Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-13


versatlon changed to the condition of the
Southern States, and the subject of Chinese
labor in America upon the latter subject
Baron Liebig being very desirous of inior-
nation, and more especially of exact data
respecting their diet Liebig has adopted
the view that labor is conditioned by the
amount of meat consumed. Said he :" As
l learn, the Chinese live for the most part
on vegetables. We believe, and facts
prove, that our people must have meat,
and that labor corresponds to the consump
tion Of meat 1t would be very interest
ing to know what the Chinese workmen
live on, what proportions of bread, meat
or fruit they consume, aud what sort of
work they are able to do, whether they
are able to do as much as the native
American, who is a good workman, or are
only serviceable for certain kinds of work.
| have been in the Pussta Thai in the
Tyrol, where there are eight or ten thou
sand men (Italians) engaged on the rail-
road, and, morning, noon, and night, these
men feed on p0lenta-a pudding made of
ground maize. They eat this continually.
| have made inquiries about the work
accomplished, and the directors Of the
railroad have told me that these men are
very Industrious, but that the heavy work
+ has to be done by Tyroleans or Bavarians
| would like TO know if this Is the case
with the Chinese 1t would be very
/ interesting fact for the sustenance of our
I population to know what they eat and
what amount of work they are capable Of
accomplishing thereupon. This can be
/ ascertained very easily, [ think, since their
/ food is very uniform. The experience
| that [ have had in the chemical manuiac-
| tory Is that those men who ate little as
long as they did day work, from the mo-
ment they began piece work, worked hard
er but meat had to be added to their
nourishment. Put into scientific garb-
the amount Of aIbumen must be increased
with the amount Of labor"
QUESTION OF AL1NENrArIoN.
And beer S it necessary that people
should drjuk aS much beer as you do in
Munich p" / asked. Beer, said the
Baron, D." is better than brandy Man
must have a stimulant of some sort.
Brandy is a great evil. We fnd that the
consumption OF beer is making headway
! NAA All tAAG W ll-t AA~AAlEl III lh>tetAAC ia
Suttgar As q nourisnment, beer takes a
very subordinate place, not larger indeed,
/ than potatoes and we ind that in no city
4 Is there such an amount Of meat consumed
a. in Munich, where the greatest quantity
of beer is also consumed. Beer must
I have meat, or aibgmen. Before every
/ beer cellar in Munich YOU will 6nd
cIee-e->tlui. Why Because IN cheese
yOl lui that a.oumen which IN beer l.
.acSIu-. Therefore YOU see that beer and
cheese 20 together like a law of nature
: 5It a- an arr cie of nOur-hmeEt beer j.
7 yety ~lhori.uatc Sshuapps IS a great
misfortune. and destroys the working
power. Through our late war we have
won great respect for tobacco, tea, coffee,
and extract OF meal. \ physician told
me that when the wounded would take
nothing else they have grasped at cigars !;
/ their eyes glStened-they felt lifting up
I or use -tabin- Lctsc-. Toaacco must
have this effect. We could not DO our
wounded, frequently, greater service
than by giving them cigars. And We
came TO the conclusion that tobacco was
/ invaluable to Us" These are Baron Won
/ Liebig's own words, noted down Is be
spoke 20 ne ia German Baron LiebiE
evidently looks % America Tor an improve
ment Of beer and the perfection of beer
/ drinking. Said he d" 1t Is peculiarty
Of Americans that they make everything
better than we do | am convinced that
/ American beer Wit. in time. be better
than German. With US everything re-
mar.s as it was The worst beer-brewers
are ID Blvaria-though it was earlier the
best. Aud why? Look into our brewery
system. The brewers are only Ignorant
people who brew good beer from routine
alone. TLey are incapable of helping
themselves But as soon as the Americans
adopt anything from Us they improve upon
it, aud We get II back - an American
discovery. Look At the sewing-machine.
1t was begun in Germany, but 1t was first
perfected IN America Everything Is i'm
proved with YOU. Look 1t our German
engineers. they are different men when
they come to America. Aud the Chicago
watcr-woras and the FIRE alarms.