Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1911 — Whiskey Bill $146,973,000. [ARTICLE]

Whiskey Bill $146,973,000.

No fewer than 63,000,000 barrels of beer were sold in the United States during the twelve months ending June 30 last, an Increase over the previous twelve months of 6.21 per cent, according to the annual report of the beer and whiskey sales made public by the United States Brewers’ association. Notwithstanding the increase, which the report contends indicates prosperity, the spread of prohibition has affected the trade considerably, it is declared. The whiskey bill of the United States for the year, according to the report, is $146,973,000, an increase of nearly $8,000,000, or 5.66 per cent over the preceding twelve months. The South Bend Tire and Rubber company, financed by Akron and Mansfield, Ohio, men, was organised Friday, and will open a plant which will employ from 200 to 300 men. The personnel of the company is: President, W. M. Blecker, Akron, O.; vice-president, W.. A. Bentley, Mansfield, O.; secretary, M. V. Bentley, Mansfield, O.