Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1920 — CONFIRMS WAR ON BREWING [ARTICLE]

CONFIRMS WAR ON BREWING

Revenue Bureau at Washington to Punish for Sale of Supplies to Home.

Washington, Nov. 15.—The Internal revenue bureau in a formal statement confirms reports that a crusade against luime brewing of alcoholic beverages Is planned by the government’s prohibit'on enforcement agencies. “If malt extract, hops, isinglass, gelatip or other materials are sold or advertised for. sale in circumstances which show that they are advertised or sold for use tn the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor.” said .a statement issued by ’ Commissioner Williams of the internal revenue bureau, “it 1s the purpose of. the bureau tc prosecute persons so offending. The so-called home brew beer manufactured In the home for beverage purposes, even though for the sole use of the family and bona fide guests. Is. under the bureau’s construction of the law, illegal, and the sale of materials for the’purpose of such manufacture Is likewise illegal.”