June 22, 1926 (15th Parliament, 1st Session)

Mr. STEVENS:

Oh, very frequently; that
is really what I am referring to at the moment. I do not want to go into too much detail, but to answer my hon. friend, .this is the 14011-306 .
situation. There are perhaps two general classes of liquor, with one of which I will deal at some length almost immediately. There is the class known as matured, decent spirits; to .those who like liquor it is known as good liquor. Then there is another class composed of almost pure alcohol, not matured; still with the fusel oils in it, merely coloured with prune juice or something like that. That liquor is assuming tremendous proportions to-day; I believe there is more of that kind1 handled by the bootleggers to-day than of the good liquor. The matured liquor largely came from the Old Country or from old Canadian distilleries, who sold it to these people who traffic it in the way I have mentioned.