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...reason why Pennsylvanians had to pay higher prices: They were obliged to absorb a $2 a gal. tax which the Legislature last month put upon all liquor stored in the state. This tax was bitterly contested by Schenley Distillers Corp. who had most of the liquor stocks in the state -6,500,000 gal. Last week the quarrel was settled at the expense of the consumer when the Liquor Board got the company to drop its lawsuit by agreeing to buy all its supply for 80? more a gal. than the prevailing wholesale price...
...international trade game, how many bushels of apples and pears equal how many gallons of wine? All last week the U. S. haggled that point with France. The original import quota of French wines had been 784,000 gal. Most of that had been bought up in the Christmas rush. If any more French wines were to be admitted, the Federal Alcohol Control Administration politely informed the French Embassy in Washington, France would have to buy a great deal more U. S. apples and pears...
Through Commercial Attache Maurice Garreau-Dombasle. the French Govern- ment announced that if the wine quota were doubled to 1,568,000 gal., France was prepared to quadruple its U. S. apple & pear imports to 900.000 bu. That seemed fair enough until it was learned that the thrifty French were quietly planning to up the tariff on U. S. fruits. This joker discovered, M. Garreau-Dombasle was required to present assurances from his Government that the fruit tariff would not be raised. He did, and the ratio of the international trade stood roughly thus: Frenchmen would eat two pecks...
Last week the Democratic majority of the House Ways & Means Committee voted to recommend to Congress the following Federal liquor tax schedule: Spirits-$2 per gal., up from $1.10. Light wines-10? per gal., up from 4?. Heavy wines-20? per gal., up from 10?. Fortified wines-40? to $2 per gal., up from 25? & $1.10. Domestic sparkling wines-80? per gal, down from $1.92. Beer-$5 per bbl., down from...
...Salamis, so vaingloriously described by Greeks, a different slant. C. A joint expedition of the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania, exploring Ur of the Chaldees under the direction of the Museum's veteran Excavator Charles Leonard Woolley, unearthed a temple dedicated to the moon-goddess Nin-Gal. complete with shrines and food preparation chambers. Also discovered was a brick-lined well, sunk by King Ur-Engur (2300 B. C.) and conscientously repaired by later rulers, one of whom imbedded eight tablets in the masonry describing his work. Greece. Continuing their long delving into the Athenian marketplace...