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<DATE>2008-09-04</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080717.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>THE CASE OF THE Poor BREWER Humbly Repre&s;ented.</HEAD>
<P>THE Exci&s;e on Beer and Ale is a con&s;iderable part of the Reve|nue, and for that Rea&s;on the Brewer ought to be con&s;idered. That as to the complaints of the Poor, 'tis very improbable they &s;hould occa&s;ion either their want or their clamour. For the quantity of Corn, be&s;ides Molo&s;&s;o's which they u&s;e, is not more than 3 millions of Quarters in a Year, and if there &s;hould be produc'd 3 hundred thou&s;and Quarters more than what they u&s;e, &s;urely that is enough to &s;up|ply the Poor, and other u&s;es.</P>
<P>The Brewers are &s;o advantageous to the Kingdom, that there are 3 Men who con&s;ume more Malt in a year, than all the Di&s;tillers have done; and &s;urely &s;uch Men ought not to be laid by, tho but for one Year; for 'tis more to the advantage of <HI>England</HI> certainly to let the whole Trade of Di&s;tilling be put down, than for &s;uch Men to &s;uffer, tho it &s;hould be by obliging them to brew a little le&s;s Malt.</P>
<P>The Brewers are come to that perfection in their Trade, that they now fine down their Wa&s;h, and make Drink of that which the Hogs u&s;ed to eat before.</P>
<P>What if there is as much Malt Brew'd into Strong Beer or Ale, as is con&s;um'd by Di&s;tilling, and which pays no more Duty to the King, than &s;ingle Beer and Ale; yet &s;urely the Exci&s;e for &s;ingle Drink is enough for both.</P>
<P>What if there is a &s;carcity of Corn, is it nece&s;&s;ary that the Brewer be re&s;train'd in their u&s;e of Malt? Is it not &s;ufficient to prevent Di&s;tilling? For then Corn will be cheap and plenty; and when there is but one buyer no body need fear that the Brewer will give too much for his Corn. The Farmer can't fatten Hogs with Barley to very great advantage, but if the Brewer once brings Corn to &s;uch a cheapne&s;s, that it will be more profit to feed Poultry than bring it to <HI>London</HI> Markets to &s;ell them, the Poor won't &s;urely com|plain of the dearne&s;s of Corn, unle&s;s the Poultry &s;hould unhappily con&s;ume more than the Di&s;tillers have done; for by the be&s;t computation, if they &s;hould con&s;ume as much as has been &s;uppo&s;ed, it will amount to near Half a Peck to a man in one Year; which being &s;o con&s;iderable they ought to be put down. For the wor&s;t that can come is, that we &s;hall then im|port <HI>French</HI> Brandy, and that will be &s;o much to the advantage of <HI>En|gland,</HI> that we only &s;end ready Money out of the Land; and if we export Malt Spirits, it will be of that pernicious con&s;equence, that 'twill bring mo|ney home.</P>
<P>A <HI>great</HI> many other con&s;iderations might be offer'd; but 'tis hop'd from the&s;e, that no body will put it into the head if any man to move, that the Brewer may be &s;o much as con&s;ider'd in this matter.</P>
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