Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-08-31 | Page 5 | Says Whisky Trust Bucks Wine Industry |

Type	issue
Date	1916-08-31
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
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Article Title	Says Whisky Trust Bucks Wine Industry
Type	article
Date	1916-08-31
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
Page	5
OCR Text	Show SAYS WHISKY TRUST BUCKS WINE INDUSTRY jH Washington, August 31. Senator '.H Phelan of California, during debate on jH the administration revenue bill in the jH senate today, charged that the jH "whisky trust" had been largely re- jH sponsible for the defeat of his amend- jH ments to tho wine provisions of the iH measure. H . Whisky interests were exerting "fll their influence, he said, to drive the wine Industry of California to de- iH struction. jH Senator Phelan read an affidavit HH saying that an attorney for whisky in- JH terests had threatened to withdraw jH funds given to fight prohibition In ijH California, unless the wine producers lB there joined with him in opposing leg- iB islatlon proposed in tho revenue bill.
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