Show government crop report errors new york ov the crop report for 1896 the united states department of agriculture attributed the languishing gui shing condition of the hop market to the general use of chemicals aa substitutes for bora in brewing the united brewers association in a letter to secretary morton protested against this assertion denounced it as absolutely false and offered to assist in alie prosecution of any person guilty of adulteration in reply the received the following from secretary morion U 8 department of sericulture Aeri culture office of the secretary washington sir U boive ani hemr ti the receipt of your coman the ath dinst made in the name of tb board of trustees and advisory committee of the united states brewers association the statement in the october crop report to which you call attention was submitted to the statistician and be in forma me that while the analysis of department chemist shows that the use of other bitters than bops has not been unknown in the past history of the brewing in the united states still the statement ia undoubtedly erroneous as the use 0 the substitute appears to be rare rather than otherwise the paragraph in question re latine to a minor crop was prepared by a subordinate in alie statisticians office it is the custom to have all such matters particularly to the attention bat through inadvertence this was passed for publication without his scrutiny very respectfully fully signell Sig J STERLING tojo G Hiie chaiman advisory committee U S brewers association new york |