Springville Herald | 1947-07-10 | Page 5 | Liquor Sales Decline but Profits Increase

LIQUOR SALES DECLINE BUT PROFITS INCREASE Although liquor consumers are cutting down their consumption, the state is making more money on liquor sales, figures for recent months revealed recently. TJtahns drank 15.5 less whis kies and wines from Dec. 1, 1946 through May 30, 1947, ' yet the state's profits increased $411,408.25 ov(er the corresponding 1945-46 months. The state law requiring the Utah liquor control commission to charge the full 55 markup on whiskies and 45 percent on wines after the OPA price controls were lifted is responsible for the hike in profits. National consumption is off between 15 and 20. When blended whiskies became more plentiful and rationing was eased and later lifted, consumers lost no time in abandoning their gin, brandy and rum appetites, as the sales records for recent months disclosed.