Show Go Good o d Liquors rs A Are re Scarce Orleans Bartenders Say NEW ORLEANS Dec 12 Bar P tenders complained today that high I quality whiskies wines and cordials are scarce By the drink straight whisky here costs from 15 to 35 cents avera averaging ing about 25 cents Mixed drinks are from 25 to 40 cents Barrel whisky sells at a quart standard Bourbon 2 to a n. quart blended and real quality at 2 to Lo a 8 pint Wines coo cock 60 cents to a aquart aquart aquart quart while champagne sells for 7 to 10 a quart SAN FRANCISCO Dec 12 JP- JP P Blended whiskies for which San Franciscans Fran Fran- are paying from 2 to 4 a aQuart aquart aquart quart were compared today to prohibition prohibition bootleg booties varieties by Dr J J. J G G. Gei Geiger er city director of ot health He reported testing twp well wen known brands and finding one nothIng noth noth- nothing ing but a rank imitation The other contained only 25 per cent aged Inthe in inthe inthe the wood whisky I consider it reprehensible on the part of the government to sanction the called so-called so- so blend whisky which in inmany Inmany Inmany many cases is no less than the rotgut of days he said Bonded whiskies are retailing for 6 and 7 a quart Gin which Dr Geiger Gelger said wasn't as good as the tho bathtub variety may maybe maybe maybe be had at nt legitimate stores for as low lowas as 1 1 a quart the figure at which bootleggers otter offer their own synthetic product Gins run up to a quart Although its it's Illegal In California San Franciscans can step up to- to the bar and get their whisky or gin at from 20 to 30 cents a drink A more legitimate way of buying it is in small bottles selling at two for 35 cents or 20 cents each Wines run all the way from a gallon for new California vintage to 5 a quart for tor imported Burgundy Champagne sells for tor 6 and 7 a bottle boUle |