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Show English House of Commons Criticizes Brewing and Malting in Face of Food Shortage. .LONDON, Tuesday, March 12.-Criticism 12.-Criticism of the continued use of grair for brewing and malting was made ir the house of commons today by th( 1 Right Hon. Leifchlld Jones and others John R. Cllnes, parliamentary secretary secre-tary of tho food control board, in replj said that having regard, among othei considerations, for the food sltuatior and opinion in America the govern ment, while maintaining a supply 0 ; beer for heavy manual workers, In ; tended to reduce Immediately the ton i nago to bo UBed for brewing material One hundred and fifty thousand tons o 1 barley were taken from the brewen . and malters on March 1 and a furthe: . 200,000 tons would be saved yearly b: , restricting the standard of barley ani I using substitutes which are vastl; moro economical. 1 The brewing' materials for 1918-1919 j Mr. Cllnes added, would be equlvalen . to 512,000 tons of shipping comparei I to 1,500,000 tons eaily in the war. Th . brewing material would amount t . something less than 3 per cent of th . solid food ration and from one-thin r to one-fourth of these materials coult be recovered in U10 form of anlma food, . - rwv |