Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-24 | Page 1 | Bartenders, Let Your Conscience be Your Guide When it Comes to Size of Steins

BARTENDERS LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR I 0 GUIDE WHEN IT COMES TO SIZE OF STEINS I E d i to r no note How e How much should ld a cent stein of ot b beer er erhold hold Chicago bartenders won won- I I what hat 0 with so many sizes 4 in ln and vogue vogue and wrote to lo the N R It A. A With Wilh Hugh Huth Johnson so busy with the Darrow report the the United Press Pres feared leared he might not get around to lo answering this thi beer beer- sensor so 0 it sent a staff m man manto manto 11 to find the answer Here it il is W WASHINGTON May 24 Dear 24 Dear Chicago Chicalo bartenders 0 That was vas a mistake of ot yours writIng writing writing writ writ- administration tra ing the national recovery recover tion about how much beer s hould should a n 10 cent beer stein hold The N R A Ais Ais Ais is sympathetic but your letter is on the bottom of ot the pile No telling when you'll get an answer Your problem being a pressing one with summer coming comin on and all I 1 dropped everything e to lo investigate the theS S situation it ua I ion Unfair competition nil all r right ht said the N H R A suggesting that I look lookup up tip a n Mr Barbee at the F A C A. A Mr wa wag wa 8 sympathetic but as he put it IL if The F A C A isn't inter interested s ed in jn steins stems Now If It were bottles maybe we could do something Edward I. I Fitzpatrick itzpatrick of the brewers brewers' brewers brewers' brewers brewers' brew brew- ers' ers code authority said he wished you gentlemen would quit selling this how powered how powered beer When hen beer contains con con- tabs more than 5 per cent alcohol it il isn't very ver- good he added He said he realized that 15 years of oC speakeasies had educated the public pub pub- lic lie t to like potent brews but that you should do your our part educating the public all over again But what about s stems leins Mr FIlz pa patrick tr I asked Why dont don't you try the N R B A 1 He replied J It was at that juncture Gentlemen that I tried a cent 10 stein slem The bartender bartender bar- bar tender lender said it contained 13 ounces Then I went back to the N R A A. A refreshed re re- re- re and looked up another another- ex cx- pert perl He turned out to be he Malcolm no Ross c of the consumers' consumers advisory board Being a. a conscientious beer drinker myself it is hard lor for me roe to object to a 20 O cent glass of ot beer for a dime Mr Ross said Trusting Trustin that this will s solve salve lve your problem I remain yours ours for bigger beer stems steins FREDERICK C. C OTHMAN I United Press StaLl Correspondent