Show h FIND v y 11 i o Jamaica Worse Than Any A Writs Writs- Sold Sells S Under the guise of extract of Jamaica ginger U ex extract extract ex- ex tract of vanilla and extract of lemon the country merchants flier mer and chants of southern Utah are arc selling barrels of booze the store which does not carry carryall an immense and fast moving stock of these substitutes for whiskey is a rarity This trade is increasing daily in the towns where no licenses are granted and as they are all sold under the guise of medicine or flavoring extracts they the are proving a puzzle to the local officers who have found no way to restrict or regulate regulate regu regu- late their th ir sale Most of the essence of or gin ginger er is ts manufactured in Salt Lake by druggists druggists drug drug- and shipped nil alt over the state especially to the tho southern counties where no licenses aro are being granted The country merchants do tIo a n rushing business even amon among those who never ne r touch a drop of or whiskey Tho The essence of ot gln ginger er from its effects is apparently enthy a much worse intoxicant than thon for tor tho the reason an any straight whiskey that to the straight hard alcohol Is added tho the strong condiment In the form Corm of ginger Inger Physicians and druggists know that alcohol In Its hard form Corm and even when reduced is a preservative e an anti and andIs Is 18 vastly more Injurious to tho the stomach stomach stem stem- ach rich and internal muscular fibres than Is distilled whiskey whisker which carries al alcohol alcohol at- at cohol in its soft sott form form torm which though thought stimulating Is 18 vastly vastl less injurious than the hard form orm When hen to this hits hard alcohol Is 18 added 11 cd the tho heat and stimulating properties of or ginger sinsel tho thio Injury Injun i lit Is increased il Here is the way the tho no Continued m un n o FIND NEW TIPPLE I IN UTAH TOWNS from mill lage l'age e One dope Is Js prepared b by the tho Salt Sui Lal Lake Lako e druggists for tho trade in the tho coun coun- country country try towns of ot tho state Pure Puro alcohol which Is classed as proof Is I. taken for or 95 per cent of ot the liquid In vol- vol and to this Is ie added 5 6 pot per cent of ot the tho ginger Inger compound To take tako this straight would warm up the most confirmed confirmed con con- firmed drinker since the alcohol In inthe tho the mixture Is double tho the strength of ot brandy and spirits spirit's sold at most dru drug drugstores drugstores stores and saloons Tho The essence of f ginger however Is easily reduced to tho thu same strength of rectified spirits or hard whiskey whiskey by adding an nn equal quantity of water and then tho the purchaser pur pur- chaser baser of a bottle botte of ot the finest Jamaica Jamaica Ja Ja- Ja- Ja maica ginger Inger has a whiskey that Is Infinitely worse for all al Intoxicating effects than the tho product of ot any still This Is 15 the thu class of or whiskey that Is IR being sold In largo quantities In tho the prohibition districts of ot the tho state That this sort of ot traffic has prevailed pre pro veiled vied elsewhere and that the tho officers of ot tho the government though thought thoy they could not stop It have o ha been heen much more mora prompt than Ulan tho the municipal officers in Ia exposing expos expos- ing lag It I. I Is shown b by a ruling of or the commissioner lonor of Internal revenue at al Washington handed down October 9 1905 on similar conditions In other states states Tho The commissioner sa says sas When hen al alcoholic ni- ni coholic compounds called essence of ot lemon vanilla cinnamon etc or so- so called caled tinctures or e essences sen es of or ginger contain as you state a mere trifle of t medicament medicament the tho main constituent being alcohol and those these preparations which you OU further say are aro usually sold by country merchants especially in prohibition districts are arc found by the local Internal revenue re officers or agents to bo Le generally soul sold Holl or used as ns beverages every ery merchant thus thUN selling them without holding the re- re special tax stamp as ns a liquor dealer denier un under tinder er tho the Internal revenue laws will be e liable to criminal prosecution In o. o addition dlton to the assessment against him of ot special tn tax and penal penalty and ond the manufacturers of ot called so-called so essences and extracts who are aro shown hown b by tho the facts elicited to have ha e made these alcoholic compounds for or sale salo In prohibition districts will wH be bo held lia 10 ha- ha ble tile to special tax and penalty as ns r rectifiers flers fiers and antI liquor dealers Must HI t Pay Under this ruling the tile manufacturers ors ers of ot these essences of ot ginger pr and ami other materials ore are required b bv by the revenue re officers to pay a special tax lax as ns rectifiers an and of or al alcoholic at- at coholic liquors and those country merchants and others who sell sel the thE extracts are aro hel held to be liable lable to the tue a year tax as retail dealers In li ii l- l quor luor They pay these taxes when called upon to for or I the they thoy know kno It Is not possible e to evade e the officers of ot tho the govern overn- government ment meat who know neither fear nor fa favor a a- a vor Ol OJ among the tho liquor dealers To til the e municipal officers however trio the dealers deal elS el'S say Ray that the of ot lemon vanilla ginger and anti the tho like Iko are medi medicines mell- mell cines of ot flavoring extracts and no not t I b beverages 7 |