The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-05-12
Big BREWER
ASKS RIGID
PROHIBITION
Says His Company Has Lost
Five Millions by 0beying
the Law


Five Millions by 0beying
the Law
WASHINGTON. May i,.-one Of
the counuy's biggest brewers today
demanded strtcter enforcement OF
the prohibition law and ban on
beer as medicine.
A congressional Investigation into
charges that many hrew-ries are b.
ing allowed 10 make real beer. de-
spite the voistead law. was asked be-
fore the house judiciary committee
by representatives OF Anheuscr.
Busch. ST Louis brewers.
While the drys In the committee
Easped IN amaxcment. the Anheu-r-
Busch representatives urged the pas
sage by congress of legislation that
would adequately prohibit the use OF
beer as a medicine.
POSITION SIMILAR To
THAT or RADICAL DRYS
The position OF the brewers In
these respects puts them IN tho
same boat rs the radical drys.-
Oliver r. Remmers. Anheuscr>
Busch attorney, said hts company
desired strict enforcement OF the law.
and this would be impossible n the
prescription OF beer Is allowed. The
company made IL plain that IL be-
ncvcs the sale OF ~ per cent beer
should Be allowed openly. but not
thru prescriptions and drug sctorcs.
The Busch attorney
charged that brewers in Chicago.
Pennsylvania and Ohio are plainly
making real beer. and that II has
caused loss 20 hts company OF
$4,000. 600 10 $1,000. 900 because II Is
obeylng the law.
I'm certain ccnters." said Rem
mcrs. ~she brewing and sale OF beer
has never been discontinued under
The present prohibition laws.
Public officials. whose duty Il Ii
@ enforce the laws. have shown
amazing indifference. and have re-
fused to act when evidence OF
open violations were laid before
them.
FIRM PENALIZED FOR
OBEYING THE LAW
'One OF the results Of this policy
81 favoritism TO brewers In certain
ecnsers has been that our firm has
becu penaiixed $4,000. coo or 5000.
coo. solely because II obeys the law.
II would hc an easy matter now for
the prohibition enforcement office
absolutely to stop the Illegal sale OF
beer. Within "a hours they could 70
woke the license Of every brewer who
= violating the law. and am sure
Ghat these officials know who the
NV violators are--and there would
~ no more Illegal brewing.
-Fines are Ineffective. A brewer
recently advertised tina; he had been
fined $500. In order to sch more
neer..
An MANUFACTURE and importation
q liquors must Be stopped untiI the
prsssnt supply Of %o.coe.ooo ga1ons
remaining in the country h pracc-
enIly Exhausted By non-beve1ge
uzea. was the edict Of the Anu-Sa-
l6on league. conveyed by Wayne n.
wheeler. It's counsel. TO the commit
oee.
wheeler. urxins that the vo,stsad
supplemental endorsement bin b.
passed as written. ridicuied the posi-
don OF former Attorney General
Palmer that beer h medicine and can
- prescribed In unlimited quantities.
The volstead amendment Is neccs-
Ary. he said. because Of loopholes
which vfolators have found
SUPPLY or LIQUOR
INCREASED THIS YEAR
In urging an embargo on the man
ufacture and sale OF liquor. Wheeler
claimed that the supply on hand In
bonded warehouses had actually In
creased 100 900 gallons during the
f1rst three months Of this year.
THE tisssiIlers are making whisky.
and II Is being imported for non-bev-
erage use" be said
The effectiveness Of prohibition h
b reverse ratio TO the supply on
hand. The menace win not be rc
moved az long as We make and I'm
port as much liquor a. we use.
Beer In just plain booze. Doctors
have repudiated II as a medicament:
science has characterized II as fake
food: the druggists say they do not
want TO sell IT, and testimony taken
b Investigating the German-Ameri-
can alliance reveals that IL u not .
tonic. but Teutonic-
Beer contains too little alcohol TO
make II useful as medicine, and too
much alcohol 70 make 1t cafe as a
beverage"