The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-10
.EHeLISH LIQUOR MEN
INCREASE DEMANDS
War Cabinet Responds TO Then,
TAvorabiy-Ally Fnces Famine.

WoF C0Oub0s 1ScSponO0 20 Them
FAvorabay-Aily Fnccs Famine.
Responding To the almost sulphur.
GUS demand Of the liquor dealers, the
war cabinet of the British govern
ment recently decided to allow an In
crease OF Is per cent on the present
tstxtat0ty bsTrsiage Ut beer san<1 sass sssss-
crease Of per cent in the alcoholic
strength OF the permitted gravity"
This took effect from January 1, 1919,
but the decision was not rendered un-
I'll nix weeks after it was scheduled
TO 30 into effect
Under the wartime beer order,
which came into effect on April l.,
|je18. the standard barreiage allowed
to be brewed In the United Kingdom
was l0,720.442 barrels. of an average
gravity Of 1880 degrees in Great Brit
Ain ana 1.045 degrees in Ireland.
This now order. allowing an increase
hf Is per cent In the barreiage will
permit tho brewing of 13,400.o00 bar
rels during the year commencing Feb
ruary ], an increase Of nearly 5000, 900
barrels over the previous year.
Announcements have been made of
the release Of further supplies Of spir-
big reports Of barley supplies in Amer
lea fully warrants their demands for
these favors.
In the meantime the current news
paper dispatches are reporting deaths
from starvation in Ronmania at the
rate OF $50 per day. And Roumania
ID An ally and not an enemy country.
The liquor dealers are now be-
sieging the government for further
favors and want all Of the war restric-
lions removed from their traf1ic i'm
mediately or sooner. Late in Febru-
ary q conference OF liquor dealers of
Great Britain was held In London at
which the project was launched for
holding q great booze convention of
national scope with the view OF de-
manding the following sweeping and
additional favors from the govern
ment:
Demanding the early termination
Of the existence Of the liquor control
board: demanding the removal Of the
twenty-five shillings extra duty per
standard barrel on ''munttion and
harvest ale" imposed by the food min
istry; demanding tho immediate aboii-
tion Of the wartime increases Of du-
ties upon alcoholic liquor; and de-
manding the removal Of all restrictions
or prices and suppliest"
derstand what the government ia for
unless 1t IL to grant favors to the
lfQuor traffic and protect from the
trade" from the people.
These demands did not seem suf-
fc1ent for some OF the liquor dealers.
30 the parliamentary committee of
the Licensed victualiers' association
get together and passed resolutions
demanding tho abolition OF the entire
central control board:
They seem to consider that they
were very moderate because they did
not demand the abolition Of the gov
eminent itself
On the first OF March more relief
was granted to the brewers. The
Sugar brewers Restrictions) Orders,
1917 and 1918, were revoked as from
March. The effect Of these revoca-
tons u that "a the food controllers
license L. no longer necessary to en-
title . brewer to buy low-grade sugar.
brewers tnveYt, or other eaccharine
material, or a seller to supply a brew
er with same; % there are no longer
any restrictions on the quantity Of
low-gTAde sugar, brewers invert, or
other uacchArine material used by a
brewer.
The brewer got In ahead Of the
householder, f3r the restrictions on
sugar for household use are still in
force.
Then came along the food controller
with still more relief for the stricken
brewer. The food controller has also
revoked the Barley (Restrictions)
Order. 1913. The effect 10 this In that,
except a. regards the manufacture OF
n alt, there In no longer any restrfc-
ton upon the use Of barley.