The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-06-04
BOSTON.
Brewers' Congress.

BosroS, June 3.-The National
Brewers Congress met to-day. After
an address of welcome by the President
OF the New England Association, Hen.
~ CIausen, president OF the National
Association made q speech, full Of sta-
tistics, from which it appears that the
mum Der OF barrels OF fermen.ed liquors
brewed and sold in the States and Ter
ritories in the year ending June 80,
1873, was S,Sl0,S22, an Increase over
the preceding year OF 9lO,S54 barrels.
This steady increase in the consump-
ton OF fermented liquors proceeding at
the rate OF almost a million barrels a
year, in spite OF all the fauaticsl
temperance agitations from pulpits and
by bands OF praying women, encouraged
and fostered by the National Temper
auce Society, is held to be popular
endorsement OF the refreshing, invlgor.
s,ing and nutritious qualities OF fer,
meuted liquors.
In further illustration OF the large
interest involved in beer mspufactur-
ing, Mr.. Clausen made the following
statement: Capital 10 breweries, $685.
90l sos; malt houses, Sic, ,107. 1913 /;
barley lands, s44 .554, l20; hop lands,
81 ,603, 800; total investment, 1852 lI6,-
Csc; number OF persons employed In
breweries, l,l3S; in malt houses, g.
500; 10 barley culture, 33 753; in hop
culture S, ,020; total. Sc. Al; acres OF land
under cultivation for barley, ll3, ,S53 !;
acres under cultivation for hops, 49,
O99; total, 1853. .952. 10 this cslcu-
lstion | have omitted the blacksmiths,
mssops, carpenters, coopers teamstere,
machinis,s, wagon builders, aud other
artisans constantly engaged in brewer
les. Nsr are bottlers, and retailers in-
cluded, whose entire existence is de-
pendent on the brewery business. n eth
er have l estimated those engaged in
surplus production or in importing;
The amount OF revenue from fermented
liquors during the past year is $62,'
279,S37.
The meeting perfected the organizs-
ton as follows: Chairman OF Con-
sress. Henry Clanseu, OF New ork !;
Honorary President Of Association,
Frederick Taner, Of Reading, Pa.
Among the Vice Presidents were Con-
rad Leipp, OF Chicago; F. W. An
schultz, OF Keokuk, Iowa; P. Leiber.
OF Indianapolis; Peter Weber, OF Lou
isville, Kentucky Cbas. S,ieiel, OF St.
Louis; John Orlh. Minneapolis, Min.
neso,a; E. W. Vorght. Of Detroit
Christian Waerlip, Cincinnati; Anton
R.ymsu. oil Wheeling, W. Va, and
jacob Abermann, Of Milwaukee. Wnr.
Lemp, OF St. Louis, was elected one OF
the Secretaries. and Richard kats-
MAYER, OF New York, Secretary Of
the United States Association. The
report OF the Committee on Agitation
was read. 1t reviewed and criticised the
revenue lave, which the committee
consider unnecessarily complex and
upjustly discriminating against the raw
material used in manufacturing beer.
The report closed as follows: Political
parties OF all shades ere long we hope
will hurl all fanaticsl dreamers and
would-be moral reformers from their
mid stand, aud may We not hope that
then Q new era will be inaugursted in
our entire social system. That men
can't be angels while in the flesh is
self evident fact, and this being the
case let us, the brewers OF
good wholesome beverage tor
their use not sbuse. Then let us use
all our energies Of mind and body to
bring about q result which may in the
end accomplish that which others have
labored for in the wrong direction.
namely the reformation Of the mass-
e. to taste for pure and harmless stim-
ulation, instead 0, the poisonous decoc-
tions which have brought about 60
much misery in our country. and has
given occasion for much useless and
foolish legislation, for an object which
moral suasion and proper limits Of Law
can alone accomplish"