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THE PROHIBITION QUESTION.
Scottish Distiller*' htercsL
Scotland's interest in the result of the
Presidential election* in America and the
possible repercussions of a change in poli
tical control werp mentioned yesterday in
an interview by Mr. William Mctiregor,
a Brisbane business man and chief of the
Brisbane Caledonian and Burns Societies.
Mr. McGregor is returning home on the
liner Strathnaver after a holiday visit
abroad. He said that there was stored
in Scotland supplies of whisky sufficient to
meet the demands~bf the markets for the
next 20 years. Many distilleries were
closed and the director's were eagerly
watching the results of the American elec
tions. The growing opposition to the
prohibition laws in America was regarded
as an indication of the inevitable over
throw of the existing laws and the re
opening of the legitimate liquor traffic. In
existing circumstances the consumption of
whisky was affected by the tax of 8/5 on
each bottle.
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