The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-10-21

ANYWHERE FOR MANUFACTURE
ING EITHER INTOXICATING |
WINE, CEREAL BEVERAGES, so
CALLED HOME BREW, OR DIS
TITLED SPIRITS IN THE HOME
OR ELSEWHERE FOR BEVERAGE |
PURPOSES.
Concerning the activities of per-
sons supplying material and equip
ment for the production of liquor in
the home, reference is made to Sec
ton IS of Title ii of the National
Prohibition Act which reads as fol-
lows:
'It shall be unlawful to advertise,
manufacture, sell, or possess for sale
any utensil, contrivance, machine,
preparation, compound, tablet, sub
stance, formula direction, or recipe
advertised, designed, or intended for
use in the unlawful manufacture Of in
toxicating liquor"
Under this section it is illegal to
furnish stills, parts of stills, worms or
coils, malt extracts or syrups, infer
mented fruit juices, such as grape
must or any fermentable material,
recipes or formulate for the manufac-
ture of liquor for use in the home or
elsewhere for beverage purposes.
It is a violation of this section to
manufacture, sell. Or possess for sale,
except to person holding permit
Under the National Prohibition Act,
malt extract with hops and clarifler
for the manufacture of cereal bever-
ages or malt liquor. The only per-
sons issued permits by this office for
the manufacture of cereal beverages
are proprietors of de-alcoholizing
plants and vinegar factories using
the vaporizing process, all of whom
may manufacture, commercially only,
cereal beverages containing less than
one-half of one per cent of alcohol by
volume.
There is widespread impression
that it is legal to manufacture with
out permit, in the home or else
where, beer, ale, and porter, contain
ing less than one-half Of one per cent
alcohol by volume. Manufacturers OF
malt extracts and similar material
endeavor to take advantage of this
supposed condition of the law to sell
such extracts or material for the
manufacture by persons in the home
of beer, ale, or porter, ostensibiy to
, contain less than one-half of one pei
cent of alcoholic content. Such per-
sons seek to hide their fraudulent OBJ
} iects by putting the recipe for thu
{ manufacture of alcohol containing
: high alcoholic content in the shape o.
e a warning not to follow a certail
course because such course will pro
y duce a high alcoholic content with
n out of course deceiving anyone as t.
e the real intent.
: Such persons are, as a matter Q
Il fact, mistaken as to the legal aspect
= of the situation. The law does nc
O actually permit of the manufactur
l. without permit of beer, ale, an
II porter, even though the alcoholic cor
j. tent be less than one-half of one pc
h cent of alcohol by volume. Section
o of Title II of the National Prohibitio
lie Act provides: "When used in Title
II and Title III of this Act o. the wor
liquor or alcohol, brandy, whisk!
8, rum, gin, beer, ale, porter and win
r, in addition thereto any spirltuou
,r yinous, malt, or fermented liquor, |
ID guilds and compounds, whether med
IS Gated, proprietary, patented, or no
n and by whatever name called, col
a tanning one-half of one per cent
lie alcohol by volume which are tit IL
he use for beverage purposes" 1t
" common to read this language "col
X tanning one-half of per cent or MOI
IS of alcohol by volume" as relating
ne and qualifying the preceding la'
a guage "alcohol, brandy, whisky, run
or gin, beer, ale, porter and Wine" HoV
Or ever, under the correct reading OF IL
1t statute, the language "containir
o. one-half of one per cent or more
al alcohol by volume" does not relate
as the language "alcohol, brandy, viii
p ky, rum, gin, beer. ale, porter, al
On wine," but relates to and qualities n
IL only the succeeding language "and
in addition thereto any spirituous, VI
MS Gus. malt, or fermented liquors,
on ouids and compounds whether met
f. Gated proprietary, patented, or n
IN and by whatever name called, contai
IT ing one-half of one per cent or mo
BY of alcohol by volume. which are