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Show ; li LOW SWEET PRICE 1 BOOMS MOONSHINE TAMPA. Fla.. Jan. 21. The low B1 "ver-production sug.u , anc jh1 iKK sorghum is responsible for a boom in H the moonshine liquor Industry In BSV- H eral sections of Florida, according to; i A L. Allen, federal prohibition dl-, KTF vrior for this. r small, except the cano crop, which was ET larger than usual' said Mr. Allen H "One year ago thl month cane sy-1 L rup w.,s selling il 1 50 1 gallon Tlii;- B year, with double the crop, people in F West Florida have told mo they arc; offered only ?.5 and 40 cents a gallon' for their syrup. L f "Many of these people in those clr-! cunastances have found the pat-ting of f Hie was an.j have sold their syrup IB to a bootlegger neighbor or have used , X) It thcmselver In making moonshine. L -nly three ga'lon:' m' mp are neces- HB . iry to make a quart of liquor. The HI market valU' of the syrup Is $1.05! HB, to $1.20. while the quart of moon-1 HI |