The Washington times., 1921-01-25
CLAIMS RING
SELLS TONES
Former Salesman Aiding in War
on Medicated Whiskey Bares
Secrets Of Trade.

IL will only be q matter Of a few
days before every patented drug
preparation which is being sold in
Washington near-beer saloons. fruit
stands and grocery stores. and which
10 being FUSED extensively and in
violation Of the national prohibition
act" will be driven from the market.
This 10 the announcement made to-
day at prohibition headquarters.
REVOKE MAKERS PERMIT.
Complaints made to the Prohibition
officials during the past few weeks
agaInst these connections have been
numerous. and today one OF the man
ufacturers OF a well-known brand of
patented medicine was notified by the
legal department that his permit had
been revoked.
Major Harry +. Gessford. superin-
tendent o fpolice. is only waiting
word from the prohibition officials
before starting to clean up" He has
on several occasions announced that
these beverages are being sold to the
menace of the health of the communi-
ty and says he will push his force to
the limit to rid the city of their
sale, IL he can get authority from the
prohibition officials.
Or. william c. Fowler. District
Health Officer. is considered their
worst enemy by the manufacturers Of
the preparations which are under Are,
and he has on several occasions been
the means of putting them out Of
business. He has also been working
on the sale OF the preparations and
has warned the prohibition officials
that IL they do not take action hinder
~ A,t n
will try and find a means of removing
the connections from the market
under the health regulations and zoe
Pure Food and Drug Act.
.TONIC, AGENT GIVES AID.
One Washington man, who was the
wholesale agent for one of the most
popular drinks. but who quit the bust
ness when he was told by the prohi-
bition offlcials that the business was
morally wrong II not legally SO. is
giving information to the prohibition
officials that probably will hasten
their action. o.
The wholesale dealers of these con-
coctions. he told the prohibition Of
ficials today, are in many cases pay
ing the fines of the dealers who are
arrested for selling their beverages,
and have told them that they will not
be molested hereafter.
This same man when he was in
formed by the Prohibition officials
that the business he was in was
wrong, went to the District manager
Of the manufacturer in Baltimore and
toId-him what the Prohibition officials
had told him and that he was going
out Of business. The district manager
told him he says. that he did not
see the right people in Washington
and that II he did. he would be al
lowed to continue business"
Reports have reached the local Pro-
officers that the manufacture
ers of some of the beverages have
been charging the customers fifty
cents a case additional recently, ex-
planning that the fifty cents was be-
ing paid for protection"
A total of more than fifteen prepa-
rations have been listed by the local
Prohibition officials as being fit for
beverage purposes, and the list is be-
ing added to daily as chemical analy.
sis OF the Bureau of Technology Of
the Internal Revenue Bureau show
the absence of medicants and the
presence of too much alcohol in the
connections which have been SUBJ
mitted to them by local prohibition
officers.