| Show AN IMPORTANT POINT IOWA is a prohibition state and an interesting case has grown out of the enforcement of its laws in that direction A decision given in this particular suit by the supreme court of iowa raises an important question to be settled by the supreme court of the united states it Is thus exola explained ined by bradstreets Brads s I 1 suit was brought last spring against the owner of a distillery to enjoin dim from manufacturing alcohol or pr proof 0 of spirits the owner of the distillery defended on the ground that he manufactured entirely tor for export within the state and t that hat no portion of his product was sold within iowa and that to 10 interfere with a business carried on with citizens of other states would be to attempt to regulate interstate commerce and thus encroach upon the domain of congress the court ho however w granted the injunction holding tile the right 0 of f the state to prohibit the manufacture of t to 0 be absolute no matter what may be the destination of the product and that interstate commerce is not interfered with because the manufacture of the liquor is prevented before it becomes a subject et for transportation this is the case which has to be passed upon by the court of last resort the iowa deci sion as will be seen gives the police power of the state a wl wide de potency |
