Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-28 | Page 1 | One Tooth is Extracted from Prohibition Law; Home-Made Cider and Wine Permissible

. , i One Tooth Is Extracted From Prohibition Law; Home-made Cider and Wine Permissible ( Chi fa co Tribune Special Por.iro.) ASH1NGTON. July 21. One of tiie W teeth in the prohibition law was extracted yesterday in the senate. sen-ate. It was only a baby tooth, but it will Rive tome hope to the "wet?." Ci'icr and lihl wines, manufactured in the horoe for use in the home, will bo per- mitted if the derision of the subcommittee subcommit-tee of the .senate, charged with prohibition prohibi-tion enforcement lecislation, is adopted I ny the senate. I Tiie subcommittee acreed to strike out l of the bill the prohibition ac-iinst the I manufacture of ckkt and lit-'ht wines in ' the home. The decision was a creed upon ; after some discussion and was regarded ja. s:ch a drastic step that the committee commit-tee considered ii inadvisable if'tua!ly run the h'':e pencil throuch the clause until a later date, after all of the members mem-bers of the subcommittee have been consulted. con-sulted. While there was considerable furth'-r discussion concerninc: the pussi'miiiy of the necessity of e:traftinc other teth from tht law. the .subcommittee failed to tak- any fur', her a'i in-i of this sort. There are indications, however, that the clause which provides for drastic punishment punish-ment for the trn importation of li'pjor in interstate commerce will be toned down, so ti.at the man who is fortunate to have laid away a "nip" h fore the drought came w:!; not be sent to Jail if he finds it necessary to move his residence and ha? tht temerity to move his liquor with his household yoods. The enforcement r,f pronibltion . j placed in the hands of the commissioner . for Internal revenue. Tnis '-vaiun v-;i 1 made ny the subcommi 1 1 e.