TO AID THE HOP INDUSTRY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 9, 10 July 1909, Page 5

TO AID THE HOP INDUSTRY.

A GOVERNMENT BILL. By Telegraph.- Prcsj Association.— Copyrisht. (Received July 10, 8.25 a.m.) LONDON, 9th July. A Hops Substitutes and Foreign Hops Marking Bill, introduced by the 'Government, has been read a second time in the House of Lords. Owing to distress in the Kent hopgrowing districts a .Royal Commission was appoitlted to enquire into the siibject, which reported in July last year. Tho report stated that the consumption of hops in England was declining, partly on account of the reduced consumption of beer, and partly owing to the use of a smaller proportion of hops in brewing than w;>s formerly the cafe. Foreign imports had shown no tendency to increase till last year, when the quantity was increased to forestall an expected imposition of d\ity. Many witnesses urged that a heavy duty should ■be placed on the imported product. The Government Bill, which was introduced last year, prohibits under penalty the use of hop substitutes in brewing, and requires foreign hops to be imported only in bags or pockets distinctly marked with name of grower and country of origin.