Excerpt from The Year Book of the United States Brewers' Association, 1909: A Review of Recent Liquor Legislation, With a Digest of Matters Chiefly Concerning the Brewing Industry The brewing industry is convinced that its true and lasting interest coincides with that of the community, and that the method of marketing its product must be adjusted accordingly. But con stant changes are harassing to the trade and demoralizing to the authorities. The interference of the State in the regulation of the habits of the people has been carried to such a point that the ma chinery of government does not stand the strain. We must study conditions as they are, before we presume to say what they Should be made. The actual experience of American cities and States cannot safely be ignored in legislation. Judgment must be formed upon the facts of social life and public administra tion, and action based upon this informed judgment. Sentimental ism has had its day; it is time that rationalism had a turn! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.