Show Utah Residents Pay 2 22 22 2 Million In Taxes On Malt Beverages Utah residents in consuming barrels of beer and ale aleIn aleIn alein in 1957 enriched federal and md state tax coffers by according to the new edition of the Brewers Almanac The Almanac published annually annually annually annu annu- ally by the United States Brewers Brewers Brew Brew- ers Foundation is a compilation or facts and figures about the brewing industry Members of the year old Foundation produce produce produce pro pro- duce 85 per cent of the nations nation's beer and ale Lions Lion's share of malt beverage taxes paid by Utah residents went to the federal feder feder- al government The State received re received received re- re another in beer and ale revenue Utah's two breweries produced ed barrels of malt beverages beverages beverages bev bev- last year Among beer drinking nations of or the world a according cording to the 1958 Almanac the United States with per capita consumption of gallons was in tenth place far below the 37 gallon mark set by Belgium and just below Switzerland's gallon aver aver- age ge In 1956 Americans drank an average of gallons of beer and ale Production of m mill million i 11 i ion o n b barrels of malt beverages in 1957 the almanac shows added well over o 3 billion to Americas America's economic ec economic ec- ec till distributed among farmers workers business and government Comparable production production pro pro- auction in 1936 was million barrels Domestic consumption w was a s million barrels against slightly more than 85 million barrels the year before Purchases of oi agricultural products products products pro pro- ducts including some five billion billion billion bil bil- lion pounds of barley corn anti and andrice rice added million to the farm economy 10 IG million more more than in 1956 |