The Washington times., 1906-01-28
MAY=CLASS BEER
WITH FOODSTUFFS
America May Rival Germany
in Its Consumption.
AIDS TEMPERANCE CAUSE
Scientists interested in Sublc-- -r-
dict Great Increase IN Use
of Malt.
AIDS TEMPERANCE CAUSE

That beer is a food product SD
IL is fast coming TO DC c!a ed Nt.R
the least harmful beverages seems ,
be. the opinion OF experts Who have co.
voted years of study to the subject.
Ia addition 10 this opinion tney fur
ther believe that in tiT beeE VIII be
drunk as freely and ubeI Ais "a he
United States as it is il Germany They
believe that by the free use of form ent-
ed beverages, such as beer and zlnes,
the United States viii soon tak- its
position among the nations as Ehe most
temperate country In the world
The Department of Agriculture S. and
has been for some time. purs lg an
investigation of the nature, eff ;. and
value Of beer, and it would be at
al surprising il IN the near ~ re this
beverage Is official prcnoun 10 he
food product pure aud sir Die. and
that its use is = beuo1cial 5tead OF
harmful
Aids Temperance Caa3e.
Dr. w. H. Wiley chtef q le Bureau
OF Chemistry gf tH- Iep tment of
Agriculture. is especially crested in
the subject, haWug r-r.r-- to it fire.
quently in lectures Dr Hey is not
Yet ready 10 male ans ateInent or
report on the o--.--.-5- -g whether or
not beer is a food r sta. Il VIII say
this much" he EE|G "r- the use of
beer and wines rt he work of
temperance. Ta lstrll. there Is not
near so much ls mler nee in Ger
many, where win s. ana beer are used
10 such a great alteut g there is in
Scotland, where alirituC IS liquors are
principally used
Beer is no m6'e.lr ST. ak: 1t was the
CBleT beVeTuEe T1sUme by the Morse
men centur 1s Th story is told of
INlng HaaRQu -..I great Morse King who
ordained thar sI'e-Ie should be cele-
brated ON Chr aIas Iay, that he de-
creed thar er.Ta- freeman should brew
one-third af -1H ot good malt and
continue fae Celebration as long as the
beer tastes.
This liquiu .e ore IF the early drinks
of this cou y- Iu the early colonial
days taVers .salpe were authorized TO
b-eW ana beer Only the Christian
men wefa i s-eu this privilege. For some
time tie TFv ns OF beer was encOur-
aged as af te temperance. but like
an other H1r.HEs it fell under the ban
OF zeals-as mperance workers, who
olassed 80 wiya tle more harmful spirit
Gus liQuC1-
A Nutritious Food.
Experts vho have been analyzing beer
for years and comparing il with other
fcOd prod. .uCLs pronounce it TO be bet
ter ani A4-e trengthening food than
MIL 49, -S-auires. in the constituents
of his fa9ei- about One-elghth of nitrog-
.en 1Us uls. tter-- muScIe-making material
--aa ad se l-eishths of carbohydrates
= and rssver furnishing matter A
CO ~ rison ~ tn milk shows that while
beefss zins less rauscle-making food it
is MD ricHer ia fpS and power fur
nishingA eds Bee- is predi-
gested ffad, or s entis has said.
fsll amount a. fohol contained
iJF -J,'sr + Said 10 BE- heat and force pro-
ducer ~ twice i5s we ghg. aai unless one
indulgeA I'm an abnormal cunt of the
beveragbSt is rot sutarlsrst 10 intoxicate.
Two arS kfooc grains fErEn the larger
part off the nateriaI ON, which beer
IS made leze are f-e and hops.
The ingredient used are sueriIized and
uttered soft water CT-- bed 1malt, and .
per cent of rice o. Er-1s ii hops.
Germany, 0fssl Britain and the
United States ia fhe orderf fnamed. are
the largest proc era or maaIt beverages
and the general -lod heaIlIR OF the Ger
mans, English and Americans is point
ed 10 as strong proof OF she argument
that beer Is a food pro3lCts and that its
consumption s IH 81 of retard-
ing, the work Gt tempera nee.