Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-02-27 | Page 2 | Soviets Fight Illicit Liquor

SOVIETS FIGHT ILLICIT liQUOR Russians Like Cheap Moonshine j Better Than Vodka MOSCOW Feb n B By The rhe Associated War Press has hIlS been declared dt by Russian on the he government vodka monopoly mon P- P decided oly Since Sinca the government and nd sell leU 40 iO per cent to manur manufacture ture public the plate tate vodka to th the authorities have confiscated tens of thousands thousand of Illicit stills stile In n the village but the peasantry peem eem more determined than ever to com com- combat combat bat the governments government's legal vodka with their own home brew Rus- Rus RUsian Russian dan Rs sian home brew Is called sama sama Kon ama ama- lion Ion It can be made and sold at halt atone one halt the government price for vodka The are co cooperating ing log throughout Russia In the Ukraine alone more than illicit stills lUll have been confiscated In each village groups gr ups o of citizens are designated by the local to distill a sufficient supply of f spirits for local need needs I Their product while not as pure pureES u as standard vodka Is considerably stronger and cheaper andt here here- here fore fore appeals much h more to the peasants palate and purse The peasants Jazz their vodka by tobacco lime and other In- In In Ingredients Millions of tons of o grain and rye ar cI annually annually by the peasants end for fortha ortha tho tha matting making m of This Is Isone isone Isone one ot of the reason re why wh the peas peu peasants peasant ants ant have been so reluctant to part pact with their wheat crops to the gov gov- government government gov- gov Failing Falling to gather flent grain from the tile farmers for tor ex- ex ex export port abroad the government In inconsequence Inconsequence consequence las has aa been forced to see revenue in other directions That is one of the reasons w why y the Russian crown Jewels jewel are now be being Ing offered d for tor sate sale