Show GERMANY BECOMING MORE Without any prohibitory or local option which for years was the greatest beer is now losing ground by a stricter and a growing sentiment for No matter how sincere we are for temperance and we can never true temperance by force or statutory law it is only by moral common sense and a Christ-like that anything good is The following late consular reports speak for themselves Consul General T. St. John According to a leading technical Germany has now lost the first place among beer-producing countries to the United In the year 1907 Germany stood easily first with a production of In the United States produced while Germany came second with The production of the other leading countries in 1909 was as United gallons gallons Germany exports beer principally to Austria and while it imports from Austria and small quantities from Decreased The consumption of beer has steadily decreased since The consumption in that year was 31 gallons per capita Bavaria 65 while in 1909 the consumption was not quite 26 gallons per capita 60 so that the consumption per capita in Germany has decreased more than k gallons in the German beer has also decreased in for while pounds of malt were used m brewing gallons of beer in the amount of malt used for producing the same quantity of beer fell to pounds in to pounds in and to pounds in The beer consumed in the Empire in 1910 amounted to as compared with in Taxes paid on beer in 1910 amounted to Some of the brewers are introducing the manufacture of nonalcoholic drinks as a part of their business with considerable Consul General Frank D. German brewers and retail it have been laboring under great difficulties since the increased tax on beer went into effect October Consumption of beer has- fallen off from 10 to 15 per cent since the tax In certain instances consumers boycotted brewers and dealers who have raised The unsatisfactory condition of things has led breweries to combine in order to reduce running Many employees have been On the other brewers have been favored by the low price of barley and malt during the past It is worthy of note in this connection that the con-i of mineral and other soft drinks is |