Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-24 | Page 31 | Beer, Wine Limit Runs into Gallons

BEER WINE LIMIT I I RUNS INTO GALLONS WASHINGTON w April 23 An An arbitrary arbitrary arbi arbi- tr ry limit of 4 gallons of beer and 3 gallons of ot wine as the maximum a physician may prescribe at any anyone one onetime onetime time has been set in new prohibition regulations which await the approval of ot David H. H Blair the new commissioner commissioner commissioner commis commis- of internal revenue In making this announcement today Prohibition Commissioner Kramer said that while under Attorney General Palmers Palmer's recent opinion the amount of ot beer or wine ovine prescribed b by a physician over a given period could not be lim limited Jim Jim-I it was believed that the amount of individual prescriptions could be be limited to a reasonable maximum It would not be practical he said to require a patient for whom two or or three bottles of beer a day might be prescribed to obtain a prescription for each day Issuance of beer er and wine regulations regulations regulations regula regula- Mr Ir Kramer emphasized will ill de depend depend de- de pend entirely upon the decision of the new Internal revenue rc commissioner