| Show DRY RT LICENSES EXCEED nearly physicians have received permits t to 0 write prescriptions DRUGGISTS IN BIG NUMBERS only permits for the manufacture of intoxicants have been issued one fourth of them being from california washington more than druggists retail mid wholesale tin and manufacturers of proprietary miles flavoring extracts etc have been licensed in tile the united states and its con consular possessions to date under the national prohibition net act according to statistics just compiled in the office ot of the prohibition commissioner john 11 II kramer tile records of the internal revenue bureau also show chow that nearly physicians in the united states hawaii and porto rico have received permits to nolte prescriptions calling for the dispensation of intoxicating liquors for medicinal purpose sas ano that additional permits at the rate of 1000 a month tire are being issued to physicians tabulation by states of the physicians licensed up to june 25 how that the prohibition director for massachusetts has issued more than 15 per cent of tle tie number of oc such permits distributed tri buted new york tork state late has another 15 per cent massachusetts leads the exact figures are mas massachusetts achu 2450 new york 2421 pennsyl danl eanls 1525 ohio 1450 maryland 1225 missouri 1150 Minnes minnesota otil in states such as 1111 illinois bols kansas end indiana dullere here state codes will not permit of the use of such permits no physicians have been licensed by the government so to prescribe porto rican physicians apparently are awake to their opportunities under prohibition licenses to physicians to prescribe intoxicating liquors ing been issued in that territory or more than have been issued in arkansas new mexico nevada north dakota south dakota west virginia georgia florida and maine combined new york state Is far in the van la in number of retail and wholesale druggists manufacturers of proprietary medicines extracts and other products requiring the use of intoxicating liquor ns as an ingredient permits for these dispensers of products containing considerable sid erable quantities of intoxicants have been issued to in new york state alone or about 28 per cent of f the total in the country pennsylvania ranks second with such permits issued up to june jane 25 illinois is third with nearly 30 massachusetts Is fourth with about 1800 and ohio Is less than a hundred behind in fifth place more than twice as many permits for the stile sale alone of liquors have been issued in pennsylvania as in any other state there are issued in the keystone state out of for the tha entire country these are issued principally to distillers and others having intoxicating stuff in it bond but some wholesale liquor dealers and possibly some druggists may be found in this class permits for manufacture only permits for the manufacture of intoxicants have hate been issued and more than a fourth of these or 64 have gone to the wineries wintries win eries of california two permits of this class have been issued to distillers of whisky both in Pennsyl pennsylvania vaala according to enforcement officials thirty five of the sixty rectifiers license have been granted to firms in ne new york state chios state prohibition director has issued more permits for the transportation port por tation atlon of intoxicating liquor than any other with 50 kentucky is second with and pennsylvania third with 1 massachusetts ranks fourth with california fifth with new york sixth with lilt connecticut seventh with and missouri eighth with 00 99 all other classes of permits for the use in any way of intoxicating liquor in its importation or exportation for manufacture or use of intoxicating elder cider for conversion into vinegar and for the sale or purchase of alco alcoholic preparations and beverages of more than halt half of 1 per cent alcoholic alco holle contents are issued direct from the pro prohibition commissioners office as also are permits to operate izing plants and rectification establishments permits 11 al n for the use of intoxicating cat ng liquors in the manufacture of medicinal preparations extracts sir ups etc have been issued U up p to the number of and permits 1 17 I for the use and sale of such liquors have been issued up to to the number of these two classes of permits take in both wholesalers and retailers retailer of intoxicants always with the quail fi cation for medicinal purposes and because of the confusion resulting from these similar classifications H and 1 I permits now are being consolidated in many instances so that druggists for instance may not only boniv dispense whisky etc on prescription but may also use it in concocting concoct ing medicinal preparations of more than one half of 1 per cent alcoholic content at the present rate of withdrawal front from bond it III take only five years for tile the available supply of whisky in the united states to be consumed |
