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PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. 1849 person shall use sugar, glucose, corn, rice or any other foods, r·u1ts, food materia s or feeds, except malt now already made, and hops, in the production of malt liquors, including near beer, for beverage purposes, whether or not such malt liquors contain alcohol, T t 1 _ _ and on and after December 1st, 1918, no person shall use any sugar, fy°¤g]:;g(I;l;]i|)]§1gi-laitlglgg glucose, corn, rice or any other foods, frmts, food materials or feeds, including malt, in the production of malt liquors, including near beer, gqr pleyerage purposes, whether or not such malt liquors contain co o . IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the lgistrict of ColuI1r)bi1ai)t1l1is'1shixteent(l1 lgay of i Septqlmbeg mt eyearo our r e thousand ine unre an [snail] Eighteen, and of the Indqpendence of the United States of America the One Hundre and Fortg-Jfhird. W oomzow ILSON. By the President: Rosmrr LANsn~ze, Secretary of State. Br mn Pnnsrnnivr or run Umrnn Sracrns or Armmca A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Under and by virtue of an act of Congress entitled g,,{°°‘ °“ md “"*°““ ‘ ‘An act to provide further for the national security and defense by §r:“¤¤¤¥>\•;m encouraging the production, conservilngl the supply, and controlling ’P° ‘ the distribution o food products and ", approved by the President on tlile 10th day of August, 1917, it is provided, among other things, asfo ows: " That by reason of the existence of a state of war, it is essen- ,,,§*,ff““‘°"' °““‘°"‘°‘ tial to the national seqpriity aglid defense, fo3 the successful prog-.- -4¤¢¢·1>-¤'¥¤- ecution of the Will`, an or the su port an maintenance o the Army and Na , to assure an adiequate supply and Ogquitable distribution, arid, to facilitate the movement of foods, f s, fuel, including fuel oil and natural fas, and fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients, tools, utensils, imp ements, machinery, and equipment required for the actual production of foods, feeds, and fuel, hereafter in this act called necessaries; to prevent, locally or generally, scarcity, monopolization, hoardmv, injurious speculation, manipulations, and private control, adecting such supply, distribution, and movement; and to establish and maintam govternrnental corfxtrol of such nplcessaries during war. For suc u oses the instruments. `ties, means, me s, owers, authorlitileig, duties, obligations, and prohibitions hereinafter set forth are created, esta lished, conferred, and_ prescribed. _The President is authorized to make such regulations and to _1ssue such orders as are essential effectively to carry out the prov1sions of this act. " AND, WHEREAS, It is further provided in said act as follows: "That, from time to time, whenever the President shall iind ‘*”“’P‘m it essential to _ license the importation, manufacture, storage, mining, or distribution of aniy necessanes, m order to carry mto effect any of the purposes o this act, and_ shall publicly so announce, no person shall, after a date fixed in the announcement, engage in or carry on any such business specified in the announcement of importation, manufacture, storage, nnnmg, or distribution of any necessaries as set_forth in such annoimcement, unless he shall secure and hold a license issued pursuant to this