Show o I CONGRESSMEN ASK ASI SK QUICK ACTION ON OX LOCAL OPTION Fifty congressmen joined in a request re- re r re request quest to the house ways and means committee for a prompt report and opportunity to vote on the Hill local option per cent beer and cider bill The bill provides that each congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional district shall constitute a federal local option district and that in the next November election the voters shall decide whether they wish beer or cider as defined In the bill Beer is defined as meaning any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or decoction decoction decoction de de- de- de of barley malt and hops in drinkable water containing not more than per of alcohol alcohol alcohol alco alco- hol by volume cider means any beverage obtained by the natural fermentation of apple or other fruit vegetable or herb juices containing containing containing con con- not more than per cen cen- tum of alcohol by volume The bill bUl also provides that there be levied on all beer or cider so manufactured a tax of oC 20 cents a gallon On the basis of two billion gallons of beer legally produced in 1914 Representative Hill Hlll claims that this bill bUl would produce from to a year of needed revenue for forthe forthe forthe the treasury |