or give any information of how liquor
may be obtained in violation OF this
act" is the language of section 49,
Under this, lawyers hold, it would
be illegal to give friend or a nelgn-
Dor a recipe for making anything pro-
hibited by the prohibition laws
Civil damage suits can be brought
by person injured by intoxicated
persons" against any person contri-
buting to such intoxication by selling
liquor or assisting in procuring it."
This is considered far reaching
proposition, broad enough to take in
John Smith if he tells Tom Jones
where an Illicit drink is procurable.
Common carriers must secure a per
nit and keep a record of liquor re-
ceived for shipment, and deliver it
only to persons presenting verified
copy OF a permit OF purchase. A
copy of the permit is to be made part
of the carriers record. Agents OF
carriers are authorized to administe:
oaths To consignees who must be
identified. if not personally known to
the agent. 1~.GE
IA snan be unlawful" the Dln a4y
for a person to use or induce any
carrier, or any agent or employee
thereof to carry or ship any package
or receptacle containing liquor with.
out notifying the carrier of the true
nature and character of the shipment.
No carrier shall transport nor
shall any person receive, liquor FROM
a carrier unless there appears on the
outside of package containing sucn
liquor, if the shipment be made by
The manufacturer, label such as is
required by section r. If by any other
person the following information:
Name and address OF the consigner or
seller, name and address of the con-
signee, kind and quantity of liquor
therein, and number of the
permit under which the shipment is
made"
1t is these drastic provisions that
have enabled the prohibition forces in
the dry States to curtail the traffic.
They expect to succeed better than
ever under the federal provisions.
Chairman Volsted of the House
judiciary committee does not look for
a stiff fight over any of the Senate
to the prohibition en-
forcement bill. He thinks the differ
ences can be settled without difficult
~
The House did not get chance to
vote on the amendment that would
permit home manufacture of non-in-
beverages, such as cider
which would have been permitted by
In amendment offered by Represent
ltive Steele (Dem., Pa This was
animated on point of order by Rep
Blanton (Dem., TeX.).
The House conferees are expected
o make an effort to have replaced in
he bill the House provision requiring
IN injunction against bootlegging.
rhis has been stricken out of the
senate draft of the measure.