The New York herald., 1870-06-06
D r e =!
The Triumphal March Of King
Gambrinus.
Interesting Statistics Of the Lager Beer Traffic
Tho Next Convention Of Brswers-A High
School for Beer Apprentices
mense Destruction Of Lager
in the Fatherland.

out weakening In the least this self-evdent truth.
Tacitus In his history Of the Roman wars IN Ger
many, refers already - peculiar beverage which
the inhabitants Of that "wild country'' prepared OF
barley. 1t must even then have had the character
Of national custom to make ana consume beer
That It was so rated ana considered also matter OF
high importance s evidenced by the historic TACT
that Charemagne, when he held court In Frankfort
on-the.M Main, in the year 1914, caused all the cable
beer mastersn throughout his vast dominions to be
summoned before him, and to be instructed, under
his personal supervision, in the best methods OF
brewinga paatable and nutritious article OF beer.
Even as early as the sixth century certain number
of gallons OF beer per man were fixed by law as
the regular tribute to converts and other religious
institutions And from century to century exam
pies multiplied that the rulers OF prlncipaties and
States and the local authorities OF towns ana clfles
throughout Germany took special care IN having
their people provided with wholesome beer IN suf-
cent quantity. and associations OF brewers, being
granted many favors and exclusive privileges, ac-
Quired great political influence.
Under these circumstances 1t Is but natural that
the German, wherever he may be on the globes sur
face, looks upon lager beer as an inheritance from
his ancestors dating back into remote antiquity and
even beyond historic times. II, therefore, the COM
mon beverage OF any country has what may be
1t Is certainly the beer Of the Teuton, equally II not
more so, than the wines OF the French, notwith-
standing that German poet, In the exuberance of
his spirits, gave vent to disich, which, roughly
transferred into English, may read:-
The German hates the Frenchman's pride,
But likes to drink his wine,
which speaks well for the cosmopolitan character OF
the German taste.
LAGER BEER CONQUER0R.
Trp,1o thacn n 10 N n
at that whithersoever the Germans emigrate from
the old Fatherand they carry, tt were their brew
cries with them. Wherever permanent German
colony is once established brewery will not long
be missing, Ii climate and soil be appropriate. And
from being at first confined to the Germans of such
colony the consumption OF beer will very soon work
It's way among other nationallties resident at the
same place. in spite of all opposition and ridicue
with which 1t may meet at the start, thus proving
itself an almost Irresistible conqueror Perhaps no
where such convincing proof OF this afforded as In
the city Of Paris the gay and vvaclous capital OF
France, that greatest OF all Wine countries. Here
for many years the consumption OF beer was almost
wholly confined to the German inhabitants,
and the quantity used was comparatively slight;
but gradually It found more and more favor
among the French, and in 1868 the consumption
Of beer had reached $4,000 barrels, American mea-
sure. From this onward the increase was remarka-
ble footing up s5l, 600 barrels in 1868, more than
twice the quantity used but three years before and
in 1869 the consumption Of beer In the city Of Paris
is stated to have exceeded 900 barrels, and the
revenue received in France from beer the tax being
two francs eightyeight centimes per hectonlre-
about fifty eight cents on twenty-sx and half gal
ons) was nearly one-sixth Of the amount collected
from wine similar result is observable
IN THE UNITED STATES,
showing that the character of cOnQ,ststadOre at
taches TO beer not IN isolated localities only put Is its
general attribute. The official returns OF the Trea
In each OF the years named below, show the follow
ing sales by barres:-
Barrels. Barrels.
1866. 3.657,111 1867. ,819, 345
1885,. 5.115,160 1865 1886, 663
has fully reached If not exceeded $780, 0oo barrels
which, at the average wholesale price OF ten dollars
per barrel represents an industrial product OF the
lars, and as the same rate per barrel Is but very
moderate figure for the amount OF capital perma-
assumed that the sum OF sixtyfve or seventy NIL
lions Is actually employed to produce that quantity
OF beer per year. But this alone would not tell the
THE RAMIFcATIoNs OF THE BEER INDUSTRY
| extend much further and encircle and cover many
more vital interests Of the country Without enter
ing too much into extended details, mere glance
at some or the pursuits OF the people, deeply con-
nected with the manufacture OF beer viii be sum-
cent to show the Importance Of this branch OF our
productive industry to the general prosperity OF the
country.
1 Il
It is estimated tnat as an average 1t takes three
bushels Of barley and two and half pounds OF hops
to produce one barrel of beer This gives the entire
| quantity O. barley, used in this manufacture,
nineteen and a half million bushels. and sixteen
million two hundred and fifty thousand pounds
I OF hops The average annual yield OF barley
per acre. taking the quality which Is used for brew
ing, Is not far from twenty bushels, and OF hops
barley the tng Of 900 acres OF good agricultural
land, and e25 acres for hops The value OF barley
land may be reckoned at forty dollars, and that cui-
tiyated for hops at forty-hve dollars. There are,
then, in the agricultural lands alone which furnish
the brewerles with two OF the necessary articles for
J the manufacture Of beer represented the immense
| amount OF capital as follows:-
970O 900 acres for barley, at $685. SOC, ,o00
AZ e25 acres for hops, at $45......... 1918, ,12G
1,0l2 625 acres S4O 7l6, ,12t
| Amount invested IN breweries, real estate,
Total. SlO0 7lS, lZt
PERSONS EMPLOYED.
Calculations by we'll Informed statistlcianS, based