Milford chronicle., 1920-07-30
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in receipt of two important rulings
by the Internal Revenue department
in Washington bearing on the inter-
probation of-ithe Enforcement of the
Nolstead act One gives a more liber-
al Interpretation on the MANUFACTURE
and use OF homemade drinks. che
other forbids. the administering of
whisky TO workingmen in5fed in
factories as first aid" While it
would seem that the housewife has
gained something by the DECISION,
still it contains the ominous. words
prohibiting beverages that cOnslin
moref than ione-half Of one per cent
alcohol. Hence the ruling is EXPECTED
to raise anew the question Of how
much alcohol must be contained in a
homie brew to give it kick"
The ruling is important at this
time because of the arrival of cider
making season. 1t follows:
Section 29iof Title II. of the Nation
al Prohibition act provides that the
penalties inipOsS in the act against
the manufafturs OF liquor without a
permit shah not apply to a 'person
for manufacturing mountaineering
cider and fruit juices exclusively for
use in his home, but such cider and
fruit juices shall not be sold or deliy-
cred eXceptsto persons having permits
to manufacture vinegar.
The bureaus Interpretation of the
foregoing provision is as follows:
ANY person may, without permit and
without giving bond, manufacture
nOnintoxicatlng cider and fruit juices,
and iu SO doing he may take bis ap-
pies or fruits to custom mill and
have them made into cider and fruit
juices. After such nOnintOXicating ci-
der and fruit juices are made, they
must be used exclusively in the home
and when so used, the phrase mon
Intoxicating TTg7T11z5 nU7T1utUzf zfc7Tti1r=5
in fact and not necessarily less than
One-half of one per cent of alcohol,
as provided in Section 1 of Title III,
of the said act.
Or if the person making such cider
and fruit juices desires to do so, he
may. "a sell such cider and fruit
juices at any time to persons having
permits to make vinegar; this he
may de under the provisions of said
Section 2S; (2) if he preserves 1fch
cider and fruit juices at the time they
are made, he may sell same to the
public in general; this he may do
under the provision of Section 4, of
Title II. of said act; (S) or he may
sell said cider and other fruit juices
so long as they contain less than
one-half of l per cent of alcohol but
the purchasers thereof cannot use or
possess the same after they contain .
more than one-half of ] per cent of
alcohol; this he may do under ne
provisions of Section l and 3, of Title
II, of said act.
The cider in he home may be al
lowed to turn to vinegar if the owner
desires, provided he adds no sugar or
other fermentable substance to the
cider or fruit juices to increase the
alcoholic content thereof, inasmuch
as such practice is held to constitute
a mash fit for distillation within the
provisions of Section 32S2, revised
statutes; he may sell said vinegar to
any one who may desire to purchase
il this he may do under the prOVis-
ions of Section 4, of Title II, of said
act.
This regulation is not intended to
cover the commercial use of cider and
fruit juices but merely the use of
the same as applied to the home and
as provision is made in Section 29,
of Title H. of said act.
Under a ruling by William NJ. Will
liams, commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, workmen in factories and in
dustry generally must not be fur
nished with a drink of whisky as a
"frst-aid" treatment.
Secretary Houston, of the Treasury
Department has approved the new
ruling, which repeals Section "a, Reg
ulations so authorizing procurement
of liquor for use in "first-aid' treat
ment at manufacturing, industrial and
other establishments hitherto.
The regulations now reads as fol-
lows:
On and after the effective date of
these regulations no permit will be
issued to any person authorizing the
use of intoxicating liquor in first-aid
treatment at manufacturing, indus
trial and other establishments, as
provided by Section "a OF Regulation
60.
Any person to whom such a permit
has previously been issued may, prior
to the expiration of the present cal
endar year, use any liquor heretofore !
procured by him under authority
thereof for the purpose and at the ,
establishment indicated in said per- !
init, upon compliance with the re-
Of the section above men ,
toned.
Such person will not. however, be !
permitted to procure further supplies Z
of Intoxicating liquor for such pur- !
poses, and the director will refuse to
approve any application for permit :
to purchase Form 1410 filed hereafter
by such person. When the liquor now ,
in the possession OT sucn permlttee q
has been disposed of as above provid- :
ed his permit shall be imperative.