The New York herald., 1870-06-06


worse In the framing and passage Of internal reve
nue. laws. The report wti It ts believed expOse the
almost criminal folly OF encumberlng The law witn
Of the revenue,n which, without yielding any aSvan
tage to the Treasury tend only to cripple the trade
e no s n e ocsa fraud and
the collection OF the tax.
Another subject which win come before this next
convention VIII be the adoption OF the details OF a
plan for the creation and endowment Of fE
BREWERS ACADEMY,
or high school, for the education Of scientific
adopted the project already In principle. and q
special committee, consisting OF Messrs. Henry
ali 81 this % was sna RSa
charged with preparing specified plan TO carry
out the object proposed This plan was perfected to
detail as long ago Gs last April to the members Of
the several local societies throughout the country,
sponses have been received. The next convention
at Davenport WIZ probably adopt 1t In substance.
abstract or what this Brewers High School is to be-.
1t is recommended TO locate 1t at New York city,
this being the great commercial and financial heart
OF the country, and all questions relating to these
branches of our political economy could best be
studied here. But other cities in the West Will put
In tneir claims and hence e>this point Is yet uncer-
tain.
The object OF the institute is to rear
EDUCATED BREWERS,
who shall not only understand fully the practical
management OF brewery as acquired by personal
experience but should also be possessed OF at least
so much Of chem stry botany, and OF the physicai
and mechanical sciences, OF the laws OF trade OF the
causes and effects OF fluctuations in prices, OF p0lit
cal economy in general, as would enable them to
elevate the brewery business TO higher standard.
Connected with tins theoretical course OF instruction
is to be q model brewery, where all the students
may go through practical course as well, and learn
to apply In practice scientific rules and all improve
ments which science may from time to time discover.
In regard 10 this matter the brewers OF America are
AHEAD OF GERMANY,
where not even union Of those engaged in the
trade has yet been effected. But the example set
here is having It's effect in the Fatherand. Even In
France the brewers have progressed further than In
the Yeutonc home OF lager bier, for the French
brewers have erected at the town Of Charleville .
brewers Museum" !" for the public exhibition Of all
newly invented or improved Implements tools,
machinery, and all otner apparatus either rsctly
or Indirectly Of use IN brewery and its accessory
branches. But now even the Germans are moving
and for the first week in August next Is called to
BREWERS CONGRESS AT DRESDEN sAxoNy.
where, besides the consideration Of questions look
Ing to uniformity IN taxation and the enhancemens
OF the quality OF the manufactured article, the
measure first br0ached In this country Is be dis
cussed namely.-the establishment OF brewers'
academy at WeihenStephan, in connection with the
Royal Agricultural College located for probably more
than century at That place.
SOME EUROPEAN BEER STATISTICS.
Having gwen above the quantity OF beer Drewed
In this country, and especially in New York
and vicinity. 1t Will be found interesting, If only
for comparison, to look over the following short
given Is OF the breweries Of Vienna and its suburbs
The capital OF Austria The manufacture OF two years
ana also reduced American barrels at the rate Of
american
Elmer Barrels.
1860. 1776 447.............. S59,5SO
1869. ........... 3,414, ,529. ........... 1,65220O
This is pretty good, considering that Vienna with
all its suburbs has population not exceeding
100000. OF the total quantity in 1869, than
900 barrels OF beer were manufactured by single
brewery, that OF Dreher, at Little Schwechat.
In Bavaria as early as the year $780, beer was al
ready valuable subject Of taxation Additional
taxes were imposed in 1885, 1543 1873 1860 and l811
since which last named year the rate Of impost has
remained the same. In 1S47 an effort was made to
increase it, but revolution broke out at Munich in
opposition, and the attempt was abandoned by the
government. There are breweries here manufactur-
ing from 10000 TO 230 900 barrels tAmercan meas
ure) Of beer annually, and the consumption is enOr
nous, at the kings brewery alone the daily retail
sales amounting to 5000 gallons.
In Wurtemoerg' w1tf population OF 1,eo9! 7lo,
the tax on beer yielded an increase, In 1885, OF
$360000, which at the rate Of taxation then pre-
vailng, points to 100000 barrels Of beer nanufac-
tured.
In Saxony the production Of beer in 1864, for 4
population Of about 400 000 was 500 900 American
ciaiy al Crimmitzschau, even prayers are said in
the Lutheran Church for the success and prosperity
Of all engaged in the brewing business.
In 1865 the consumption OF lager beer in Berlin,
Prussia, with population Of 100000, amounted to
6s7 American barrels per day. and has been increas
ing from seventeen to twenty per cent annually ever
| since.
Frankfort on.the. Main, with population Of g..
1lI IN dSUS Sean steav anu
| These few references show the prodigious guam
| titles Of beer used in Germany, Notwithstanding
that over 2OO 900 gallons OF wine are, on an
| average, annually grown in the same country, in
vineyards covering 3S9, l24 acres.
FANCY NAMES.
! Some OF the localities in the Fatherland enjoy
special reputation for the excellence OF their beer.
| Several New York brewers took advantage
OF this lately, and, by copying as near as possible
the process and machinery adopted IN those local.
ities, do more or less successfully initiate these
| particular fancy pyramids" II they may be so called.
| Thus the 'sMaerzen ber' OF Liesing, near Vienna,
was introduced here by Bernheimer b schmid, the
"Wlener bier' OF Schwechat, Austria by John Kress
| the "Kitzinger," OF K1tZngen, Bavaria by A.
Rocke, and several others by other brewers. But,
fortunately the people OF this country have yet been
spared such German names. for their lager as Bint
| den Kerl, OF Boitzeaburg; Scheps, or Bresau;
| Kuhschwanz. OF Delitzsch Knlesenack, OF Dues.
trow; Klapper, of Helmstaedt; Dorrden1el, Of Jena
Raster, of Leipsic; Israel, OF Lubbock and many
| other similar-some more, some less euphonious-
! local patronymics for beer
POLITICAL NOTES.
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