PRICE OF LIQUOR
PROPOSALS IN AMERICA
CHEAP TO BEAT BOOTLEGGER
(Received December 14, 2.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, .December 13. It is announced that allocations for 5,595,000 gallons of liquor to be imported within the. next four months have been granted. The aim is to destroy bootlegging by making liquor cheap, and at the same time to bargain with exporting nations to exchange the liquor for farm surpluses. The director, Mr. Choate, will not disclose (the countries allocated quotas. It is understood .{hat a plan is being considered to make immediately available large stocks of whisky in, Canada, as the best solution for the high . price of spirits prevailing in the United States, despite the lapse of a fortnight since.the repeal.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 10
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119PRICE OF LIQUOR Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 10
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