Restaurants, which are permit
ted only a definite margin of sales
profit, serve spirits and heavy
wine only with meals.
Retailing companies employ pri
vate capital, but ali revenue over
5 par cent of the actual cash
subscribed by the shareholders is
payable to the state.
Wholesale companies, of which
there are two in Sweden, are like
wise restricted to a certain profit
and are subject to control by the
state.
“It can be claimsd,” declare^
Director John Bergvall. director of
• the Bratt system in Stockholm,
"that the alcoholic legislation now
in force in Sweden has been re
sponsible for the decrease in
chronic alcoholism and drunken
ness in general.”
NORWAY’S WAYS
OSLO, Oct. 27.—Norway gave
up prohibition after a decade’s
struggle.
The system now in force includes
local option—whereby each city,
town and village determines wheth
er it shall be wet or dry—and a
government monopoly in the trade
with wine and spirits.
I The government monopoly main
tains sales organizations in the
largest cities. Customers are al
lowed to buy over the counter any
amount of wine or liquor, but
none is served for consumption on
the premises. Certain restaurants,
cafes and hotels are granted the
right to serve alcoholic beverag
es.
Dry Areas Import Liquor
Many places are still dry, so
that neither beer, wine nor spirits
may be sold or served, but impor
tation of these beverages' for per
sonal use is allowed.
Since it is difficult in many
rural districts to obtain legal li
quor, “moonshining” is practiced
to a certain extent. Liquor prices
are high, in many cases being
prohibitive for the common peo
ple, which has been one of the
contributory causes to the illegal
distilling.
