| Show Vcrs j Brewers Hope for forState State Control of Legal Beer Sales Industry Di Divided in Two Tw Camps Over Limit for Alcohol Content Editors note The following dispatch a series isan authoritative outline of or the case caseto t to be presented present to congress by the brewing industry Similar outlines out- out r lines of the opposing arguments of dry groups will be subsequently subsequent- subsequent 1 ly reported 9 By fly RAY RAYMOND CLAPPER 4 Copyright 1932 by United Press WASHINGTON Nov No 29 29 Representatives of the brewing industry hope bope that congress if St it legalizes zes beer 4 will permit it to be marketed on the thes s same me basis as soft drinks subject to state regulation Th crewing industry hungry after 1 a 1 decade of prohibition will be thankful thankful thank thank- l ful l for anything congress does But its leaders h have ve some suggestions they v c y will urge on congress First they hope of dis dis- j will be turned over overto to the t fr states tates This i is a delicate subject and andi andi i i brewery representatives are arc hesitant t f f to commit themselves to details t In general they want the proposed new flew beer beer- to be treated as existing a near beer beet since it would be officially declared by act of fI congress This goes close crux saloon problem which is one rV of oC the the most troublesome features of ft the problem of f repeal or modification WANT NO 2 STRINGS STRINGS' Simon pure w want nt strings on either cither repeal or modification But a number number- of later t reluctant converts want to put restrictions restrictions restrictions re re- re- re into any federal action This group is somewhat of ot a balance of E- E power group and is not disposed to tobe toi i b be ignored Two TV groups TOUS within the differ as to alcoholic content i The United States Brewers' Brewers association t. t tion dates back to pre days t L and Is headed by Jacob Ruppert who e r r has hs been whiling away the dog dog days days t t. t in lathe the beer business by winning world r baseball championships with his New I t t York Yankees It includes the fa fa- f r i mo mois s old houses of ot Busch Anheuser-Busch Busch r-Busch h k- k Pabst Schlitz Schutz and Val Vat Blatz It faa favors fa- fa a. a a vors beer of at least 3 per cent and andrj fl rj no not more tha than 32 per percent cent alcohol by T f tf weight The latter limit would be ber r f- f equivalent this group says to 4 per percent cent by volume f I The younger gr group up the Associated ted r r- r y Producers ers of Cereal B Beverages is isi t i headed by William L L. tz St St. Jo- Jo Mo It is isa a little reminiscent 1 r of the old da davs s TAKES s' s DIFFERENT ST STAND ND It has adopted a prohibition post name This group takes a slightly dif dif dif- from the old brewers' brewers association It favors an outside alcoholic al- al coholic limit of per cent by weight which it ir is claimed equals per percent cent 4 s 5 Th m The R Ruppert old line old brewers group i ally palatable beer cannot I I. I 3 be made with less than 3 percent per alcohol al- al cohol not because of the alcohol but t. t because a lesser limit the thet t i- solids inthe beer L The cereal beverage group apparently f believes good beer can be made et ot a lower figure and believes its Us per cent limit would not only pass r the supreme court test more readily but would stand n R better chance of x being allowed to go through the regular regular reg reg- ular channels of distribution now in use for near for beer This group frank frank- 1 ly X wants draught beer While the arg argument ar ar- ar- ar g is not carried to the logical conclusion it points to the possibility except where st state te regulations would interfere of ot serving servIn whatever Isper mUted under the proposed modifies modifies- tion ion at soda fountains just justas as existing soft oft drinks WILL PREPARE ARE CASE Representatives of the brewers brewers' association as will ill meet here later this week to prepare their case for tor presen atlon In substance the position which these brewers are expected to take was was outlined United Press Pressy by y their Washington agent Levi Cooke today as follows 1 Revise provisions of the Vol Vol- stead act by substituting 32 per percent cent centor for or less than one half of 1 per cent in hi n the definition of permissible beverages beverages bev bev- 2 Leave Lea intact provisions in see see- ion 37 providing for inspection and control of cereal beverage manufacturing turing establishments 3 Restore the use of the terms beer jeer ale and porter which are now forbidden by the thc act to be used as designations for beverages 4 Permit advertising of beer 5 S. Amend the thc Kenyon Webb act which forbids the shipment of intoxicating eating cating liquors into dry states so that this his pro prohibition also applies to beer This change would be necessary to protect states prohibiting sale of oC the new lew beer since otherwise it would be e legally and there- there ore available for shipment anywhere As s to taxes the present law pro pro- vides a tax of or 6 a barrel The brewers brewers brewers brew brew- ers ers would like to se see it reduced somewhat somewhat some- some what to encourage the start of the revived re- re industry They would strongly strong strong- l ly y oppose increasing this figure on the ground would run up the price so o as to restrict sale while encouraging ing ng home brew and bootleg beer I I |
