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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER U. S, Law to Aid. Utah in Banning Intoxicants ExpertaHxplain Provisions of Federal Prohibition I JCCE upon a time there wee a song popular In certain circles, the re-- I train of which had to do with How dry I am." the I" standing for anyone who subscribed to the melancholy sentiments of the song A few persona with a retrospective outlook upon life were disposed to whistle hum or groan the refrain yesterday. Others with a disposition to anticipate life were inclined to relse the refrain to -- Hew dry I am going having In mind the going into effect of the na- -, tinnal prohibition law on January 18 But there Is a yet more sinister" view s of the situation, to the person who to be In the confidence of Attorney Is at General tian B. Shields of Utah and the same time not an ardent prohibition 1st. Of course. If the confidant is an sinisardent prohibitionist, the wor ter'' should be replaced with some such Mr. Shields holds "word as "propitious. to the opinion that the national prohlbi tlon law, constitutional amendmant and as evsrything, applies in Utah In so farand It atda and abets and supersedes law. the state prohibition abrogating any leniency that may have crept Into the state law and Interfering with nothing of the stringency of the -- - hap--pen- and enthusiastic, or seasoned and proved otherwise It partake of tlie color of pessimism. Volstead Law Reviewed. The Literary Digest of December 2? publishes a review of the advent of the Volstead prohibition act that U to inska effective the constitutional amendment. It quotes xtenxively from an Interview with Representative Andrew J. Volstead of Minnesota.- author of the' bill that Is now a hnrd and fast law. points put that Mr. Volstead had ex perlence in the devious ways of bootleg gers .and other dodgers of the prohlbi tlon laws In his yeais as prosecuting attorney 111 V ellow Medicine county, Minn , and that he wrote Into the law the wealth of his experience. Comments of Representative Volstead on the law, as puhlmhed in the Literary Digest,- - are Interesting In the light of Attorney General Shields s view of Its application In and conjunction with the prohibition law of Utah. The Literary Digest article follows In part - The-article t Intoxicants Defined. on presentation of A, physician's prescription? "Yes. It will be possible, but the process will lie long, and. It Is hoped, discouraging. I had a good deal of trouble with some druggists and physicians tn Minnesota. There are unsutceseful and doctors as well as lawyers A dishonorable doctor, whose legitimate Is not sufficient for his support practise Is likely. If ihere Is an opportunity, to write a fall Into evil wavs. He whisky prescription for a dollar, or even less. Bars Up. Legislation Under Volstead Act, Effective January 16. Y No liquor, under th prohibition law, can be sold by anyone at retalli except and he must have a by a pharmacist, permit from the national government and be licensed by the officers of hi state to compound n dispense medicine by a licensed phvelclan. A druggist, then, may deal In liquor.. But once It is In his store, how may John Doe. a customer, purchase It for hi own use? He must go to a physician, who ha been duly licensed to practise medicine and Is actively engaged In such work. Also, th physician must have a permit from the national government to prescribe liquor. The permit will be limited as to time and place Bormltx w III run from year- - i veer. A --doctor cannot prescribe liquor for persons living outslds the sons of his practise. "The machinery having been set up bv which a person may be permitted through a druggist ami a physician to purchase liquor, lha next step for him Is to get, th liquor Lat us consult th law and see how the liquor can be obNo one but a phyeleian, the tained. a permit to prescribe tel reads,shall"holding Issus any prescription for liquor, liquor. And no physician shall prescribe liquor unless, after careful physical exuse amination of the person for who such prescription la aought, or If auch examination Is found Impracticable, then upon tha best Information obtainable, he use of In good faith believes that th such liquor as a medicine by etich person Is necessary and will afford relief to him from eome known ailment. Having deckled that his patient actually would tie benefited by the liquor, the He Is ihvslrt.xn writes a prescription. Imltrd to a pint. Nor can he write prescription for the saute person until at the end or ten days. 'And no law lays down, prescription ' so th 'shall be filled mor than one.' ' What is Intoxicating liquor, as described by law?" lr, Voistead was asked. "Au tiling by whatever name It may late statute. of oii Mr. Hhlelda says that he expresses this be called mat loutalns cent ol be answered to the aiconol,'1 per with opinion regard optimistic In"I!raiid.v, whisky, mm. gin, beer, ale, rhancea of absolute elimination of the fluence of Mr Barley Corn In the comporter, and wine ate prohibited specltl-cadretent awareneas In the of entire munity is a farmer permitted to make cider?'' opinion of Justice Brand In of the United Tie fruit Juices also, for us in States supreme court with regard to the application of the federal prohibition law his home, ruvtded they are not intoxIn the various states, the justice holding icating.'' "But a raw barrel of elder gradually that the federal law supersedes' the state law In the matter or "regulatory" foments and becomes ahohohe while It Regulations Cited. control of liquor traffic. is Ring on Its side in one's cellar," the Itrosdiv, such aro the acts that can interviewer or. served. nvslclars and drug-g.st"I hat may be so. but the owner of the be performed by Law Is Interpreted. But Lbau-'vrcertain regulations cider dare r.ot sed It or give It way. unMr. Shields holds that this ruling of the less are required to observe. The to a factory having a permit that thy must in a book supplied supreme court Justice works with only from the vinegar write physician government, and If he drinks him the positive and not the negative effect. the cider and by the nutlonal government a hisIn the trouble vaunts to that wherever the state law happens he wld get Into difOculUes him- tory of each Uquor prescription, that he be lax the federal law la to apply, and self " He muet state the date of the gives wherever the state law la even more sethe quantity of liquor pre'May one have liquor in his hou.se af-t- prescription, vere than the federal law the state law and the scribed, the name of the is effective In the mind of the state tion tne prohibition law goes into opera- aliment from willed he Ispatient, suffering, and of and dose. amount the the attorney general this constitutes a happy frequency 'It will not be unlawful to possess must the prescription conjunction of federal and state laws, quor in ones private dwelling. If the be "Furthermore, since the federal government will underon blanks th written govprinted by Is used mil as a plai e in which enforcement of dwelling take In the future the and a otherwise a stub, ernment; copy A be a house, or to 'live. may dwelling In Included both prohibitory provisionsroom or rooms In an apartment house, of the prescription, must be returned to the state and the national prohibition boarding lrugpttx also must or hotel. The liquor so the government. similar records, and Internal revelaws, leaving the state authorities to possessed, house, lie for personal keep must however, screws of such pronue experts will examine all of them as prohibitory tighten of the occupant of the dwelvision ss the state law has In excess of consumption eome In Inspectors, unknown to ling and of his family and of his boua-fi- d they those that ornament the federal law the public, will be abroad In the land. guests when they are entertained Doctors For Instance, the federal law permits of and druggists violating the law him In his home. the tale ef liquor by druggists on the pre by"Hut." Mr. Volstead went on to eav, will he severelyof punished. course, may us win "Churches, script Ion of physicians,theunder restrictions. It will be difficult to get liquor after The stats law denies privileges of the purposes?" law goes Into effect. It cannot be for eacramental Volstead Mr. physician, the druggist and the consumer the per. "Surely," replied. sold or transported, or given or patient and Mr. Shields says that made or If it Is to be used as a beverage. mils will be Issued for tha manufacture, the stale law In this and other respects away, Importation and sals of cannot brew beer, distilleries transportation. of transcendent severity will not he abro- Breweries bod la, but wines for usa cannot manufacture whisky, wineries such wines can bynotrollglou be sold, bartered, gated by the going into effect of the fed- cannot make wine. Nor can the railfurnished to or eral law. any person It cannot exchanged In other words, any leniency of the fed- roads haul liquor as freight not a rabbi, a minister of th buggies, au- a priest, or an officer authorised gospel, eral law will not be reflected In the state be transported In wagons, to act water, or aircraft or any In matter for a church or law, but any severity of either will be tomobiles, other vehicle. If It should be, the liquor tionth Records, likewise, must congregae be kept unhampered by any corresponding will be confiscated, the vehicle also will of all such transactions. In the other. The view of the matand th forty-eigatatea are ter la optimistic, If you are constituted be confiscated, add the person having the The constitution now outlaws the congraaa to for carrying will be arrested. provldt law way. and your habits have been surh liquor that 1'quor business, or will after Januarv in, requlrad -- YVU1 into The effect. prohibition country be to It U obtain r new reformation possible on surh Mr Volstead went your tn mv liquor cannot be half wet and half dry. If it and were, trouble would multiply, would neither th wet1 nor th 'dr be aatlRfled with th iltuation. I have een aherlffa and proaecutlng attorney at cluba in dry territory, ands drinking I bar aen aolid and proape roue bqsi-nemen who were made aot and bankrupt while member of uch cluba. I a Mr. Volatead admit that hi law little drastic, but In the same breath In effect, It Is a mere pink reflecsay, tion of what It's going to be when people a little more used to prohibition. Of get course, th eighteenth amendment may be repealed with the same ease, we take 1L that a moderate-sue- d camel wanders read' through the eye of a needle. We Th national prohibition act passed by rongren a'mply put Into effect 'the will of the people a expressed when they adopted the eighteenth amendment to the to constitution Congress has attemptedsuch stop all use of liquor and, of course, I mentioned aa the have performances secret drinking of liquor by aherlffa and In violation of prosecuting ofattorney office. their oaths It la said by aome persons that the law la drastic. I reply that It will be made even more severe after the country has learned what prohibition means. It will be tightened In several places, and. In my opinion, will never be repealed." "It can be repealed, however," tha in tarvlewer remarked. Yea, but the country would have to choose a congress that would be willing to resubmit the question to the state, s and then the legislatures of of the states would be required to vote out of the the prohibition amendment national constitution-- . Th task, in my Judgment, would be hopeless." one-ha- lf y. T7jd J 2, 1920. , s. - neinh-borho- li- rhlld-nee- ht 10" Saves Labor and Expense f ima Wreckage Drling Ashore. HALIFAX- ,- N.8., Jan. lWreckage from th American schooner T. W. Allan of 1rovldenoe, R. I., which sailed from New Bedford, Mass., on November 19, drifted ashore last night at Harborville. on the bay of Fundv shore near Berwick No previous report had been received of th schooner being In d.stress. and marina authorities here believe Rhe was lost with ail on board during ons of the aerie of terrific gales which have swept th north Atlantic during the last two You know, without being reminded, that coffee is seldom twice alike, that it nearly always contains grounds or sediment and thit it is seldom ready on time especially in the morning. Soluble (instant) Barrington Hall Coffee solves all this. A half teaspoonful of the powdered coffee crystals, add hot water and instantly you have a cup of perfect coffee. There is no waiting, no bothersome coffee pot to clean, no waste of the 30 per cent of coffee which is lost in the grounds and b evaporation. j Try it for breakfast tomorrow! Your grocer has the Me medium size jar, containing a Barrington Hall in concentrated form. Youll never go back to the pound of Baker-izecoffee pot! d BAKER IMPORTING COMPANY New York Minneapolis rtingtondia" Finley G. Brooks Sc Uih Co. Distributor (P5l(C 511, Dooly Block Balt Lake City, Utah. n convince you. month. Fighting Reported in India. J LONDON, Jan. 1. Dispatches received her from British India under date of December II and December 20 show that ther haa been considerable fighting between the British exped.tlonary forces Severe and th revolting tribesmen losses were Inflicted on the tribesmen. were British put although the apparently to a hard test In defeating them. Two Killed in Egyptian Blots. ALEXANDRIA. Friday, Jan. 2. A conflict occurred today between rioters and the police and troop. Two of the rioters were killed and five wounded. Another Alcohol Death. CHICAGO. Jan 1 Another death attributed to wood alcohol was reported to the police ton ght. James Moran, 14 year old, died as a result of drinking w.ne contain). .g th poison, at a New Years party. Wells Named to Santa Fe.. ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. Jan. 1. Ar-- I thur G. Wells, for many years manager of the Santa Fa coast lines, with headquarter at Iks Angeles, haa been appointed federal manager of the Santa ac-Fe tem, with headquarters at Chicago, her cording to an of'lclal report received today. Mr. Wells succeeds W. B. Storey, Kama th of recently appointed president F In place of E. P. Ripley, resigned. OLIBLE-(INSTANT- ) A trie Washer washes beautifully a tubful of clothes anything1 frpm the most delicate laces to the heaviest woolen blankets without injury. Theres no hand rubbing. Costs only V2 cents an hour to operate.- The Automatic is the original power-drive- n Dolly type washer. It is economical, simple and dependable. By eliminating all extras and unnecessary parts, the manufacturers are able to sell the Automatic at the lowest possible price. Two hand levers control every operation. Has reversible, swinging wringer with start, stop and reverse eontrol. 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