Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-11-18 | Page 5 | More Kick in Beer Welcome at Stockholm

I More Mora Kick Kiok J in V I Beer Welcome 1 I at Stockholm STO STOCKHOLM o L. f lf Nov ov 17 11 By A. A I r. r The The old adage that troubles troubles come com come not singly has b been en reversed i In Sweden at least that Is what h ho he bulk of ot tho the population In Stockholm think One they day learn that th the charges for gas ga as and elec be greatly re reduced u ed durIng tho Yin vein j hi-j ter the next t that water rates als also will be cut and the third that besto berIs bearis bear bes Is to be bo mado made stronger And 1 aU these reports are arc true The Swedish has has Opted to permit the Increase of the JC alcohol content in beer from 36 IG per pel cent c nt to 4 per percent rent cent by volume or PI from 2 28 per Den cent to 32 per cent by weight tinge Since Stockholm vot voted d wet on last las years year's national referendum national referendum on prohibition prohIbItion pro pro- which was lost here there Is general satisfaction In the new leg leg- l Tho The consumption p pf oC 1 Hard ard liquors in Sweden however is 19 is steadily on the decrease official I reports showing that the otal total consumption consumption con con- In j 22 11 22 2 was 3 per cen cent I less Jess than hart in 1320 1920 and aind 4 42 per pcr cent less lesa than thau In 1913 1917 II The cutting of ot gas costs In in I I Stockholm 25 5 per cen een lower than the present rate rale and of ot electricity 12 per ver cent to take effect at the end of ot the year Is Js he result of ot the profits earned by the Stockholm city ga gas and electrical plants durIng durIng dur dur- ing the tho past two years Water rates for the same SlIme reason will be lowered 4 per cent from the present schedule In announcing th these e reductions the administration of t the municipal Industrial reported that i the tho three utilities U of gas electricity l and wa water ter had J earned r a surplus l last t year of ot and that present conditions conditions con con- con con- Indicate similar profits for this year This gratifying success is due du to rapidly Increasing consumption consumption con eon I on the he one hand and a n. marked de decrease In the cost ot pro pro- ducton on the other