The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-02-24
BAN ON LIQUOR
-. is EXTENDED
Federal Prohibition Order A.
feCtS All States, Hawaii
and Porto Rico.
WHOLESALE DEALERS HIT
Denied Participation in Sale of Intoxi-
cants by Attorney Generals Rul-
ing - Commissioner Kramer
Notifies All Concerned.

Washington. - Doors of distilleries
and bonded warehouses in every state
in the Union, Hawii and Porto Rico
were ordered indefinitely closed against
liquorwithdrawals by Prohibition Com
missioner Kramer. At the same time
wholesale liquor dealers were ruled out
of further participation in the sale of
intoxicating beverages by Attorney
General Palmer.
Commissioner Kramer's drastic or
der stopping the flow of liquor from
storage and the attorney generals
Interpretation of the Volstead act, pro-
hibition officials said mean the elm
ination of the wholesale liquor deal
ers and make possible the prevention of
"bootlegging" through forged permits
aE1 illegal disposal of intoxicating
liquor.
Stoppage of liquor Withdrawals all
over the country and in two of the
territories was in extension of the or
der issued last week putting a ban on
removals in New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island and New Jersey. The
order does not apply to Withdrawals
of industrial alcohol or reasonable
quantities of sacramental wine and
makes an exception in the case of re-
tail druggists who are permitted to
make Withdrawals up to five cases
of liquor at a time.
Warning against attempts to obtain
whisky despite the nationwide ban
was sent out by Commissioner Kramer,
who directed all owners of distilleries
and warehouses not to honor permits
for whisky Withdrawals ''purpOrting to
be issued by any state director, ire
spective of the date such permit is
issued or approved by the director"
No such applications are being ap-
proved, he said, adding that failure to
comply with the notice would deprive
owners of their license to hold their
stock still in storage.
Palmer's opinion was made public by
Internal Revenue Commissioner Will
liams and was said by Revenue Bureau
officials to constitute the authority
upon which the sweeping closing Or
ders were issued.
Wholesale liquor dealers, the attor-
ney general held, are entitled to dis
pose of their warehouse receipts for
liquor stored in bonded warehouses to
manufacturers and wholesale drug
gists, but the right to withdraw said
liquors from bonded warehouses is
granted to manufacturers and whole
sale druggists only" On the question
of the authority of the prohibition COM
missioner to issue permits 10 sell
liquor in wholesale quantities the at
torney general held that power was
limited to manufacturers and whole
sale druggists.
With respect to industrial alcohol
Palmer held the authority to issue per-
mitS for its disposal in wholesale guam
titles was limited to manufacturers
and wholesale druggists, if the alcohol
were fit for beverage purposes, but
not if it We're denatured.
1T is obvious" the attorney general
declared, that the conduct of the
liquor business in the hands of few
people is well calculated to render
more simple and effective the restrain
ing of the business within proper and
legal channels"
Liquor now in commercial ware
houses, however, prohibition officials
explained, is exempt from the attor-
ney generals ruling and Commissioner
Kramer's ban, since such liquor is con-
sidered to be in the possession Of the
owner.
"Since under the law" Commission
er Williams said, permits to do q
wholesale liquor business as distin-
guished from a wholesale druggist
cannot legally be issued it will be nee
essary to redraft the regulations of the
bureau, which work is now being
DONE"
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