The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-03-31 00:00:00

A POSSIBLE MONOPOLY IN BEER.

A Brewer, writing t••• tb. Ilonsim Poe, says
Wttatover 'ley the Balked Ktnadoa aad
other aseociattaas may seen they have offectot daring
twisty y..11' fanatical ertnade against alcohol, It la
doubtful whetiwr in all truth the .5.011 of their
ttforto tends to much nitre than the above. To.
Ft sent prism. eo taf SI beer 111 concerned. anal total,
govt. p 'fact ifewloo2 of sal*: now there le nose • It la
reells • fooncmoly, bat ea yet a very extended. one,
le•resed by competition is the brewing trail., sad by
elna poorer of a select number of saatetratow to grant
fresh I, nos, which power they con 'aerate at will:
one gnaw. übj-ct on being that in wa doing thoy can malt*
some oso a glft that le ono. wortb Viousands of pounds •
and asto•her that It la is Boar power to deprivo of tha;
gat anyone. mO. boa acquired it by purobene or other
seen., aid thus wash oat • naan'a ballooe. ex at•soe
for • teedma (milt, or, as now asserted. for no fault at
alt . . .

" Oakirtunataly the p lialc look at tem/thing coo.
potted with tht brewing trade through jaundiced y.
mid will only ma the fatal that the preponderance of
esalt.ty men in It stew greater than in mast other
baeinamad, oat c'oticktriag that the effect of the fissocial
policy of the Mt Mkt, F• 11111 Ma been that of drivine
out all who <moot respond to a audits oall foe mom
cop 1.1 10 their Maass. at frequent intairmile. Chm-
cti'ors of If tektites, are allowed to treat as &mortis( to
toe flosacial policy in vogue It 0 inttantloopla, whore
scant thooght is glom to the protection of humble
loduttry, sod to sot as if deslrms of making • inmost all
of the brewing 'rade. Ito that they may get • lot of plump
roomy bags of sack somber only as am emmtnitnt toe an
occasional mums*. Thoussods of small Waling Mew.
ham lot's, suroarabsd to this Oriental system of flamme.
Wo doubt they were bot`itrsd by bamag to undo...mad
sacchar mittens sad the mysteries of emetic gravity aod
extemt, but what finished them off MN inability to Rod
additioml capital at the call of the Chancellor of the
ifacheituar. Just as &similar call • few year. ago Orilehed
off • omher of the smalls, wasters, who might now
bays helped thous. Saslow men ran and ratsod that
until lately there was no absolute Imo .mity for may on.
perms to Rod unaided the mom for what MI ku•w twat
• hem Mx. TM mormout um produced was advanced
by • hest of Modem with recourse to ths sow cmh
of the wholt oommunity through Its bankers. wb
protitabit. Is &Whir of 'ha two thanes' in the
incideom of bear taxation wm that sound axiom is
political wools, observed of Missing all texas as ow
sr poseihha to Usa point of oomomption. Tat r eialt is
that, indrpendeatly of being mulcted of a further c,o-
tiderake mot annoally, every brew•r is now (mod to
Wong, at it wets, to • syndicate of hooks. compelled
evert y...z ho the Stets to discount it. paper to the
ti,tmat of LAM 00, starling. arid with a plain hint that
whatever the country I. in ari koptedniout eonditloo—
that it, when trade ill bod—the Chan-allot of to,
ixolseqesr will cow for • little more socontroodstacia.
Usfil the obole system of raising the tax was meddled
with. there was, las far as • &Ay as taw would per-
mit, not mach unfairness La sdjustlog tha *mount paid
by al a.... Now the tax Is lees so what Le mar
awed by th• rich sad mort on that used by the poor.
Formerly Mors was a fairish 'ad valorem' duty, the
higher class bears paid is pr 'portion to cost, not only
ea hops, but also oa wait, simply Wittig in rildir
monfacum It Is dadirabla to obtain delicacy of flavour
and to Maya mock of the materials named, while
, every scrap that as. be made into wholesome drink it
atilMd foe tamper bifida with to. additimal Mean-
ems that waft possible what would otherwise be
thrown sway after brewing Wiests beer Is added to
the oommosse quality, Ms wsMe of Me rich beim thus
rum to the poor, with aura soy mot sad without
lamtkaa. Thews Ls now retorted, sad the agrkutitursl
Interest and the labouring oleos's are andel,' Med.
Ware Ms brewing made to Own the We duty as •
emmrate IMus. this would be plainly apparmt. Is the
tdo ler ZI, o.k of pale ale from Buttes. Merge of
about ft 61. would be sees for duty, but famem and
,an.. of laboorart would *Wry, that out of 33.. they
paid for their beer in cache Om duty was about 6.., or
osrly double as mock in proportion to Ma amt.
working men •ieo bey casks of beer. good evident., that
they me provident. tatrapertto, sod Gambia of etlf.
control. Oat 01 31. IL fo 000,0.^0 P 40. for 41 (slime/
shout li. (my SO per cont.) la her duty, a most cruel
tax on what is ecoroaly more than • nOnelnarf Minuet
to the hard fart of • pm, man, who him to find fuel,
food, and clothing for himself sad fainit, with as too me
often IMAlleng 41. per head pee day.