The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-04
National Brewers Courress.

e%ASA0A DAoWoLo OOHbIebbs
BosToN, June 3.-The National Brew.
ers Congress met to-day. After an ad.
dress Of welcome BY the President Of the
New England association, Henry Clau.
sen, President Of the National Association,
made Q speech full Of statistics, from
which 1t appears that the number Of bar
rels termented liquors brewed and sold ii
the States and territories in the year end.
Ing June 30, 1873, was s,9l0,ss2, an in.
crease over the preceding year Of 9l0,s54
barrels. This steady increase In the con.
sumption OF iermented liq1ors, proceed
Ing at the rate OF almost million bar
rels year in spite Of all the iRnatical in.
temperance agitation that has prevailed
from the pulpitS, by the bands OF praying
women, encouraged and fostered by the
national temperance society, Il Is held
that the popular endorsement Of the re.
freshing, invigorating aud nutritious
qualities Of fermented liquors.
In iurther illustration Of the large in
terests involved in beer manufacturing
MIR. Clausen made the following state
ment: Capital in breweries, $50, ,9O1, 1898;
capital In malt houses, $l6, ,707, ,693: capi-
tai In barley lands, $44, ,554, ,120; capital in
hop lands, 81 ,G03I960; total investment,
$l62,7 10 I056. Number Of persons en-
ployed In breweries, 11,13S; number Of
persons employed in malt houses, 1860;
number Of persons employed in barley
culture, 33,75S; number OF persons en-
ployed In hop culture, 1910; total 90, Az.
Number OF acres Of land under cultiva-
tion for barley, /, 1,11S,S53. s.
shall at any time be satisfied that the bank
acres under cultivation for hops, 10000
total ,l63. 1859. In this calculation / have
omitted the blacksmiths, masons, carpen.
ters, coopers, teamsters, machinists, wagon
builders and other artisans constantly EN-.
ployed In brcweries. Nor arc the bottlers
and retailers included, whose entire exis-
tence Is dependent on the brewing bust.
ness. Neither have I estimated those en-.
gagged in the surplus production or In i'm.
porting. The amount OF Government
revenue from fermented liquors during the
past ten years is $6s, ,279, ,787.
The meeting perfected organization as
follows: Chairman, Henry Clausen, Of
New York; Honorary President Of the
Association, Frederick Taner, OF Reading,
Pa. Among the Vice Presidents are Con.
rad Leipp, Chicago; F. w. Anschullz,
Keokuk, Iowa; P. Lieber, indianapolis;
Peter Weber. Louisville; Charles Stielel,
81. Louis; John 0rth, Minneapolis; <. W.
IVoight, Detroit; Christian Mmrline, Gin
ctnnatii Anthony ReymanD, Wheeling;
and Jacob 0bermann, Milwaukee. VIM.
Lemp, Of St Louis, was elected one Of
the Secretaries, and Richard Kotsmsyer,
OF Now York, Secretary Of the y. 8. AS!
a1ciation. .H '!Grgiaft3V p,
The report Of the Committee on Agita.
tion was read. It reviewed and critl.
clsed the revenue laws, which the com.
mittee consider unnecessarily complex
aud upjustly discriminating against the
raw material used In manufacturing beer.
The report closed as follows: VI
Political parties Of ell shades, ere long,
we hope, and all fanatical dreamers and
would be moral reformers, may see new
era inaugurated In our social system.
That men can't be angels while In the
flesh Is selEevident fact, and this being
the case, let US, as brewers, brew
good and wholesome beverage
for their use and not abuse. Then use all
our energies Of mind and bedY to bring
about the result which may in the end
accomplish that which others have labor
ed for in the wrong direction-viz :-re.
formation oil the masses to taste pure and
harmless stimulation, instead Of poisonous
decoctions, which have brought about so
much misery in our country and has Civ.
en- occasion for much Of the useless and
foolish legtslation Tor an object which
moral suasion and proper limits Of the
law can only accomplish. Es