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Word: 20c (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Distribution. If & when beer returns it will no longer be "The Biggest & Coolest in Town, 5¢." Taxes, Federal, state, local, will probably run its price above 20c per glass. But will beer-by-the-glass return? Few brewers were sure. The distribution problem still offers the greatest conflict of public and private opinion. As deep-rooted as ever is dread of the saloon. Crusader Fred Clark holds firmly to his organization's purpose of "taking profit out of liquor distribution." Such an able Wet as Representative-elect Wadsworth of New York fears that Repeal, the ultimate goal, might be retarded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Beer-For-Revenue? | 11/28/1932 | See Source »

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