The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-24
BREWING INDUSTRY OF 1897.
Comparative Production of Beer and
Ale in the Several States.

Ale in the Several States.
Two interesting supplements are pub
lished with the February nun. bsr of ths
Brewers Journal; the first broadside
showing the sales of malt liquors in the
United States for the year 1897 and the ten
preceding years, and showing also tie
sales In the principal citi,s for the same
eleven years; the second. an official III
rectory Of trewers and maltsters in the
United States ana Canada.
From the broadside it appears that dur
ing the revenue year ending June 80, 1891
the sales of beer and ale amounted to 81
423. 09s barrels, decrease in spite Of
this great amount of l, i02. 900 barr. Is
from the sales In the revenue year 1896
New York stands at the head of the states
as "a brewing state. During 1897, from her
broweries, 9,49o, l32 barrels of ale and
beer were sold, decrease of 557, 2l7 bar
rel from tho, output Of 1896
Pennsylvania stood second, with an
output of ., 902, 2S0 barrels, Illinois, with
3 244. sos barrels, came third. Wisconsin,
which has the largest single brewery,
stands fourth with 2, d62, 0i9 barrels; ana
then come Ohio. with Q, ssl, 66s; Missouri
with 2, ,246, 477; New Jersey. with 2,OOI
029, and Massachusetts,. with 1870. $50
barrels.
A study Of tho figures for years shows
sons rather interesting changes in the
outputs of the various states. In 1857
seven states sold moro than !. 000, 900 bar
rels of malt liquor each; Now York,
PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin.
Missouri and New Jersey, Massachusetts,
joined the list in 1883, and the list re-
mained unchanged until iS90, whom the
last oomer dro ped out, to come back to
stay in 1892. In 1893 the order was
changed to this: New. York, Pennsylvan.
ia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio Missouri,
New Jei sey. Massachusetts,. and so II has
| remained, except in 1896, when Ohio and
| Wisconsin changed places, but only Tor
| that year.
Alaska, which brewsd 4l4 barrles In 1887,
browed 22al in 1897; Arizona rrsws only
one eighth as much now ss ste did in
| 1887. Florida took up brewing for the irst
| time last year and produced 2iSO barrels.
None of the large brewing states Increased
its output last year excapt \ IS ichusstts,
which brewed 30, 600 barrels more than in
| 1896; the others dccreas I'd their pr duction
by from 100, 0C0 barrels in PennsyIyania
TO 300 coo in this state.
In the twonty-two citits whose beer
thirst Is tabulateG, oaly Boston ard New
| IN
in 1896; tho thirst of the other twenty
was satisfied with from $500 fewer bar
rels To ESQ go fswe~,~-t he largest Gecrsas,
being in this citv, the smallest I'm Snn
Francisco. In spite Cf thess losses the
beer thirst Of tho cities remains very con
stant or grows as the population grows
For instance, in lSs7 Albany drank $40
go barrels Of beer; in 1897. 3!g $40 bar.
rels. Dttroit 2be. SSi in 1857 and Ssl. eol
In 1897: Milwaukee, disposed of i,2lSOn
barrels eleven years ago ana :, ,O76. 900 las,
year; New York put away" i.0O3, 900 in
1887 and 4,63gOU in 1897.
IL may be noted tore that tho sales OF
malt liquors in Great Britain and Ireland
amounted to a.. i72 i65 American barrels.
an increase of 81. l79 barrels over the
output OF 1896, and In Germany 81, Gss i3s
American barrels, decrease of 81. bsl
barrels. These two countries still sur
] pass us In trew Ing
The second supplement-. the Br wefs
Directory, gives the rames sad acdr. sssS
Of the hrewrfs AMI brewing companIe.
of the United Ststfs. with tte saIts a