Show i L GRAPE GROWERS axi ANI ll lf CENSES 1 tool city sep 3 IM 1881 editor deseret will you please olease answer ans welthe the foll following dwin owin through the column of the ni NEWS ws that fi 18 if abu deem it of sufficient importance it will 1 I think be of general interest to all the incorporated cities of bf the territory it has been asserted by many of our grape growers that there Is a united grape states tates law now in liv force in this thia ter ri rubry abry that reserves to pheni the right night to express their grapes and ture wine and land also that said law gives them the right to sell barter deal out and otherwise dispose df their wine so manufactured without a license inside the limits of incorporated corp orated cities in spite of adyar any ordinance prohibiting the sale of vi vinous I 1 wirl liti tous tons and fermented liquors the h e quest guest question guestion iod lod is therefore e does any such united states law iau exit exi t in fact or 16 is it simply asserted ax a bluff in order if possible to intimidate or a 11 least to override municipal id g gigy ax the law of the unit united C A states referred to by the grape growers of thoele tooele is i doubtless to tho general re revenue ventie venire law lavy which makes some exemptions iq in regard to wine and brandy braudy produced f roia rola the thi grape i in section of the revised St statutes tutis of the united states it is provided that the commissioner of bf internal revenue with the approval of the secretary of the treasury may exempt 1 ampt dis Ois distillers tIllers of brandy brandv x ag from apples peaches or i grapes from roin the alie provisions af the revenue va law W elc except tt as to the hai ther oher bergon bercon A ereon ergon gell geli when in lri his judgment it may seem beem to j exp eap expedient dbent t to 0 do 0 sa ho thus tile the tax remains malt mait to b be while other provisions I 1 and restrictions of the law may be removed under unde permission from froin the commissioner of infernal internal revenue bevenue section 33 28 of the revised statutes imposes a tax ax at of ten eniti cents ei iti ili per pint piat bott bottle bottie leor or package on all edin compounds called wine not made from tom gripes grapes groan grova in the united on all liquors mixed with distilled spirits and aua gid sald us as wine not made from crapesi currants ats 1 rhubarb or berries grown in the united states tates this leaves the we inference jn ference that wine moade made from grapes etc etca brownin grown grow nin in the thet united stat stai staten 1 that tax tak but these phe the he united sates spates revenue Is law shave ino no bt bearing maln upon the laws jaws or the the State sand territories ri in regard to local taxation or licensing regulations of the united staves states concerning its own re venue from taxes upon the manufacture and ale sale aie of liquors each state and territory makes its own laws lavo if auy for the taxing or licensing oc prohibiting the manufacture ang and aud sale baie ale of intoxicants ane revenue laws of the united states are sep separate drale arate and distinct from these a and rid ild neither interferes with the other bachis each s independent dinits in its own spheres therefore if there was a special exemption by athe united states laiyou law of any revenue tax upon wine ane or liquors made from nati native e grown crapps I 1 it would not interfere in many any auy wax way way wi with th the operations of a state territorial county p u n or municipal ian lav law r pr or regulation in imp i p otting a tax or licen licence je upon uch ucb manufactures ow let ua the lw law of the territory is upon wi business ss tho the latest territorial statute in relation to liquors was approved barch larch 9 and has the tollow following ing lug axce exception in tavor of vine growers that po provision of this act shall be ti po construed as to prohibit wine growers growe without a license from ana ani and on the premises where expressed the pure ulce nice of the grape in quantities not jess lems tive five tive gallons to rooue oue one person at one time tsen observe e the manufacturer of the wine in norderto order to be exempt from i the tile tax authorized by the law which covers the manufacture sale barter dealing out or other disposition of well as other intoxicating liquors must be the grower of the grapes expressed for wine making waking anu the product must b be e the pure luice juice of the grape unmixed d with spirit and it must be sold sold ou on the premises where expressed in 1 n quantities not less than live nse use gallons to one person atone time but this is nut all there Is ia a pro viso to tho the the law faw protecting the rights of municipalities in the regulation ot this traffic 11 orid cd that where auy any municipal corporation has the vil vii in its charter charier to prohibit the manufacture sale saie an and d otherwise disposing of spirituous vinous and malu mall liquors nothing in wis this act shall be bo construed as to impair such right tue only question now ln in this connection is as to the powers of tooele thoele city lu in ahe he regulation of the liquor traffic and this is answered in section 15 of its charter which authorizes the cl city ty council to license regulate prohibit or restrain the manufacturing selling or giving away of tous toua vinous or fermented liquors this power is ample it covers ill hil aleth th ground and the plea of the gi grape ape growers who want to manufacture and sell wine within the present limits of tooele thoele city corporation po ration coat contrary to t the he c city ty ordin annemay anc emay as well cease their at bluff 11 orth elaw is clearly against them |