TABLE No. II (Continued).-Farm Values of Agricultural Products Used in the Production of Fermented Liquors in the United States During the Fiscal Year 1913. Products Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars New Mexico. New York. Ohio... Oregon. South Dakota.. Tennessee.... Texas.. 6,968 2,099 117 977 1,496 75 11,732 11,106,576 3,348,789 184,392 1,556,122 2,381,542 121,541 18,698,962 4,098,364 1,234,500 68,498 574,761 879,652 44,292 6,900,067 177,368 53,426 2,965 24,874 38,070 1,917 298,620 STATES AND TERRITORIES Barley 1 Corn Wheat Rice Hops Other 111,923 33,713 1,871 15,697 24,023 1,210 188,437 165,927 49,980 2,774 23,270 35,614 1,793 279,358 697,709 210,162 11,662 97,848 149,753 7,540 1,174,674 295,244 West Virginia. Wisconsin.. Wyoming. Other States and Territories. Total.... 867,596 7,288,786 11,155,215 1 Includes the equivalent in corn, at its farm value, of corn sugar, corn syrup, and other corn products used in brewing. 88,933 4,935 41,406 63,370 3,191 497,079 1,239,532 68,777 577,104 883,238 44,472 6,928,192 3,667 204 1,707 2,614 132 20,499 9,490 529 4,417 TABLE No. III.-Farm Values of Agricultural Products Used in the Production of Distilled Spirits in the United States During the Fiscal Year 1913. Other Barley Corn Rye Wheat Molasses Fruit Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars 2,964 16,559 858 5,507 2,876 534 22,399 47 37,197 190,002 6,084 7,085 11,969 2,323 27,461 (1) (1) STATES AND TERRITORIES Dollars Alabama. Arkansas California.. Connecticut.. District of Columbia. (1) Florida. Maryland... 204,107 25,810 898,337 2,619 Massachusetts. 3,994 9,598 296,793 (1) New Jersey 127,875 Other States and Territories.. Total..... 3,252,956 15,262,640 4,604,476 2,342 2,056,626 751,835 62,809 25,993,684 (1) In conformity with the rule of the Census Bureau, values are not shown separately in the case of materials used only by one establishment in a State, but are included under "other States and Territories." (2) A distillery in this State is reported as having used 13,105,179 gallons of molasses during the year. (3) A distillery in this State is reported as having used 8,294,616 gallons of molasses during the year. (4) A distillery in this State is reported as having used 4,370,125 gallons of molasses during the year. TABLE No. IV.-Farm Values of Agricultural Products Used in the Production of Distilled Spirits and Fermented Liquors in the U. S. During the Fiscal Year 1913. STATES AND TERRITORIES Barley Corn Wheat Rice Hops Rye Molasses Fruit Other Total Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars 598 5,016 7,677 2,876 387 82,616 78 658 1,006 51 7,893 271 2,278 3,486 176 27,345 Dollars Alabama... 38,730 27,332 Alaska.. 4,688 1,412 Arizona.. 16,242 4,892 Arkansas California. 1,062,757 Colorado. 309,930 93,356 5,180 Connecticut.. 631,772 195,553 10,457 87,748 134,294 11,969 2,323 6,762 1,080,878 Delaware.. 116,099 34,971 1,940 16,282 24,919 1,255 195,466 Georgia. 112,697 33,946 Hawaii (1). 20,171 6,076 Idaho.. 21,655 6,523 Illinois 6,038,527 6,637,266 88,536 742,902 1,136,986 267,911 Indiana. 1,855,686 3,732,808 22,600 189,640 290,238 127,209 6,633 Iowa... 385,223 116,036 Kentucky (3). 1,545,213 4,553,701 10,931 91,695 140,337 1,121,278 (3) 8,737 7,066 7,478,958 Louisiana. 431,451 129,955 7,211 60,505 92,601 29 735,836 6,621 1,464,209 Maine Maryland.... 1,110,982 Massachusetts (2) 2,026,535 Michigan (1).. 1,598,201 Minnesota.. Missouri.. Montana. 213,944 64,444 Nebraska. 389,584 365,293 5,884 49,371 75,560 14,275 3,805 903,772 TABLE No. IV (Continued).-Farm Values of Agricultural Products Used in the Production of Distilled Spirits and Fermented Liquors in the U. S. During the Fiscal Year 1913. (3). Nevada........ New Hampshire. New York (3).. North Carolina. Pennsylvania Dollars Dollars 12,271 3,696 205 1,721 229,985 69,276 3,844 32,254 2,810,354 6,968 846,528 46,971 394,128 2,099 117 11,234,451 3,703,583 184,392 1,556,122 Dollars Dollars Dollars 2,634 49,363 Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars 603,201 (3) 5,886 30,402 4,737,470 977 1,496 171 75 2,381,542 156,004 11,903 (3) 628 8,231 121,541 19,345,866 649 79,214 201 1,037 81,729 4,302,520 2,444,394 70,474 574,761 879,652 245,539 15,240 44,292 8,576,872 177,368 53,426 2,965 24,874 38,070 1,917 Rhode Island (3). South Dakota... 6,678,252 1,975,716 106,078 888,281 1,359,485 1,567,388 298,620 (3) 237 558,336 168,181 9,332 99,299 12,674,736 78,302 119,839 (3) 128 6,034 940,152 35,294 10,631 590 4,950 7,576 381 59,422 221,926 66,848 3,710 31,123 47,634 2,398 373,639 592,778 178,555 9,908 83,132 127,231 6,406 998,010 111,923 33,713 1,871 15,697 24,023 1,210 188,437 196,838 211,153 2,774 23,270 35,614 28,300 9,352 1,793 697,709 210,162 11,662 509,094 97,848 149,753 ... (3) 696 7,540 1,175,370 306,087 88,933 4,935 41,406 63,370 4,178,885 1,484,322 68,777 577,104 883,238 12,175 3,667 204 1,707 2,614 132 Other States and Terri 20,499 Ohio. Oregon.. Texas. Virginia. Utah.. Wisconsin.... Wyoming.... tories...... 94,188 80,865 529 4,417 6,764 740 754,781 223 28,042 970,549 Total........ 55,236,641 30,924,335 869,938 7,288,786 11,155,215 4,604,476 2,056,626 751,835 626,119 113,513,971 (1) Breweries only; see Table III. (2) See Table III, Fruit. (3) See Table III, Molasses. (4) Includes the equivalent in corn, at its farm value, of corn sugar, corn syrup, and other corn products used in brewing. PROHIBITION, PERNICIOUS SOCIAL WASTE Presidential Address at the Annual Banquet of the American Society of Brewing Technology, March 18, 1914, by Dr. R. Wahl. No one will dispute the great uplifting influence of the technical and scientific achievements of man during the century past, which period may be called the dawn of the reign of intelligence when man had come to realize his dominant power over the forces of nature, which he was learning to control and utilize to his various advantages. Methods of transportation of man and merchandise; of intercommunication; of agriculture; of industrial pursuit; of engineering, mechanical, civil, mining, chemical and electrical; of treatment of diseases, have been revolutionized and perfected to a degree not even imaginable before. Slowly and laboriously through the ages past the intelligence of man has evolved and has finally triumphed over all obstacles, over earth and water and air, over distance and time. But while we record an undreamed-of advancement in these technical and scientific pursuits because of the application of principles born of the intellect and based upon the unalterable laws of nature, we find in other fields of human endeavor the efforts of man towards progress seemingly futile. Questions of the greatest moment to civilization and problems concerning the welfare, happiness and liberty of the people are treated in the most haphazard and arbitrary manner without regard for the teachings of history, of science or of common sense, but purely out of sentimental and emotional promptings; an attitude that reflects upon an enlightened people and which belongs to the past when society was at a lower level of evolution. So it is with the problems connected with the traffic in alcoholic beverages which we find dealt with in a most unfair spirit. And it is regrettably true that in this country public opinion is more readily influenced by sentimental considerations, and is, therefore, more readily misled by demagogical and fanatical agitations, to incline towards and encourage the puritanical viewpoint that the traffic in fermented beverages of any kind is responsible for all of man's physical degradation and moral turpitude and that nothing |