Show MOD RA rlyn the TH e no B le S IT I 1 FT OF hibba n 4 0 6 ELC j world beer colsum consumption P flon gains As moderation movement gros groft ORLD WIDE consumption of w beer and ale which has been beadily itea tea dlly dily increasing in the wake of temperance temper anca education advocating moderation find and sobriety reached a new postwar post war peak peah with the production ot of barrels in the fiscal year 1988 according to preliminary figures collected by the league ot of at geneya geneva switzerland the tha world increase of h barrels over 1937 was due primarily to the estimated increase of altres litres in europe where temperance promotion and governmental of beverages ot of moderation have gained wide headway in recent years the united kingdom germany austria and japan were among the major countries producing more beer during the fiscal year 1938 than during the te previous year other na lions eions reporting increases were bulgaria estonia greece hungary italy latvia lithuania netherlands poland sweden YugoslAv yugoslavia la egypt Mo morocco iocco tunis unica tinier of south africa guatemala mexico and peru i the united states allowed a alight 11 decrease in tho the amount of beer pro oro ducer more recently the alg ures have turned burned upward again indicating that beer production in ibis als country follows the general lader a starting with the postwar post war period during which wido spread mote ments menta of temperance education were were developed in many sections of the world consumption of 0 beer as a beverage ot of moderation has been onibe on the increase even discounting uie khe amount attributable to the tha return pt legal beer in tho the united states a worldwide world wide gala gain of approximately 14 per cent Is reflected in a comparison of the barrels produced in 1920 with the barre barnets produced last year p |