Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

average per brewery, Slt5-ct. ana this IN
crease IN the consumption OF iermenie1
liquors Is proceeding al the rate OF almost
a million barrels year, III spite OF temper
ance sgItau0ns
THE CAPITAL il BREwERIEs.
Taxing $40 Tor every barrel Of beer sold.
the amount Of capital circulating during
the last year was SOS. 80 .S13. The number
OF men employed. calculating one man for
500 barrels, was II .l3s mer. The quantity
OF malt used az = bushels per barrel was
- - .O5-s bushels. The quantity Of hops
used az y pounds per barrel was 20,G4a-
35l3 pounds. TIE capital invested II malt
houses u convert the barley into malt. ~
- cents per bushel was : .101, 493-l21. The
number OF men employed n malt houses, at
one man 10 80 bushels per dav during @
mailing season Of seven months wsS 5.jtb
men
LAND AND cAFITAL N BAELEr CULTURE.
The quantity Of land required to produce
the barley usee, al 20 bushels per acre, Is
l.ll3.s53 acres is value at sac per acre.
S44, 554. 100 Inc number OF persons en-
ployed in barley culture, taking one man 70
every 80 acre was %. SO men. In mop
EAAtAIt LAt 4lAt= VI 4AAA A4AIA ~ NAA-
duce the quantity. were 40 .O99 acres. the
value OF such lands at $40 per acre, 81 .605,-
900. number of persons employed IN mop
culture. taxing one 10 every i've acre,
: .02O men.
In this calculation / nave omitted the
Dlacksmlths. mas0ns, carpenters. c0opers,
teamsters, maclinists. wagon builders and
other artisans constantly employed IN brew
cries. Nor are the bottlers and retailers IN
cluded, whose entire existence Is dependent
on the brewing business. neither have e.
timated those engaged IN surplus produc-
ton OF IN importing
The amount Of government revenue from
fermented liquors during the past ten Years
is ST.. 279. 80.
Mr.. Clausen IN closing his address, claim
ed that the brewers were promoting the
cause Of Temperance The remedy for in
IN his opinion, is "to do away
with prohibItory legislation, pass healthy l
license laws, and encourage the use Of malt /
liquors and light wines. Of course the /
President of the Brewers Association has /
10 patent on this idea 1t is held by Mrs. I
Tina FAY Pieres.a many excellent people. |
But 1t occurs tC Us TO ask. how much Of the /
'emedy Is 1t going TO take TO effect a cure
ntemperanee has not decreased, Mr..
Jiausen says, IN our generation, which Is
aying that all the brewers. with their stand
Nc army of nine million beer barrels, have
lot been able TO make any visible impres-
ion on the vice of intemperanee. How
much, then. is it going to take to effect the
beet? The brewers adopted the report Of
Committee on Agitation, which de-
lares that they will use all their energies
t mind and body TO accomplish that which
theirs have labored for in the wrong direc-
on. namely, the reformation of the masses
a taste for pure and harmless stimuiant
lstead of the poisonous deeocti0ns which
ave brought about so much misery IN our
,untry" No doubt they will, but we fear
icy viii be disappointed In the result. If
lree glasses a day for every man in the
nd mas not fairly touched the evil. rs there
IT ground for fear that the SIX, nine or ,
TelYe glasses day, to which the brewers
,pe to educate the people, will also fail to
ork cure. Indeed. on the figures given,
n it not be elaimed that the beer cure has
ID pretty thorough trial and has failed ? /.