Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-16
All Monopoly
States Limit
Liquor Sales
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
By LYNN NISRET

Raleigh, Sept. iG.- Compilation Of
reports Ol the various states lilcu
with the National Federation of Tax
Administrators, ChCCi.rd against i'll
formation obtained from the North
Carolina ABC board. indicates that
some form of liquor !dtIuning is now
IN force in each of the II states IN
winch the State government holds
monopoly ON the liquor business. The
chcck-up also shows that North Car
DINA IS IN line with the other states.
Three StatCS-kanSI>. MiSsiSSipp
ana Okiahoma-do not permit legal
sale oi liquor, while the other %
states and the DiStlIC, Of Columbia
handle the business through license
rather than monopoly. Shipments
INTO these states arc IdtlOncd by the
dislillcrS. but the privately owned
stores have no regulated customer
ration system. Some of them have
adopted rules of limited sales, others
sell 10 all Corners al whatever price
the traffic will stand until the SUP
ply Is exhausted and then close uD.
North Carolina is one OF five states
limiting purchasers L. approximately
Two quarts, or tWu-iilthS. Il month.
Alabama. Idaho and Montana have
/ one pint a week quotas. while Ctan
has two quarts Il month. North Car
| DINA issues pnc-pinl coupons Two uG
which arc good at - day intervals.
Some counties restrict purchases To
one bottle al a time. either a mini
Tor one coupon on Il quart on a fifth
for two. Most counties however per
nit use of ike coupons for TWO pints
| nj time nfnfS .tt-nil..t.f,,
ever, here as everywhere else. the
supply is rapidly being limited 10
one-iIith of Il gallon size bottles.
Maine, Pennsylvania and Wyom-
| ing have les, rigid system OF i'll
formal rationing whereby the guam
| tity is limited without use OF cuu-
| pOnS or tickets.
Michigan, ohio. Oregon, Virginia
and West Virginia have individual
| quotas OF one quart month Some
Of these states formerly restricted
| purchases I" ON" half pint week
| but when all size; except fifthS went
! off the market. the effect is to make
only onc-fiith ms. cad OF one quar-;
! available each month.
Iowa and Washington have limits
| of one quart a day.
| New Hampshire and Vermont have
the apparently liberal quota ui two
quarts day. Vermont holding Dur
ChaScS to two bottles of Whatever
B size. Joker IN this deal is that wine
/ is also included liz the ration pro-
| gram. In TACT several states. includ-
! ing ncighborIng Virginia, require
| surrender of coupons for the SOCIAL
cd fortified" wines.
The 28 states not mentioned in the
| foregoing paragraphs and the Dis
/ trict OF Columbia operate under a
| system of license to private retailers
| similar To North Cardinals method
of licensing beer dealers. Consc-
| qucntly they have no direct control
over rationIng. although in number
of states the legal selling hours have
been shortened and other Indirect
| attempts have been made to string
out the available supply of liquor
over Longer period.
Neither do the license states have
| control over prices. Prices are sup
posed to be regulated by OPA cell
ings, but rumUrS going The rounds
and official reports coming to ABC
offices indicate that many licensed
dealers arc charging what the trade
will stand. One Tar Heel recently
returned from Georgia reports that
q brand of Scotch selling here Tor
S4.45 fifth is openly sold in Atlanta
at S8.25. Similar reports from sew
cral of North Cardinals rs dry (?l
] counties indicate bootleg prices about