The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-04
Illegal te Possess Apple Juice
That Works Overtime.
Dudley DOOlittIe Answers Anx-
ious Queries of Farmers.
TELLS THEM WHAT NOT TO DO
Must Not Add Sugar, or Raisins
or Anything.
Can Only Be Sold While in Its
Virgin Sweetness.

Strong City, Kan, Dec. At is not
unlawful to have hard" cider in the
home. but it is illegal either to use or
sell it. according to Dudley Doolittle,
federal prohibition director for Kan
sas. who has his headquarters here. NJ
1T is permissible for an Individual
other than those bonded as vinegar
makers to possess in the home cider
having an alcoholic content in excess
OF II Of 1 per cent, when it is held in
the process of becoming vinegar" said
Mr.. Doolittle. However. If it is pro-
posed to manufacture vinegar on a
commercial scale it will be necessary
for the maker to bond himself and OBJ
tain permit from this office"
Many Want to Know.
Now that apple cider time is here,
numerous Inquiries have been received
by Mr.. Doolttle as to Interpretation of
the prohibition law in regard to the
use and manufacture of cider. He has
issued the following instructions:
THE national prohibition act de-
fines Intoxicating liquor so as to ir.-
clude hard or fermented cider contain
ing " of l per cent or more of alco-
hol by volume.
ANY person desiring to manufac-
ture such hard or fermented cider for
conversion into vinegar or for any 9TH
er legal non-beverage purposes is re-
quired to qualify by giving bond and
procuring q permit. Such cider may
be sold only in quantities of five wine
gallons or more by one qualified per-
Inittee to another pursuant to permit
to purchase.
Hard Cider Illegal.
ut is Illegal to possess, except in
the home cider containing II of l per
cent or more of alcohol without a per-
NIT. If a person purchases cider for
of 1 per cent and such cider later de-
velops a greater alcoholic content
than permitted by law, the person so
possessing such cider in good faith
may apply for a permit to dispose of
1t to another.
Where the alcoholic content of
sweet cider is kept. at all times, below
u of l per cent, the manufacturer or
vendor is not required to give bond or
obtain a permit either to ship or sell
such sweet cider. however, should
be steriliZed or preserved and be put
up in sterilized glass bottles or other
similar closed containers to insure the
alcoholic contents remaining less than
the n of l per cent until consumed.
Cider containing less than the allowed
maximum of alcohol. put up in closed
containers by the manufacturers for
sale as a soft drink. is subject to a tax
of 10 per cent of the sales price.
Can Sell 1t Sweet.
Sweet cider direct from the press
may be sold to customers by the glass
or IN other open containers without
payment of the sales tax, provided it
is not mixed or compounded with any
other ingredient and sold for con-
sumption at the place of business or
nearby.
Farmers and other persons. with
out obtaining permit or swing bond,
may take fresh apples or other fresh
fruit to a commercial mill for the pur-
pose of having the juice expressed
and such fresh juice of the fruit con-
tanning less than the II of 1 per cent
may be removed for the use in the
home exclusively.
Dried fruits such as raisins may
not legally be used in the manufacture
of misunderstanding fruit juices exclu-
sively for use in the home. Under no
circumstances should sugar or other
dependable substances be added to
apple, or other fruit juices. as such
addition is held to constitute the man
ufacfuring of a mash fit for distilla-
ton. within the prohibition of the
law"