The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-26
Baron LlebIg on Qnesti6nSof Labor,
Eating and DEinking.

Baron Llehlg on esti0nSof Labor,
Eating and Drinking.
Munich Letter to the New York Tribuno.)
l found Liebig reticent on the subject
of the labor movement u Europe 1.-THE
worIEmeil," sild hO, "demand D share Of
the manufacturers profits, but they do
not offer to share the losses. They wish
only to participate In the winning; they
demand advantages, but will give moth.
Ing In return. No ignorant people," he
replied, "can support aJTepu6hc,n, Ap,
plying the same rule 10 the cooperation
Of the workingmen, he said, "in England
there are several societies OF workingmen
carrying on Industrial institutions; but
such affairs can only stand as long as In.
telligent men are Of the head Of the enter
prise,N Avoiding an, unwelceme subject
The Conversation changed to the condition
ofthe Southern States, and the subject OF
Chinese labor In America; upon the latter
subject Liebig being very DESTROYS ofinfor.
nation, and more especially Of exact data
respecting their diet. Liebig has adopted
the views that labor Is conditioned by the
amount Of meat consumed. Said he: "As
learn, the Chinese live for tho most part
on vegetables. We believe, and facts
prove, that our people must have meat,
and that labor corresponds to the con.
sumption Of meat. II would DO very In.
tereSting TO know what the Chinese work.
men live on, what proportions Of bread,
meat, or fruit hey consume and whatsort
OF work they are able to do; whether they
arc able to do as much as the native Amer.
lean, who q good workman, orare only
sefviceable for certain kinds Of work. I
have been in the Pussta Thai In the Tyrol,
where there are eight or ten thousand men
Qtalians) engaged on the railroad, and,
morning, noon and night these men feed on
polenta-sp pudding made ofground maize.
They cat tiis CONTINUALLY n have made
INQUIRIES about the " ofli acoom plished,
and the directors Of the railroad have
informed me that these men are very
industrious, but the heavy work has to be
done by Tyroleans or BRvarians. ! would
like TO know Il this Is the case with the
Chinese. It would be Q very interesting
tact for the sustenRnce Of our population
to know what they eat and what amount
of work they are capable Of accomplishing
thereupon. This can be ascertained very
easily, l think, since their food Is very
uniform. The experience that have had
in the chemical mandatory Is that those
men who ate little as long as they did
day work, from the moment they began
piece work, worked harder, but meat had
to be added to their nourishment. Put into
scientific garb-the amount Of albumen
must be increased with the amount of Ia.
Dor" "And beerG Isitnecessary that PEG.
pie should drink as much beer as you do
in Munich!" l asked. "Beer," said the
Baron, lis better than brandy. Man must
have stimulant Of somesort. Brandy is q
great evil. We find that the consumption
Of beer is making Roadway even in the
wine districts, for instance in Stuttgart.
As nourishment, beer takes avery sub.
ordinate place, not higher, indeed, than
potatoes; and we find that in no city Is
there such an amount Of meat consumed
as in Munich, where the greatest quantity
Of beer is also consumed. Beer must
have meat, or albumen. Before every
beer.cellar in Munich you will find 8
cheese stand. Whyg Because in cheese
you find that albumen which in beer Is
lacking. Therefore you see beer and cheese
go together like a law Of nature But as an
article Of nourishment beer isiyery subor-
dinate. Schnapps is great misfortune,
and destroysthe working power. Through
our late war we have won great respect
for tobacco, tea, coffee, and extract OF
meat. A physician told mo that when
the wounded would take nothing else
they have grasped at cigars; their eyes
glistened-they ielt lifting up Of the
sinking nerves. Tobacco must have this
effect. We could not do our wounded,
frequently, a greater service than by giyf
ing them acigar. Andlwes csIneto The
conclusion that tobacco was invaluableto
u.s." These are Baron, Won Liebig's own
words, noted down as he spoke tome
in German. Baron Liebig5 evidently
looks to America for an Improvement
Of beer and the perfection OF beer
drinking. Said he: It Is popularity OF
Americans that they make everything
better than we do. Lam convinced that
American beer will, in time, be better than
German. With us everything remains as
1t was. The worst beer.brewers are in
Bavaria lhouShl ID was earlierthe best.
And why? Look into our brewery sys.
tenn. The brewers are only Ignorant peo-
pie, who brew good beer RON routine
alone. They arc incapable Of helping
themselves. But as soon as the Ametis
oaus adopt anything iron (usthey I'm.
prove upon it, and We get II back again as
an American discovery. Look at the
sewing machine. Il was begun, In Ger.
many, but It twas perfected IN America.
Everything Is improved with you. Look
at our German engineers they are differ.
emit men when they come to America"
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