New Britain herald., 1921-10-25
SALE Of REAL BEER
 IS NOW AUTHORIZED
Doctors May Prescribe 24 Bottles
 Often as Necessary

Washington. D. C., Oct. 24.-Real peer as medicine received the off, ciai seal of approval last night from secretary of the Treasury Mellon. MT Mellon affixed his signature to regula- tons authorizing brewers to make and sell beer with kick for medicinal uses. Consumers can buy only of re- tall druggists holding permits to sell alcoholic liquors.
 Physicians are authorized to pre- scribe two and half gallons or the equivalent of one case of twenty-four bottles to a patient on a single pre- scr1ption. No limitation is placed upon the frequency of prescriptions that may be issued, or the dates of issue.
 Physicians Have Say. - The regulations signed by MT. Mel lon and drawn under the direction of Commissioner of Internal Revenue David Fl. Blair leave to physicians the widest latitude in deterining the malt liquor needs of their patients. The rules governing the manufac- ture, sale and distribution of malt liquors also included provisions for the sale by retail druggists of wine for medicinal purposes. Physicians may prescribe two quarts of wine on a single prescription, out are not Iim- ited in the frequency of prescriptions issued. AS in the case of medicinal beer they are to be allowed discre- tion in deciding quantities necessary for treatment of any given ailment
 Explaining the attitude of the treasury department, which has been hedged about with uncertainty for
  ment.
 Official Statement.
 "The issuance of the beer regula- tions was delayed originally because it seemed probable that legislation would be enacted whereby the action of the department would be of no practical advantage to those inter- ested; and this view appeared to be acquiesced in by them since there was at that time no urgent demand for the issuance of the regulations.
 However, for some time past it has been strongly urged by those in- terested that this department had no right longer to withhold the regula- tions and that in so doing the de- partment is denying to those inter- ested their clear legal right and there by imposing serious loss upon them.
 ''The legal rights of the parties be- ing plain. the department is unable longer to delay the issuance of these regulations"
 Other Drinks Also.
 Besides beer sales legal approval also is given to the sale of ale, DOT ter. malt extracts and other fermented malt liquors containing more than one-half of one per cent.
 Many brewers of the National As- sociation of Brewers through counsel have informed the internal revenue bureau that they are ready to oper- ate on a large scale to fill demands from the public for medicinal beer A gauge on the public's need ha been obtained from retail druggists Druggists have been swamped with requests Or inquiries concerning me- dicina1 beer since first the depart ment of justice held that such sales are clearly legal under the Volstead law.
 Since tl.e breweries will not have to change their methods of manufacture they are able to put out "a large vol ume of real beer within a short pe- riod. Some of their records and other business procedure must be modified to conform to the terms of the regulations. One of the require ments is the forwarding to directors once each month of a complete rec ord of their manufacture and sale of medicinal beer.
 Breweries to Get Busy.
 Within few days the legal ma chinery will have been adjusted SC that brewers can fill orders from the druggists trade. Breweries operating under permits to manufacture so. called near bear, which Is made by the old time beer process. but Is re- duced in alcoholic content, will be re- quired to fit up separate- bottline rooms in their plants for the real beer
 Beer or other malt liquors can be bottled only by brewers in case lott and the case must be closed" ol sealed and on the outside must beal a uniform label. Tho label must give certain information required by thu