The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-03
"DRY" LICENSES
EXCEED $1,000
Nearly 10000 Physicians Have
Received Permits To Write
Prescriptions; Druggists
In Big Numbers sEJJU


druggists. retail aad wholesale. and
manufacturers Of proprietary medl-
clues. navoring extracts. sirups, etc.
have been licensed in the Unaed
States and its consular possessions TO
date. under the national prohibition
ac,. according 10 statistics just com
piled in the office az the prohibition
commissioner. Joha ii. Kramer.
The records n the internal revenue
bureau also show that nearly 1900
physicians in the United States. Ha-
wsii and Porto Rico have received per
mits TO write prescriptions calling for
the dispensation ot intoxicating liQ-
uo-s for medicinal purpose and that
additional permits az the rate OF 1000
month ore ei1. issued TO physi-
clans.
Tahulatlon by states Of the physs-
clans licensed up 10 June 25 show that
the prohibition director for MaSsachu-
setts has issued more than i5 per cent
of TIE number of such permits dis
rihused New York state has another
10 per cent
Z Massachusetts, Leads
The exact figures are MAsSachu.
| SettS, 2,450: New York. 2.42l Pennsyl-
ysnia. 1925; Ohio. 1,450; Maryland.
/ l.225: Missouri. 1.150: Minnesota. tSA3.
In states snch as Illinois. Kansas and
Indiana. where state codes viii no,
permit of the use of such permits. no
PHYSICIANS have been licensed by the
government SO 70 prescribe.
Porto Rican physicians. apparently.
are awake to their opportunities under
prohibition. l76 licenses n physicians
10 prescribe Intoxicating liquors hav-
ins been issued in that territory. or
more than have been issued 10 Missis-
sippi. Arkansas. New Mexico. Nevada.
North Dakota. South Dakota, West
Virginia. Georgia. Florida and Maine
combined
New York state Is far In the van IN
number Of retail and wholesale drug
gisrs. manufacturers ot proprietary
medicines. extracts and other products
requiring the use 81 Intoxicating liquor
SIS SO ingredient. Permits FOR those
dispensers of products containing con-
siderable quantities Of intnxicants
have been issued to 1900 In New
Nors state alone or about 2S per cent
II rhe total In the country.
Pennsylvania ranks second with
shpHs u Saa such permits Issued VI 70
June Is, Illinois Is thsrd with nearly
5000. Massachusetts, is fourth with
about 1870 and Ohio Is less than s
hundred behind In fifth place.
More than rrice as many permits 4
for ihe sale alO1e az liquors have
heea issued In Pennsylvania as IN any
other state. There are GY2 issued In
the Keystone state out Of 3.243 for the
entire country These are issued prin-
cipaliy TO disullers and others. having
Intoxicating stuff In boud. bur some
" AoleSale liquor dealers and possibly
some druggists may be found in this
class.
Permits for Manufacture.
Only 23S permits for the manufac- +
ture of intOxicants have been issued.
and more than fourth Of these. or
81. have gone to the wineries Of Cali
fornla. Two permits of this class have
been issued TO distiIlers az whisky.
both in Pennsylvania. according TO en-
f0rcement officials.
ThiTty-dve Of the sixty rectifers'
license have been granted TO firms in
New York state.
ohio's state prohibition director has
issued more permits for the trans
pcrEation OF Intoxicating liquor than
any other. with $50. Kentucky is sec
oad with 251 and PENNSYLVANIA third
with la9. MaSsa sachuSetts ranks fourth
with 147, California fifth with 40.
Nsw York sixth with lbs. Connecticut
seventh with 112 shd Missouri eighth
with 90.
All other classes OF permits for the
use In any way of intoxicating liquor,
In its importation or expectation. for
manufacture or use OF intoxicating
cider for conversion into vinegar. and
for the sale or purchase Of alcoholic
preparations, sirups and beverages of
more than half of per cent alcoholic
contents are issued direct from the
prohibition commissioners Office. as
also are permits to operate dealcohol-
izing plants and reaihcation establish
ments
Permits n" for the use Of intoxi-
eating liquors-in the manufacture OF
medicinal preparations. extracts. sir
ups. etc.--have been issued up TO the
number OF 45.S0s and permits "r' for
the use and sal4" OF such liquors
have been issued mp to the number Of
1880. These two classes of permits
take in both wholesalers and retailers
Of ntoxicsnts-always with the quail
fcatioa for medicinal purposes"-and
because of the confusion resulting
from these similar classifeaticns. HI"
and IT permits now are being consol-
idated In many instances so that drug
gists. for instance, may not only dis
pelse whisky, etc. on prescription, but
may also use IL in connecting EeiIesaal
preparations OF more than one fslfn
Of per cent alcoholic content
At the present rate Il withdrawal
from bond il win take only five years
for the available supply of whisky in
tho rrrsfsal Sfato1 ~. 30 s.s,r,-,.rxal