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Show President Wilson Given Power to ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft 'ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft Seize All Distilled Liquors in U. S. The senate disposed of the prohibition prohibi-tion question by passing a law containing con-taining the following provisions: 1. The use of foodstuffs in the manufacture of whisky is prohibited. Nothing is said about beer or wine. 2. No distilled liquors shall be imported im-ported into, the country during the war. 3. The president is directed to commandeer all liquors in bond and pay the owners the actual cost plus a profit not exceeding 10 per cent. ., 4. No taxes shall be levied against the distilled spirits now In bond. Tho prohibition law was passed by a vote of 45vto 37. It is a victory for the "wets." The "drys" failed after desperate efforts to have beer and wine included. Senator Simmons, chairman of the senate finance committee calculates that the government will lose about $670,000,000 through the law. Senator Sen-ator Penrose says the amount will reach $1,000,000,000. Senator Gore says it will be far less than the Simmons Sim-mons estimate. It was necessary today to recommit recom-mit the great $1,670,000,000 war revenue bill. It will be held up until un-til the senate's prohibition law has been taken through the house." If the house sanctions the law It will be necessary to remodel the whole bill and substitute other forms of revenue for the liquor taxes. The prohibition section as passed today reads: Section 1 That from and after, thirty days from the date of the approval ap-proval of this act, no person shall usej any foods, fruits, food materials or feed- In the production of distilled; liquors except for governmental. In-j dustriol, manufacturing, scientific or medical purposes. Nor shall there i.i- ii.vjrted into the United States J'irinr; said war any distilled liquors. .;V r-orson who wilfully violates this tectlon shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not exceeding exceed-ing Sr000; or by Imprisonment for j i I not more than two years, or both. Iresideiit Given Power to Take Over Liquors "Provided, that the president of the United States be and hereby is directed to take over for and on behalf be-half of the government of the United States all distilled liquors that are held in bond at the time this act goes into effect and he is hereby author ized to pay to the owners of such the actual cost of the same plus a profit not exceeding 10 per centum. '"Provided further, that the collection collec-tion of all 'excise taxes on distilled spirits in bond at the time of passage of this act shall be suspended so long as this act is in force and the distiller, dis-tiller, in the event that said distilled spirits shall be taken over by the government as herein provided, shall be discharged from all obligations for any and all taxes levied and as-essed as-essed against such distilled spirits, provided, however, that owners of the distilled spirits shall not withdraw with-draw any part thereof without the payment of the excise tax in force.J With the passage of this section, all "prohibition legislation in the food control- bill has been disposed of by the senate. It Is hoped now that the main bill may be voted on Wednesday. Wednes-day. Senator Chamberlain gave notice no-tice today that unless some agrea-ment agrea-ment was reached Monday to vote two or three days later, he would apply ap-ply for the cloture rule. . The senate today reversed itself and rejected by a vote of 43 to 39 the Cummins amendment of yesterday yester-day forbidding the withdrawal of any bonded distilled spirits. It adopted this yesterday by a vote of 45 to 40. Senator Smoofof Utah drew the1 part of the bill directing the president presi-dent to commandeer all distilled spirit'; and to pay for them. Tho senate adopted this by a vote of 65 to 12.' Later, after a hard fight j n,":iinst the Smoot amendment, the, i senate refused by a vote of 52 to 25 j to change its views. |