MALT AND BEER CIRCULAR. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



Washington, December 15, 1889. 

 To the Consular Officers of the United States in Mexico, 



Central and South America, and the West Indies : 

 GENTLEMEN: Some of the leading maltsters and brewers of the 

 United States have requested the Department to procure information 

 relative to the malt and beer trade in your respective districts. 

 The information desired covers such points as the following : 



1. The imports of malt, and whence imported ; duties charged thereon ; cost of 

 same per bushel, whether imported or locally prepared, etc. 



2. The imports of beer, and whence imported ; in bottles or wood, and duties charged 

 thereon ; kinds of beer most suitable for local consumption ; details concerning prices, 

 wholesale and retail, of foreign and domestic beer, etc. 



3. How imported malt and beer are placed upon the market, etc. 



The motive of this circular being the enlargement of American trade 

 you will not confine yourselves to the above interrogatories, which are 

 to a large degree suggestive only, but will give as much information as 

 possible concerning every phase of the malt and beer business, so that 

 the maltsters and brewers of the United States may fully understand 

 the requirements necessary to successful trade in each district. 



All foreign weights, measures, and money should be stated in Ameri- 

 can equivalents. 



I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, 



WILLIAM F. WHARTON, 



Assistant Secretary. 

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