Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02

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This ruling went int erect n AmxusaI
1920. In July, 1920, the Withdrawals a
whisky clone from bonded wA1eAoWBe4
for use in this country were almost twd
million gallons. In October, 1929, when
the new ruling had been In effect q 1eVf
months, they had dropped to less thar
one million gallons for the month. And
there Is evidence of q stil further Ge4
crease for the future.
The evident fact IS that IN sFHDsfeTs %
liquor from one wholesaler 20 anotheTi
some Of it went astray. The bureau
could not possibly keep track Of all
Of 1t.
Thus the now Of whisky frum shs
bonded warehouses Ia dwindling. Bus
this warehouse liquor IL a limited sup
ply, which will only be a substantial
factor in the situation for a few years
anyway.
A far more difficult problem for the
law enforcement division is presented By
the manufacture Of ethyl alcohol for in-
dustrial purposes. During 1920 aboue
50, 100000 gallons of distilled spirits wers
manufactured in the United States. Dis.
titled spirits in this case means mostly
ethyl alcohol of high proof. 1t is not
supposed to be a beverage, but it is the
basis Of every alcoholic beverage. Ths
bootlegger colors it and faVOrs 1t and
sells it as whisky. By the addition Of
certain essential oils 1t may be made
into a gin which is hardly distinguish
able from real gin. In fact, there ars
formulas for the making of almost all
liquors with proof spirits as a basis.
Most of the liquors sold over bars of the
cheaper sort before prohibition were thus
syntheucally made, and there is in the
Library OF Congress a large literature
bearing such titles as 1.-The Barkeepers
Friend" and the Secrets Of the Liquor
Business" telling how to make every.
thing from rye whisky to the rarest i'm
ported liquors in the room behind the
bar.
AS long as good proof ethyl alcohol IL
manufactured in large quantities, there
fore, 1t Is hard to prevent some of IL
from being drunk. All is purchased for
some non beverage purpose, but it is Inn
possible for any merely human organiza.
ton to be sure that it is all used for non-
I beverage purposes.
The only method which has been sdg-
gested for preventing the use of this proof
/ spirit TOT drinking ID tndt or en10rc-
ing a ruling or law that all OF it must be
mixed with some other ingredient which
will make it on-pOtabJe, before 1t leaves
te distillery. 1t Is understood that soma
of the prOhibitionsts sought to have tina
Internal Revenue Department make a
ruling to this effect. But it seems that
the lawyers of the bureau did not care to
make such a ruling. They felt that fur
Their legislation from Congress was
necessary Accordingly, It is understood
that the prohibitionists will seek to have
! Congress pass a law which will provide
IN effect that all alcohol manufactured
for industrial use must be made poison
Gus before 1t leaves the distillery.
Several difficulties present themselves,
For one thing, pure ethyl alcohol is nee
esssry FOR some purposes For another
thing, many manufacturers have secret
formulas which they would have to d.
vulge to the Government in order that
the Government might doctor their slco-
hol in the right way.
The whole problem probably will Re
put up to Congress. v