Show EXTRACT IN facto ONG BOOZE FIENDS send IVarn nin hig to kc ile LS as to stilling selling interacts Ev IN tracts for purposes there is considerable talk on the streets and elsewhere in richfield anent the alleged selling ol of flavoring extracts which are arc said to be consumed as intoxicating leverages beverages not in richfield alone is this traffic and consumption said to be rampant but other parts of the county are included in the indictment in one town of the county it is said that one man recently secured over fifty cases of extracts which contain from 40 to 80 per cent of alcohol an aud one man who until recently held a prominent church position is charged with dealing in this extract booze dope so much has the extract tr traffic air ic increased that one of the large california manufacturers sends out the following warning to retailers por for your information we quote from a statement eft of the collector of revenue bureau san francisco retail dealers will he be held for full tax liability and all penalties civil and criminal imposed by the law wherever it is found that the preparations flavoring extracts distributed by them have been distributed tri buted under such preventable dr cir cuni stances as would have assured them had they cared or endeavored to 0 ascertain the facts that the preparations were to be used as beverages the law states that the sale or use lise of flavoring extracts for beverage purposes bes will subject the seller or u user ser to the penalties provided the federal act of august 10 1917 imposes a fine of not exceeding or for not more than two vears or both we send this with the 0 thought ought I 1 that you want it read and unde understood by everyone who sells extracts in your store it is important that chev realize their responsibility and the penalty for its abuse we make it clear to our sales sale representatives and customers chat we ive are not furnishing extracts for other than culinary purposes purpose and that we doffitt desot assume any responsibility tor for local legislation although c ev tracts represent only a part of 0 our volume as chev do of your volume neither you nor we should allow the business to become illegitimate in which case the government will either license the sale or stop it altogether it is our privilege and responsibility a as business meu men to do everything within on our power to prevent illegitimate business practice the officers here have several firms under surveillance and some developments are looked for anni minute reports reaching the officers fr indicate that several dealers in extracts have deliberately disposed of the stuff knowing full well ti the 10 u uses ses to which it has been put |