Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-24 | Page 1 | U. S. Studying Legal Beer as Aid to Farms

I I I UI U. S. S STUDYING lG LEGAL l BEER A AAm AS Am AID TO r FARMS AMS Department of Agriculture Wants Data on Crops Needed for Brew I NEWS PLEASING TO WETS 1 Hyde Receives Many Requests I for Survey fly r A lied or v fl Ud rues rrt's WASHINGTON W Sept 2 24 Another 24 Another official Inquiry Into the possibilities c cf ci I legalized beer this time directed 1 toward th the effect on the farmer larmer I Is being undertaken by by- bythe he the federal go gov gov- t. t I Secretary Hyde disclosed today khat hat the department M was seeking seek seck leg lag data how ho hoa a resumption of legitimate legitimate m mate te brewing V would be felt telton on the farm It If will determine how man many farmers farm ers might be employed In raising hops and b barley and other grist for the vat at AROUSES HOPE Among those who want to see President dent Hoover come out for beer beer and and many In hi his party part have h urged him to do so the so-the the news was received with hope that It meant at least an open mind toward their proposals A Among ong th those these sc who want and the Republican party part to sta stay as dry as ever ever and and the they are arc numerous too the too the result was just renewed speculation to which there was as no rio authoritative answer Those who questioned Mr Hyde directly di dl got little more information than that which came recently from Walter Newton one of the presidents presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's secretaries when he said saide lie be e had asked on behalf of an outside source for lor census bureau figures fig ures urea on the number employed In Jn breweries belore before prohibition The agriculture secretary said he had received man many requests for lor Information In formation on on the tile d much debated bated point of beer as a measure of ol farm relief None of the requests request he said came from the White House The president dent might learn of the result he lie continued but the returns would not go directly to him from the ture Lure department SILENT ON POLITICS About the political aspects and consequences con sequences of the In inquiry qu Mr H Hyde de would not talk at all except to concede con conS cede to questioners that some such consequences ml might ht ensue Action of the American legion at its Us Detroit convention certainly will get serious attention of the tion and the congressional forces of both parties The Importance attached at at- here to agitation on the bonus has far tar from obliterated the attention attention atten atten- tion given hen also to prohibition There Is great conflict stirring In hi congress Only two days s 's ago Senator Tydings of Maryland MaIland a Democratic enemy of the dry laws predicted oi 4 per cent would be approved