TheCommittee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic was astanding committee of theU.S. House of Representatives from 1893 to 1927. It was preceded by aselect committee formed in 1879 during the46th Congress.[1]
TheSelect Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic was established on May 16, 1879, pursuant toHouse resolution. Theselect committee terminated August 18, 1893, when it was made astanding committee[1]
In 1890, the Select Committee recommended the creation of apresidentially appointed commission on alcoholic liquor traffic. The commission was to consist of 5 members, responsible for investigating "the alcoholic, fermented, and vinous liquor traffic, in all its phases, its relation to revenue and taxation, its effect upon labor, agriculture, manufacturing and other industries and its general economic, criminal, moral, and scientific, social vice, and the public health" among other issues.[2]
As its name suggests, the committee was responsible for all subjects relating toalcoholic liquor traffic, including the manufacture, distribution, and sale of intoxicating beverages in U.S.states,territories,government-owned buildings as well as theDistrict of Columbia,Indian reservations, andmilitary bases. The committee was also responsible for investigating issues related to the18th Amendment to theU.S. Constitution, which establishedProhibition, outlawing the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in theUnited States.[3]
Official records of the committee generally includepetitions and memorials requesting the appointment of acommission to study alcoholic traffic and praying for prohibition of the manufacture, sale, and distribution throughinterstate commerce ofalcohol in theUnited States and in various locations under federal authority and its export to certain countries.[4]
During the52nd Congress, the committee was chaired byWilliam E. Haynes ofOhio and theRanking Member wasJoseph D. Taylor ofOhio.[5]
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