The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-17
ST. LOUIS PAYS BIG
TAX To bREWER|ES ]
More Than a Billion Glasses OF Becos
Consumed In That City In
n single Year
a.
FOOD AND FUEL. WASTERs
Economic Loss SO Great That Staaaz
II Likely to Intervene to C1aernea
Froffigate Destruction OF Wealth.. d


Missourians and strangers within the
gates consumed 1,.T7,5l4,5sS ordtnarya
glasses of beer last year according -
estimates OF the state labor bureau Al
JEFFERSON city. This estimate is based
on the output for the year OF los. 45e.<1S
oss gallons A considerable quantityss
OF beer was sold over the counter fuE@
bottles. SO in estimating the returns tel
the retailers from the number of glasses
of beer sold at ave cents glass tAkS
be &S3.S75.72s. the observation Is made
that the years returns OF dra n, shoutH
keepers must have been approximatelysa
100000 GOO from the sale of beer alone.
says the vt. Louis star Of Sentrn.hs9s 4
20.
st. Louis breweries manufactures q
beer valued at S27.454.943 and the restI
OF the state, Ss.sSs.s30 worth. In bar
reis the total output of Missouri waesa
3.t34.l14 The value of the grain used
by the brewers in the state was 3s,e62,~Ss
600. The value of the output OF the
forty-two breweries in tho state waAsa
not so great in 1917 as in 1916. The b
total for 1917 WAS 334.343.2s7 and for
1915 was $35.33o.s1I. The direct canital
invested in breweries Is placed at $61, azss
100000 in round numbers. This i'm
cludes all the breweries in the state Il
In 1917
The department places the numhAfa
nfGV6Ff0$&4
at 6.fSs, exclusive OF agents, Whe1A@N
saicrs and retailers Their waxAa A.
placed at $64Seooa Miscellaneous ex.Sa
penditures by the breweries are pat 49,
se,l64.00e Their taxes, rents, in>ur WI
ance is placed at ssaoo0oo. The gov-s
eminent collected from Missouri brew
cries last year $5142.s52. including the
excise tax on capacity OF each plant 81
The .h,vs it.r o,vn, ~ cause .,,..na
A,ssus,rta, "a, "a vs a. ~ So
Z. - ~ -. ], =
~ .sss, ~ ii.n,fivy - ~. s.t.ts gaSs
VIII be called upon 70 cast his hsliofs
- Nau.nhar * ia, 1890. - sssa2
stata snan eonriru. ~, cnnn,ananos thS1X
manufarture ana saIa ~ hocv~ ~
.s.,r. ,rthirtas. 80. -; r..r .,sF2a
,a.rtrc strng,,ia - a nra,, ,or.i~- -
~, ~, Ia. .ho,,s aa,,hS.stei. ~
s,rn, snch v..t s,,c,,t - 1890 49,
No ,rodnctio. -, aar,r,aa;.y .Aa1X
Ia worse fha. n.s ma IN th.t n ,..snrsaa
,ha mar now.r ~ ths rstion .rd l.~8
tsrfarss Vim ~ nrnanc,inn - -
60 5s i
Inc toou Naius OF over seven mime
uoiiars worm OF gram was rutniessiy8R
aes!otea os the brewers. oesensx8Sa
H'iiiioh ooli"fs' according 10 these pHa .ssszsI
eiai nsWes were spent Tor Deer a.ahe4A
Aaa ano'hsf seventy 'hiluen dotiAT1tS]
whleh rs conservative estimates 3
pfonts on the SAFE OF DINER i'quof an1#
other sources OK income sonheeted WhsNys3
the saiooh business. making . Total s1 sss3
pendlture nE peopie OF missouri GMI.A
TINS year q war OK sifV,ooo.ooo 20 s1aWsss,
noo'u"o- rms is almost az fnuch - tnsy
quota Tor the state o1 Missouri N H.
iourth iberts roam. the Srealesi loMy
ever MADE IN history IN other 49,.
with the money Missouri mas spent -
nooze. couid nuy a, ieas' t lnIt r.
tcurtns OF the oonos aIotted
without any additionai ehort WhateyesS
me si.y Q! ~, louis snare . .Ass
sioo,oeo,ooo would easiiy De nail g ~
h"is' s...vvvpo' % -. . sssso 49,
TOT me s ,tps.s s, l'an ~ ,a., s.is