Evening star., 1934-01-18
.CAPPER- SUBMITS
MINORITY REPORT
0ispensary Liquor Control
System Is Held Most
Desirable.

Senator Capper of Kansas submitted
a minority report on the District liquor
control act yesterday, which follows in
full:
A minority of the Committee on the
District Of Columbia, unable to agree
with the recommendation Of the ma
jority Of the committee that the bill
CHR. 618D to control the manufacture,
transportation, possession, and sale of
alcoholic beverages In the District of
Columbia, as amended by the commit
tee, do pass, beg leave to submit the
following minority views and recon-
mendations:
The bill as reported by the committee
provides for license system Of control.
It Is believed that the dispensary sys-
TEN, particularly for hard liquors, Is
a much more desirable method Of regu-
lating the sale Of alcoholic beverages.
The principal argument for such q
system is that 1t takes the profit out of
the liquor business An amendment in
the nature Of a substitute has been pro-
posed providing for the establishment
of a dispensary system. An analysis Of
that proposal follows:
The management Of the system is
vested in a board Of three members,
appointed by the Commissioners of the
District, who are to exercise the various
functions, duties, and powers Of the
board under the supervision Of the
Commissioners. The salary of the
members Of the board is fixed at $4,000
per annum, the term OF service being
five years. No member Of the board or
any officer or employe thereof is per-
mitted to have any financial interest.
indirect hIlSinPSS
manufacturing or dealing in alcoholic
beverages.
In the case of spirits, the board is
the sole agency for the dispensing Of
spirits within the District of Columbia.
They may be sold only in sealed pack
ages or containers, and in quantities Of
not more than one gallon at any one
time to any one person.
No Limits on Wines.
The board may establish. maintain.
and operate Government stores and
warehouses at such points as it may de-
termine and may acquire the use OF
any plant or equipment which it deems
necessary in the conduct of its busi-
ness, except a manufacturing plant.
The board is required to employ
chemists to determine the standard of
purity and quality of all spirits to be
sold by it. Sales at Government stores
are to be conducted by manager un-
der the direction Of the board and no
sales are to be made in any store on
Sunday or at such other times as the
Commissioners may direct.
In the case of wines the board Is to
purchase all wines sold in the District
Of Columbia and to sell the same to
individuals and to persons licensed un-
der the amendment to sell wines at re-
tail There is no limitation on the
quantity of wines that may be sold at
any one time. Licenses are provided
for by the amendment for the sale Of
wine and beer for consumption on the
premises, such licenses to be issued to
hotels. restaurants, and clubs. Although
the board is not permitted under the
act to buy or sell beer, provision Is
made for licenses permitting the sale
for consumption on the premises OF
beer purchased directly from the manu-
facturer or wholesaler, such licenses to
be issued to hotels, restaurants. and
clubs Provision is also made for Ii
censes permitting the sale Of wines and
beer for consumption of the premises,
and for temporary licenses for the sale
of wines and beer at banquets, picnics
and other public or private gatherings
A tax of 81 per barrel is imposed on
beer.
Distillers' and winery licenses are
provided for which authorize the manu-
facture of spirits and wines and the
sale thereof to the board or to persons
outside the District of Columbia for
resale outside the District Brewers.
bottlers' and wholesale beer licenses
are provided for in the amendment
authorizing the holders thereof to man
ufacture and bottle and to deal directly
with licensees in accordance with the
regulations of the board.
Authority is also given for issuing
druggists licenses to sell alcoholic bev-
erages upon prescription.
The fees for licenses issued under
the amendment are as follows:
% For each distiller's license. IL To