The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-10

washington, D. C., Oct. s-James A Farley. postmaster general, pre- diets that repeal will be effective hv December or z. He further n,,ts the success or failure Of the new iiouor regime squarely up to the states urges them to act imme- diately to prevent the return or the ola practices that led up to pro-
 .Otherwise," the warns, in an article written by him in the Cos nopoiitan, "the old evils will crop m in no time and we shall have Inc same fight to fight over again with all that 1t has cost America in morals and in money.
 "Instead of chiseling for advan- tage and immediate pronts. let .he responsible people of the alcohonc- beverage industry sit down honest Iy and frankly with the gentie- men comprising the state poaros or regulations and contribute their knowledge and experience to an Iftort ao promote sane controi anu ,eal temperance.
 "several states in setting up ma ,hinery for the control of the beer traffic have anticipated repeal and will be ready for 1t. The others should act instantly for 1t was in the retailing of liquor and the al- iance between the retailing syndi- cntes and corrupt politics that most of the old liquor evils had their seat. ,,.
 "The liquor business as whole went out of business in 1920 dis credited in the eyes of the coun. fry. It returns in 1883 with clean slate. Let us keep that slate clean"
 Postmaster General Farley points ont that something like a hundred gallons of domestic whiskey Will be available when prohibition ceases to be effective. This is not all bottled -in- bond liquor, which must be aged four years by law but good liquor"
 'In bonded warehouses, ne writes, "are on hand some SIX million gallons of old pre-war whiskey. There are also three mil. lion gallons made under medicinai permit in 1929 and 50. That also Is classed as old whiskey' by per sons familiar with such things. That makes a total of nine million gallons of old liquor which the
 
 blending new whiskey to give II tho right flavor. This blending will be done under government super- yision and I have official adVices that 1t should produce some seven ty million to ninety million gallons of good liquor.
 "in addition to this the Bureau of Industrial Alcohol has permitted the manufacture this year or about fifteen million gallons of whiskey under medicinal permits. This was candidly In anticipation of repeal and taken for the protection or the domestic market and domestic coll sumer.
 Tt may be that during the re. mainder of the present period oi economic stress legal liquor Will cost the consumer slightly more than the cheaper grades of boot. leg poison, and have ben asked # this may not present difhcultics I do not think so. l have alreaaS said that liquor taxes must DC req sonuble. They must not be so hiGh that the bootlegger can greatly un- dersell tho legitimate distributor of alcoholic beverages. But thinH those of our people who want It. ouor will stand a slight difference in price for two reasons. First they will know legal liquor Is not po'a' orous liquor. and second sentiment k now definitely on tho side ot re- peal and the legitimate liquor deal or, whereas n few months ago IL was on the side of the bootleggcr IS Il protest against an obnoxious law"
 Farley estimates federal revenues from repeal will be $S50,OOO.000