The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-05

But no foreign shipments
under the new quotas are
being permitted to clear for
sale in this country.
A whole train-load of wine ar
rived in Newark yesterday. while
half of the prospective dealers in
New York City's metropolitan area
are still dickering for licenses from
local control boards.
The house ways and means COM
mittee is in session this morning,
taking up the report Of subcom-
mittee which has been considering
liquor tax problems for two months.
The full committee will spend most
of the month deciding what taxes
should be recommended to congress
early in January.
President Roosevelt, back at the
White House after his vacation in
Warm Springs, is expected soon
after repeal is effected, to issue a
proclamation revoking the emer-
gency taxes on dividends, capital
stock and gasoline. These taxes
we're enacted by congress to provide
$220,000000 annually to pay interest
on and amortize the $3,300,000,00 900
public works program.
High Tax Is Necessary
A tax of approximately 1920 a
gallon on hard liquor will be neces-
sary to take the place of the emer-
gency levies, since it is estimated
officially that the first years con-
sumption will be in the neighbour
hood of 100000, 900 gallons.
The newly-created federal alco-
hol control administration, of which
the Presidents friend, Joseph H.
Choate Jr., is the managing director,
can not possibly have its control
machinery functioning efficiently by
today.
Codes have been hurriedly estab-
lished for the distillers and import
ers of liquor, but very few of the
Faca regulations can be in actual
operation by today. This means
that those engaged in the liquor
trade do not know today under what
restrictions they will market their
products tomorrow.
Imports Provide Problem
In the haste of the last few
weeks, the government has not had
time to prescribe a code for the
wholesalers and rectifiers of liquor.
A hearing on this code was sched-
uled to start today.
Meanwhile the wholesalers and
rectifiers, as well as the distillers
and importers, do not know what
rules they will have to observe in
regard to such a simple matter as
labelling their goods.
One of the most perplexing prob
lens is that of importations. With
the coast guard watching large
fleets of rum runners off the At
lantic and Pacific coasts, importers
and would-be importers, numbering
more than 1900, are seeking quotas.
Permission has been asked to i'm
port more than 100000 gallons of
liquor and wine, more than a whole
years supply Of imports on pre-
VoIStead OASIS.
Old Figures Valuable
The best indicator as to what
quotas will be allotted to foreign
countries is the compilation made
by the United States tariff commits
sion Of imports from 1910 to 1914
inclusive. For that five-year period,
the average annual imports of
brandy were 569.54 proof gallons,
of which 465 812 came from France.
The average for cordials and
Iqueurs was 541,0O3 gallons, of which
200,719 came from France, and 1885,
210 from Italy. The average for gin
was 1923 1856, Of which 500 1922 came
from the United Kingdom and 1885,
500 came from the Netherlands.
The average for whisky was $685.
LOT gallons, Of which 986,204 came
from the United Kingdom and 372,-
GAS from Canada. The average for
champagne was 288, 293, of which
257 442 came from France. The
average for still wines in casks was
$685. 07 gallons, of which 2,416,917
70 noe F~1vo