Show t NO N UT UTAH AH BEER UNTIL JULY CHEZ SAYS SAYS' I t Manufacture Must Wait W aiton on New Code Attorney Decides Hopes for Opening Bre Brewery ery Under U. U S. S Commerce Clause Dashed Hopes that the Becker ecker Products company compan plant at Ogden recently closed on complaint cf of Governor Henry H. H could resume the manufacture of 32 per cent beer under un der the commerce clause o of the federal fed fed- eral constitution were dashed Monday b by Attorney General Joseph Chez Replying to a request of John A A. Hendricks Weber county attorney for or a ruling on the question Mr Chez advised the official that the manu manufacture ac- ac ture ure and transportation o of any but near beer in Utah must be postponed until the revised code and the Huggins Huggins Huggins Hug- Hug gins bill become effective in Jul July Mr Hendricks asked if the manu- manu for export of 32 per cent beer in n Utah could be construed a part of interstate commerce to bl bring ng it within with with- in n the commerce clause of the federal constitution The constitution Mr Hendricks pointed out prohibits the states tales from enacting a law which wo would d impose a burden on interstate commerce commerce- If It it were found that brewing for export in Utah could be classed as interstate in in- commerce commerce it was believed that hat the Becker plant could reopen immediately furnishing employment t to d at least needy persons and in general stimulating Ogden industry Although agreeing with Mr Il Hendricks Hendricks Hendricks Hen Hen- dricks that the manufacture of beer in n this state falls f within the inter inter- interstate interstate state tate commerce clause Mr Chez pointed out that United States supreme supreme su- su preme reme court decisions have held that the he cla clause e does not apply where the police or taxing power of a state is in in- I i egret I am unable to agree with the he conclusion you have reached on this his qu question tion Mr Chez wrote for forI I realize keenly the distressful conditions conditions conditions con con- of unemployment among our people and I realize full fully the relief which the operation of the Becker Products company or like concern would bring The Te T e power to make laws r rests soley sole sole- I 13 y with the legislative br branch n h of our government and that body has seen fit it to postpone the manufacture of 32 per cent beer by wei weight ht until the re revised revised re- re statutes of Utah become dice dice- tive live |