Edgar Rickard to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Edgar Rickard to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Rickard, Edgar, 1874-1951
Identifier
WWP19466
Date
1918 July 22
Description
Edgar Rickard writes to Woodrow Wilson about signing an Executive order regarding regulations for breweries.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
Dear Mr. President
In your letter of June 18 you enclosed a certain modification of an order with regard to the use of material in the manufacture of distilled spirits for other than bevereage purposes. This order had been prepared in this office and was approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Hoover wrote you on June 21 suggesting that the regulation might be held up pending a final decision in the matter of the production of malt products.
In my opinion it would now be advisable to proceed with the regulation referred to. The effect of this regulation is merely to permit brewers in prohibition States to continue their operations by manufacturing near-beer and producing alcohol as a by-roduct of such manufacture. They are, of course, still subject in such manufacture to the material restrictions and any coal restrictions which may be imposed by the Fuel Administration, including a total prohibition of the use of coal when such prohibition is applied to other brewers.
Faithfully yours,
(Signed) EDGAR RICKARD
In your letter of June 18 you enclosed a certain modification of an order with regard to the use of material in the manufacture of distilled spirits for other than bevereage purposes. This order had been prepared in this office and was approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Hoover wrote you on June 21 suggesting that the regulation might be held up pending a final decision in the matter of the production of malt products.
In my opinion it would now be advisable to proceed with the regulation referred to. The effect of this regulation is merely to permit brewers in prohibition States to continue their operations by manufacturing near-beer and producing alcohol as a by-roduct of such manufacture. They are, of course, still subject in such manufacture to the material restrictions and any coal restrictions which may be imposed by the Fuel Administration, including a total prohibition of the use of coal when such prohibition is applied to other brewers.
Faithfully yours,
(Signed) EDGAR RICKARD
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Citation
Rickard, Edgar, 1874-1951, “Edgar Rickard to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 July 22, WWP19466, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.