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Show SENATE PUTS BAN ON BOOZE. Goes on Record as Favoring Prohibition Prohibi-tion During the War. Washington. The senate went on record on July 7 in favor of "bone dry" national prohibition during the war, so far as whisky and other distilled dis-tilled beverages are concerned. Liquor legislation was written into tile food control bill in one of the senate's bitterest contests, which would slrike at eonsuinpiinn of distilled dis-tilled intoxicants by commandeering stocks in bond in addition to prohibiting pro-hibiting their nianufacltire or Importation. Impor-tation. The beer and wine Industries would be left tindisl urbed. While the final prohibition legislation legisla-tion will be evolved ill conference before be-fore the two houses, it is generally rgarded as possible that tin' house will accept the senate's change after a fight in behalf of the original section. sec-tion. The senate provision would limit constiinpt ion to slocks in retailers' hands or withdrawn before the law-goes law-goes into effect. Stocks of distilled beverages in bond were estimated at between lilMl.llOO.OOU and oUU,-000,000 oUU,-000,000 gallons, and the a nil normal nor-mal consumption at 1 JO.ooo.i loo gal-. gal-. Ions. To purchase this enormous quantity of liquor, or what is left of it after w ithdrawals in mil i ii ;i t ion of the legislation, it is estimated that Ihe government would have to spend from Sg.itio.niKi.oiio to .l .(iiio.onii.ooii. The probable loss in federal revenues is placed at from $'JOO,iiiiii,ooo io s.p lll.OOl l.ooo, allhough Ibis, as well as the cost of purchase, would depend entirely on how much liquor was wiih- , draw n tax-paid In-fore the commandeering', com-mandeering', j |