| Show LIQUOR LEGAL IN 20 STATES AFTER REPEAL Majority of Nation t To Stay Dry Af After er t Fall of Prohibition 1 Local Bans on Wet Traffic t Leave Only Spattering ft of Oases r f By HOMER l ICOY Associated d Press Staff Writer CHICAGO Oct 2 2 Just Just twenty tales tates will be legally open to liquor traffic when and if national prohibition tion lion Is 15 nullified a survey made by the Associated Press showed today toda- Somewhat analogous to a football game Dm is the r repeal peal contest Score now lor tor or repeal 31 states against none i State after stale state has pushed touchdown touch touchdown down over the dry goat goal But then then- then those all significant points after alter 1 touchdown I i The points after arc are the various various' i state ate statutes statute and constitutional prot provisions pro pro- t visions visions outlawing drink And 27 states have them and will have them when and J if prohibition i Is repealed whether they intend to do anything r About them or not One state Utah state Utah votes on both and national prohibition Novem Novem- c I ber 7 and another Virginia goes to M the polls tomorrow to decide on the twenty first amendment Ohio will also make the dual decision at its November No No- vember election COIN NEW PHRASE t A saloon by any other name would mell moll more swe sweetly In n the opinion of the majority of lawmakers the sut c survey If revealed In the future It will be Ten Nights in a Tavern Tavern- The word saloon is taboo and many of the states have l I outlawed its use to designate liquor reI retailing retailing re re- I tailing establishments Of Ot the 27 states slates having either statutes statutes stat stat- utes utes or constitutional bungs to that potential po po- liquor reservoir are many which have already turned thumbs I down on continuance of national arid- arid Sti Theirs is Js a paradoxical status They have tapped a long forbidden 1 I hogshead and watched the thc contents run Into another and equally untouchable receptacle Several of them will not be able to do anything about the fhe e matter mat mat- ter kr until their legislatures convene com again The states which will be wet when And nd if it 36 states have voted for the twenty-first twenty amendment to the const by by virtue of having repealed their state liquor prohibitions or because because because be be- cause they never had any are Indiana In In- diana Louisiana Pennsylvania Washington Wash Wash- ington New Jersey Connecticut Maryland Wisconsin Arizona Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana Lana Nevada Oregon Colorado Illinois Illinois Illinois Illi Illi- nois New York Rhode Island Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- Delaware California and New Mexico ILAN PLAN REGULATION Already many many of them have taken steps toward regu regulation tion and control of he the liquor traffic Liquor commissions commis commis- alons have been set up laws have been enacted enact d providing for the licensing nd regulation of alcoholic drinks or have both officially nd ld d unofficially expressed opinions on hat would be the most desirable con con- rol of system Oregon would have state liquor dis- dis with the card or permit m. m In Colorado drinks not be sold over the bar In New NewYork NewYork York Tork the same places which now sell restaurants ten eer restaurants cafes cates hotels hotels- would vend liquors for consumption tion n the premises A Delaware law specifics specifies a mod mod- of the Quebec plan plan outlaws he e designation of saloon In In- In Lana Una the administration has ally lally expressed the opinion that the resent laws may be interpreted to the sale of whisky brandy and tilled tiled drinks in package form from rug stores without physicians' physicians pre rip Arizona would permit ar drinking with one proviso that here ere be ten chairs in m the place They would ouId not have to be bc used however I ere would have to be in the near of the drinker some food food food- he the liquor with meals stipulation A AwI Awl owl wl wI of pretzels would constitute a meal eat L It would not be compulsory eat the pretzels BANS With the exception of Maryland the remaining ing states have constitutional V r statutory bans on alcoholic bever bever- Iges res es Many of them have no sessions ions Df f their assemblies until 1935 conse conse- because of the comparative remoteness of any action or because they ey have shown no Indication of joining join join- ing n ng the wet parade there has b been n thing done toward regulatory meas meas- States S tes in which special sessions of he t e legislatures have been called for fall the sole purpose to remove gal al 1 obstacles blocking the return of or sessions in which laws may possibly be eted upon are Michigan Wyoming d Maine Already preparing to harvest reve- reve ue from the sale of liquor many of ic e stat states which will be ready to allow citizens to imbibe contingent on oval noval of n national prohibition have acted license and taxing measures They Include TAXATION A. A PLANS Indiana Indiana five Twenty five cents on each tnt Int of medicinal whisk whisky License Delaware Delaware License fees of 50 to I for far retailers for tor manufacturers manufacturers and for import importers rs Arizona Arizona license for manufacturers manufacturers for wholesalers 50 for places selling liquor for lor consumption on the premises 25 for stores selling it to be consumed elsewhere Oregon State Oregon State tax of 50 cents a quart and a 1 permit proposed Colorado Colorado Wholesale Wholesale license retail 25 excise tax 15 cents all this on medicinal liquor For liquor Retail license 25 wholesale 1000 distillery 1000 wineries and breweries and an excise tax of 10 cents a pint Thirty five per cent of the revenue will go to the state New York York State State excise tax of 1 a gallon on liquor manufacturers 10 to 20 cents a gallon on winemakers retailers retailer's re ref toilers toiler's tax to 1500 isoo a 1 year |
