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Premier Benito Mussolini is not a prohibitionist. But he thinks that there exist in Italy " alcoholic abuses," and he is determined to lessen the number of wine shops. Accordingly, he has ordered the enforcement of an old law of licenses which allows only one for every 2,000 people...
...Prohition Laws with reference to foreign vessels, our government succeeded in getting into a very difficult position. Great Britain, although unable to offer passengers the pleasure of a wet trip home, was not legally affected. But France and Italy found in this interpretation an encroachment upon their wine-ration law. The captain of a French or Itallan ship was faced with the necessity of breaking his country's law or of being arrested by American prohibition officers. Fortunately Secretary Mellon has solved the dilemma in a common-sense manner by allowing the ship doctor to determine how large a supply...
...announced, will sail westward henceforward with only half their ordinary cargo of liquors, which will all be disposed of before reaching the threemile limit. A half cargo of liquor for the Majestic, for example, consists of 30,000 bottles of ale, 675 quarts of champagne, 375 quarts of wine, 1,500 bottles of whisky, brandy and gin, and 150 bottles of liqueurs. One report has it that British companies are asking their future passengers to specify in advance how much liquor they will require on the trip to America...
...mortgage on physical holdings of industry, agriculture and shipping. This will produce another $119,000,000 gold marks, making a total of $238,000,000. The remaining $27,600,000 will be met by pledging customs duties on imports other than necessities, excise on tobacco, beer, wine and sugar and receipts from the spirits monopoly. The average pre-war receipt from these sources is put at $190,400,000, but the present day value" has now fallen to one-quarter on account of the loss of territory and population and reduced consumption. With the recovery of the eco- nomic activity...
Rejoice ye then--pour the sparkling wine...