Show CUR T to 0 set at rest various atones and to answer numerous inquiries re garding the manufacture and sale of cider I 1 beg you to give th the following statement stat ment the widest publicity through the columns of your paper the national prohibition act provides that no liquor shall be sold bold for beverage purposes which contains one half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume volum A mc liquor la is construed to include no lude practically any liquid or com compound pound by whatever name called containing one half of one per cent or more of alcohol by volume fit 0 or r which may be used for bo beverage purposes cider may be manufactured by persons desiring to convert same in to vinegar when this la is jone done a permit fr from the director must be obtained for such act sweet cider containing less than on one e be half 1 f of one per cent of ale alcohol 0 hol by vol volume me may be manufactured ed and sold without the necessity obtaining permit provided such product la is put up and marketed I 1 in tenly irl 1 closed containers er T r is a its treat old ed b by y u the C caldr aldi audition tion n of beri benzoate of aoda da or other substance sub tance which will or prevent nt fermentation I 1 in such pro portion a ai 3 tu to insure injure the alco alcoholic holt e c clent min remaining bolow one ha half I 1 of one per cent of alcohol by volume th the e responsibility for keeping the acon item olic content below such percentage c tests resta upon the manufacturer and i n any coos where cider fun found d upon the market containing a cohol I 1 in exe excess as of the allowed percentage in manufacturer tage the manufacturer will presumed to have manufactured and sold ad an intoxicating liquor cider containing less than one half of one percent of alcohol by bv volume T e may be sold by the pro ducer to persons holding permits manufacture u f ture vinegar if so h elder cider however contains on one h half lf bf one ne percent or more of ale alc ho hohol h 0 by vo volume ionic when removed for convers min into vinegar it will be chat the persons producing i shall hold permits to I 1 cider aa above provided and same only upon receipt of t to purchase in the manufacture of older cider sugar gar or other fermentable sub 1 stance should under no circum stances be added to the apple for the purpose of increasing alcoholic bh olic content inasmuch as such practice is a held to in C constitute alt t production of a baah ash fit for distill aaion within the prohibition of see sec do tinn revised it to is evident from reports to received by the director that chat ourn more bcd care a will 11 have to be exercised hy by PP P people P Is making cider BO an as 1 to keep strictly within the spirit a as well a as the letter leiter of the law fed prohibition director |