Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-10 | Page 20 | Utah Brewing Industry Sees Heavy Growth

Utah 1 I WI n WIng gf g t f. Brewing e- e eWIn t Industry stry Sees r r I H Heavy Growth Gh G. G h z eavy i Plants Spend Big Bg t r i I p f w T Sums ms to Prep Prepare Prepare are t 5 for Business r iii t The brewing Jn th h. h state atte t te Jv Ince n e Ut Utah h legalized eg 32 bee beer h has J J grown ga in tre tremendous endo strides Toj To To- j day It is one o of th the gre ue producers flowing Int into the tate state v ti- ti treasury There ae c t two tO O plants l in Utah which have a capacity of I more than barrels annually Thc he Importance of the brewing Ind Industry stry in the has been em em- ph through the Increased business bus busi- ness for the two organizations and Ic the thO consequent heavier pa payrolls and a v large Jarge purchases made during 1935 J r paring Puring 1935 nearly were spent In renovation and new equip nent of tho the two two- two plants planta One conat con cori- r 7 cerri at a cost of more than y- y installed 21 additional storage tanks and md nd spent ifor for a new b boiler ller I 1 room room and a garage The tanks constructed by a Utah firm v d bor was utilized At t- t each teach of the plants s ore are mem members mem- mem bers b ra of the labor unions connected v with the brewing browing industry There j jAre are re approximately men men employed V and ind nd the payroll for for- tho two plants 7 exceeds a a year n Barley lcy In Demand Demandy y i More than 35 bushels of bar bar- J Icy ley y go annually into the brewing 3 process ro ess One concern has purchased purchased pur r chased enough barley so that farmers in the surrounding tern terr- story tol could grow grow- approximately five million mUllan pounds pow ls of barley The Thc Industry Industry In- In striving to produce pro- pro r duce a specie of grain which is YI 1 best adaptable to go into the process t J of brewing malt Tax Ta receipts for 1935 rose to a i new nC high when both i companies paid Out but to to state and in federal agencies a. a sum amounting to more than a half a million dollars Only one of j tl the two brewing concerns own and andr r r v op operates rates a malt house ouse v It Is a 0 fair estimate that both V companies have spent more more than for labor coal barle barley k v supplies ca cartons catons ons cases cooperage s 's hops bottles and incidentals