Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1920-10-01
yOLSTEADING VERMONT.

state convention for an enforcement law
similar to the Volstead act is simply rec
ognition of the necessity of revising the
liquor laws of the state to make them
consistent with the federal law on the
subject. Perhaps the word similar does
not accurately describe what the new
law must be. 1t must be concurrent
to the same effect. Repeal of the
Vermont liquor law would be INSULT
cient because it would leave no law for
the state officers to enforce. The
state should not attempt to shift the re-
sponsbilty of enforcing this law on
federal agents.
The first change in the Vermont law
must be definition of Intoxicating
liquor or ''lquor" that will agree with
the federal law. At present intoxicating
liquor in Vermont includes all beverages
containing one per cent or more of al
cohol. In the new law this must be re-
duced to one half on one per cent and
in addition to beverages must be in
medicatcd, proprietary, patented or not,
and by whatever name called The
present Vermont law permitting the sale
of fermcnted cider in barrels or casks
of not less than 81 gallons must be re-
lpealed.
All provisions for voting on the Ii
censc question at the March meetings
for licensing the sale of liquor (unles'
possibly under licenses of the fifth
class for collecting license fees and the
prescription by n physician of not more
than half pint of liquor in "a hours
for a patient must be repealed.
The prohibition of the new law must
be more complete than the present law.
The present Vermont law says: "a
person shall not furnish or sell or
expose or keep with intent to sell, any
Intoxicating liquor, except as authorized
by this chapter" The federal law
says "No person shall manufacture,
sell, barter, transport, import, export
deliver, furnish or possess any intoXi-
eating liquor. except as authorized n
this act" More comprehensive prohi-
biton than the state has ever had must
now be made. The federal act allows the
sale of liquor for non-beverage purposes
wine for sacramento purposes under
federal permit, also the manufac
| turc and sale of denatured alcohol OF
denaturcd rum, medicinal preparations
unfit for beverage purposes, patent OF
proprietary medicines, toilet medicinal
and antiscptic preparations or solutions
havoring extracts and syrups unfit fol
beverage purposes, vinegar and pre-
| served sweet cider. Vermont can pass
| law allowing the same privileges.
Physicians under permit may be al
lowed to prescribe not more than pin
in ten days for a person after making {
physical examination and being con
WINGED such prescription is necessary fol
the relief of some known ailment. 4
regular pharmacist, under permit, ma!
sell liquor on a doctors prescription, bu
can fill prescription but once and mus
keep complete record of all prcscrip
tions filled. Only prescription blank
furnished by the commissioner of inter
nal revenue or his agents can be use'
by the physician.
The transportation of liquor is ais
severely restricted to prevent misrcpre
sentation of the nature of the goods of
fered for shipment and the delivery o
the parcel to anyone but the bona fid
consignec. Advertising of liquor in an.
form. except by manufacturers an
Wholesale druggists, or of any machiner
of continuance for the unlawful manufao
turc of liquor must be made illegal.
, Probably u revision of the penaltie
for violation of the will also have t
be revised to comply with the fedora
! act. Vermont law prohibits intoxicatio
; and imposes penalties therefor, whic
the federal law does not. Probabl
e this feature of the state law can be r.
tanned in the new act.
= 1t will be seen such radical change
= in the liquor law of Vermont are nece
+ sary it probably will be rewritten an
y the person who does this will have
g big task to perform.
: PROGRESSIVE PLATFORM.