Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-17
Less Beer Will Not be Man
ufactured if Germany
Should Win is Answer to
Query.
RIGHTEOUS REFORM
TO FOLLOW PEACE
Administrator Bicknell in Receipt
of Statement From Representative
of Religious Press Showing Grain
Not Wasted.

I'VE are in the midst of war We
Christian citizens and patriots de
pendent upon the prior righting of all
social and economic wrongs. Hunger
will not wait upon reform movements,
however righteous We certainly
should not have less beer manufac-
tured if Germany were to win the
war;
d. d., representative of the religion
press in the Office of the United
ington, sums up his arguments
against the oft repeated question by
church people directed to speakers
Of the food administration. why
should we be asked to save wheat
are wasted in making whiskey and
bear?"
OOu COHScl V NdtlOl opCahClo IL
Idaho and throughout the country
have >been confronted by similar
questions at every meeting addressed
by them almost in answer to the
usual invitation given at the end Of
their addresses that question were in
order.
DR.. Grose answers the question for
the food administration and repre-
senting as he does the religious press,
his answer comes with particular
force and grace. 1t has just been
communicated to r. F. Bicknell, food
administrator for Idaho.
For these very good reasons,
states the doctor of divinity:
I'm the first place, we are asked to
save wheat, and not bushel OF wheat
is used in making whiskey or beer o.
other intOxicants. Under the food
act the manufacture of whiskey and
all distilled beverages is prohibited
and this took effect Sept. 8, 1917
Therefore, no grain of any kind IS
wasted in that way. More than that
no wheat is used in England, Italy o.
France for the distilation of alcoho2
for beverage purposes
AS for beer, while the Christian
20 IN ortf fn,n
bition, and many still hope for it
these facts are of interest so far "a
food conservation is concerned. In
1916 there was used in the produc~
tion of malt for the manufacture o
beer for home consumption and ex~
port about 6O,00O,0O0 bushels of bar
ley, 100000 bushels of corn, and
100000 bushels of rice. This wa
about 80 per cent of the norma
barley crop and one-half of one pc
cent of this years corn crop. To
prohibit the making of beer, there
fore, would save 60,000,000 bushel
of barley which If milled would pro
duce pound loaf of barley bread
per day for 100000 people, if our
people could be persuaded to eat it.
why should Christian people save
wheat, then? Because not bushel
of wheat is being used today for the
manufacture of Intoxicating drinks
and wheat is the one grain our allie
must have and that our people arc
asked to save.
"One point more. The fact ha
been pressed upon us from the frs
by the food administrator that if W,
are to feed our boys in the war zonC
and our allies and win the war, w
must somehow supply the allies witt
at least 220, 100000 bushels of whea
this year, for which there can be
substitute.
THE 60,000,000 bushels of barle
now used in the making of beer
equivalent to 50,000,000 bushels Q
wheat, based on their milling ratios
Therefore, if we could substitute thi
barley for wheat on an even basis b
abolishing the brewing industry W,
should still need to save 170,000,00
bushels of wheat to send abroad
"This ought to answer the question
We shauld have to carry out the foo
conservation program even If tn
government were to prohibit tn
manufacture of beer tomorrow. w
are in the midst of war. We cannC
make our cooperation as Christial