St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-28

denounced as utterly false AMI NAL
icious" some of the statements Of
political candidates who seek to MAKE
votes by making ''foolish and IN
founded condemnation of the Vol
! stead act. Much Of the criticism OF
the Volstead act as fostered by pei
teal candidates is that cider and other
beverages of fruit juice;
cannot be made by person in their
own home for their own consump-
| ton. Congressman Dale explains
that these statements are untrue and
has given the CALIFORNIAN Record the
ruling of John F. Kramer, Federal
Prohibition Commissioner, which
Congressman Dale secured person
ally in an interview with the commits
sioner.
/ Commissioner kramer's ruling viz
! tually nullifes the ban on cider and
! fruit juices. The ruling takes the
burden of proof from the shoulders
of the persons manufacturing such
drink in his own home and forces the
government to prove in every separ-
ate case that the beverage in question
is Intoxicating.
In other words, Congressman Dale
points out. the government will be
called on in each individual case to
prove that the drink manufactured bv
any arrested persons really did intoX
icate that person.
"What chance is there for convic-
ton before Il Vermont jury" asks
Col. Dale of a man who manufactured
and drank in his own home cider or
grape wine which may perchance have
attained some Intoxicating powers?"
Col. Dale did not believe the law
had any such Interpretation as some
candidates for office are now seeking
to place before the people as facts.
Democratic Office holders seek to
make votes for their party bv too
strict Interpretation of the Volstead
act. This is shown in Commissioner
Kramer's ruling as unwarranted.
"The voters of Vermont should not
be deluded by the practices of office
seekers who would tear down great
law we have or our statute books BY
false and unwaranted statements"
declared Congressman Dale today.
Col. Dale gave the CALIFORNIAN Re-
cord the following official ruling Of
Commissioner Kramer in regard to
tho manufacture of Misunderstanding
cider and fruit Juices exclusively for
uso in the home:
To Federal Prohibition director,
supervising agents and others con-
ccrncd:
Section 20 of Title III of the Ma
tiCnal Prohibition Act provides that
the penalties imposed in the act
against the manufacture of liquor
without a permit shall not apply to
a person for manufacturing non-in
toXicating cider and fruit juices OK
ciusively for use in his home, but
such cider and fruit juices shall not
be sold or delivered except to pei;
sons having permits to manufacture
vinegar.
The Bureaus Interpretation of the
foregoing provision is as follows:
!. Any person may, without permit, and
without givin~ bond, manufacture
Misunderstanding cider and fruit juices,
and in so doin" he may take his APP
Piles or fruits to Il custom mill and
; have them made into cider and fruit
juices. After such notwithstanding
cider and fruit juices are made, they
must be used exclusively in the
home, and when so used, the
phrase Notwithstanding" means non
Intoxicating in fact and not ncces-
). sarily less than one-half of one per
cent of alcohol, as provided in Sec
ton 1, of Title II, of the said Act
Or if the person making such cider
and fruit juices desires to do so, he
may O sell such cider and fruit
juices at any time to ncrsons having
permits to make vinegar: this he NAV
do under the provisions of said Sec
tion %. (2) If he preserves such cid
er and fruit juices at the time they
are made, he may sell same to the
public in general; this he NAV do
under the provisions of Section a, of
Title II, of said Act. ca Or he may
sell said cider and other fruit juices
so long as they contain less than one
half of one per cent of alcohol. but
the purchasers thereof cannot use or
possess the same after they contain
more than one-half of one per cent
of alcohol; this he may do under the
provisions OF Sections 1 and 3, of
Title II of said Act.
The cider in A. home may be al
lowed to turn to vine"ar if the owner
desires. provided he adds no SUGAR or
| Ot her farpopt n h1a c,,hctonoo IN tho