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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74

The Trade" no Friend to the Farmer

The Trade" no Friend to the Farmer.

In 1892 the Victorian parliament imposed [unclear: differentiating] duty of 2d. per gallon on [unclear: er] made from malt and hops only, and on beer made from sugar and other in-[unclear: tients], so as to encourage the growth of [unclear: lt] and hops, and to ensure "a purer [unclear: r"] being supplied to the public. In 1894 [unclear: e] excise beer duty brought in £154,210, [unclear: d] of that total £149,648 was paid on beer [unclear: de] from sugar. Evidently the public [unclear: e] not get " a purer beer," and the brewers [unclear: e] real friends of the farmers, but the [unclear: overishers] of all their other customers.