New Britain herald., 1925-05-21
BEER, ] ID REGENTS
 PER GLASS IN ONT.
"Fergie'S Foam' Attracts Many
 Across the Border

olld"dt Mdy Sl' NAfJ J--keal peer was on sale legally today in on- tario, Canada's banner province, for tho first time in eight years and thirsty Americans in border cities took full advantage Of their oppor- tunitles.
 In 1917 tho whole Dominion went dry as q war measure. After the war the liquor question in each of the nine provinces was left to ref erenda. Quebec. Manitoba, British 'olumbia, Alberta and Saskatche- wan have returned to a full wet status. The maritime provinces Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island-romain in Sie prohibition column.
 Ontario voted twice on the sub feet and each time the dry forces sfcre victorious. The provincial legislature lately amended the act to lcgalize the sale of A per cent bec.. under restri'.icns.
 Notwithstanding
 hS s'lON lllNldl dulllOTltltS regard this four by four beer as non-in- ioxiCating and perhaps 1t is going 10 disappoint parched throats from Nolstcad land. It is A per cent alcohol by weight or 2.5 by volume, with Kick presumably less poter. than the disappointing 2.75 beer sole in the United States under wartima prohibition. The one-half per celit limit of the Nolstead act refers to volume, not weight.
 Border American cities, notably Niagara Falls and Buffalo, W. Y. and Detroit were especially interest 'd in the advent of -four by four"
 Tables Filled
 Reservations from Detroit ex- hdusted the supply of tables at Windsor. Ontario hotels. Windsor, a ten minute ferry trip from til , motor metropolis. expected a lucra- tive trade from Americans. Ap- proXimatelv 1,6oo application blanks for licenses were obtained In Wind aor alone. One hotel fitted up an old English tap room and hired CoCkneY bar maids, Another report cd reservations from as far south in the states as Arkansas. At the nrince Edward hotel there will be a 'n"w heer's day" celebration tonight
 In Niagara Falls, Ont, the W. C. iT. U. threatened a boycott on all Erocers who might sell the beer. Ten hotels applied for licenses. :,
 Beer may be sold at government . , licensed hotels from ' o'clock in the until II o'clock at night, It 'may he sold onlF at tables by the glass or bottle and cannot be sold at bars. Grocers however. may supply the brew 10 families for home consum ption.
 i to t5 Cents
 The retail price is , 10 15 cents .a glass. A bottle costs a cents. The brewery price is s15 a half Iarrel. Ten cents for ten ounces. however, Is the average price. The province collects h 10-cent tax on teach gallon.
 Rillhosrds advertising new brew S have been added 10 the landscapes in various parts, of the province. In Windsor yesterday gaily decorated trucks carrying the British flag. raraded the streets advertising -four hy four" 1
 -Four hv four" has already been christened. "Fergie's Foam" since 1t iq sponsored by the Ferguson gov ornn1ent. which believes 1t will be renencial in satisfying thirst without . having folks resort to poor boot legged whiskey.
 . Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun- snl Of the Anti-saloon league of America. who was in Buffalo when the Ontario flood started, said Americans would be disappointed In { by 1. although he expressed fear that the general result might be detrimental 10 prohibition in the | nited States by giving bootleggers more opportunities.
 Nr. Whceler's presence In the border city apparently was 2. coin rldenre and had nothing to do with rrecautioDs taken by United States prohibition agents 10 meet the new danger Of leak in the roof. He vas in Buffalo to address a sun- day school convention,
 The opening of spigcts next door is the latest in a series of develop nents concerning king alcohol which have kept Uncle Sam busy for sev- "ral weeks past. His coast guard hlockalers have driven whiskey rips off his Atlantic coast into Hsr- fax harbor only 10 have a similar raft appear of Southern California and the Gulf coast.