The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-06-07
LAGER BEER.
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WEBEReS BEER
VS.
ADULTERATED BEER.
Response to the Brewers CARD
Of Yesterday.
AN INDIGNATION MEETING PROPOSED

DAYS papers designed especially to assure the
public Of the purity Of the W Weber Beer, IN or
der that we might reap any legitimate Dusl-
| ness advantage that might accrue 70 US oI lloii
the dis semination OF knowledge OF It's excel
| lent qualities among our fellow citizens. !hls
| communication was suggested, ana IN lact
asked for, by one OF our principal agents IN
the South, who sent us copies ot Psp;er tm
| of Agriculture and the Cincinnati Gazette
| were used in an advertisement by another
brewer to dsparage the use OF Cincinnati peer,
and asking US TO answer tne same Enrougn tnv
| for any beer but our own, we used these quo
| tations in our communication OF Sunday, anu
appended to them our emphatic assurance OF
the purity OF Weber beer, and offered rsWaru ara
| of 81, 100 to any one who should detect the use
| Of any poisonous drugs in the Weber beer, or
who could prove the use OF corn, rice, grape
sugar, or other cheapening article IN its man
ufacture. This article seems to have excited
the ire of our fellow brewers TO an extent that
| is truly amusing. Those who read our cohmu
nicatIon will bear us out in the statement that
| IT consisted only Of the two quotations we nave
mentioned, and our own challenge US 10 tne
purity of our own beer. The charge OF adulter-
alton by the United States Commissioner was
| against brewers generally, and that OF the
Cincinnati Gazette against CINCINNATI brewers
| especially, ourselves included. we cnose 10
| re1ute these charges Of adulteratlon, Tor our
selves in the manner that we did IN sundays
issue, and for this are taken to task by tne
other Cincinnati brewers In hall column 1uli
| OF unfair lnGerences and comments. Ihese
gentlemen say: "Our article created consld-
cradle excitement in German circles, and we
may add, excited righteous Indignation Inls
intense state OF feeling must be conhned ex-
| clusiyey TO the dealers i'll and consumers OF
beer from their establishments, Tor we can as
sure them that the patrons OF Weber beer are
calm and serene, quaffng their glass OF foam-
Ing lager as heretofore, with perfect conndence
| in its excellence and purity.
We respectfully suggest an Indignation
meeting on the part Of these alarmed Lovers OF
lager, anu would recommend them TO adopt
the following article, to be signed by their re-
| spective brewers:
| "We, the undersigned, Brewers OF Cincln-
natl, hereby declare that all the beer manu-
factured in our establishments Is pure and un-
adulterated by drugs Of any kind; that it is
made exclusively Of barley, malt. and hops,
| and that no corn, rice, grape sugar, or otheI
| cheapening articles is used in its m tnufacture
| In attestation OF the truth Of this statement
| each of us agrees to deposit $j,OOO in any bank
that may be selected, to be forfeited to the dill.
terent orphan asylums in case the falsity o1
this statement Should be proven in any par
| tlcular after full and fair investigation"
The signing OF such paper as this Woulc
have more pIth to it and give greater assur-
ance Of the purity OF Cincinnati beer than any
Of their tw addle about aiding the temperance
cause or injuring the reputation OF Cincinnati
beer.
These brewers must have been hard pressed
indeed, when they attempted the miserable
subterfuge of torturlng our onslaught upoi
ad ulteraLed beer into an attempt TO aid th
| cause OF temperance Knowing the deep feel
ings that exist among Germans, ana eVel
+ many Americans, against temperance fanatl'
clsm, they insult the Intelligence OF these peo
pie Dy appealing to TINS Just prejudice, In or
der to make them believe that i'll advoca attn
| pure, unadulteraJed beer, we are aiding TIL
temperance fanatics. Ii there is any one per
sou more than another that furnishes these ia
| natics with an argument, 1t is the brewer IT. ina
| aduluerates mis- beer. We claim for the Webe
beer, and all other pure beers, an excellenc
| as refreshing, healthy beverage, that almos
t ulsarms the auYocate OF total abstinence.
= This unfair attempt to transform the adVo
cacy of pure beer into an adjunct TO the ten
perance reform is too thin Tor even the m d
i unso ph. stlcated not to see Though
In all the half -column article OF these brew
ers there are but four lines that touch tile rel
D ISSUE and that is where they declare " that
dang erous or poisonous substances, prepara
= tions or ingredients are employed" In tn
k manufacture of their beer, but that, on th
II contrary, they sbrew their beer iron Darle!
II hops and malt" Ihls, we repeal, Is the oui
= | thing in the whole com III nunlcatlon tnat reacn
n es The issue, and we now call attention to IL
) limited and guarded manner In Wh.cn 1t
y | worded. 1t doesn't say ALL our Deefi IL ooesh
II saw exclusively; it doesn't say thaI corn, TIC
II crane supar and other cheapenlnS articles al
It 1isnensed with Gentlemen, since you nav
IL without proyocation on our part, rusIeG In
It print on this subject, you should leave no dou
II in the minds OF the public as 10 What you .
e. use. 1t is inmaterlal to us, PERSONALLY Wh'
Y YOU make your beer Of, but when you wantol
/. Iy attack us for defending ourselves again
lie the wholesale charges VI the OaLet.e al
ic u, S, Commissioner, you justly provohe coul
II tor criticism on our part. we nave Deto
l. us. in the shape of cards from, anu lhterVleF
in with, leading brewers in other uays Whl'
IL might refresh your memories ana tur0W col
X sidcrab C light on this point; but klnuly Zee
ID invs anu charity induce us for the present Ii
h 10 reproduce them You assume a great pu
Il lie virtue in your care for the reputation
Cincinnati beer. II you be honest in this, !
ask you il it is policy to shut your eyes 10 J.
charges Of adultcratlon made against Clhcl
natl brewers and attach us for defendlng I
purity Of our own beeff
We desire to be proud OF the reputation
Cincinnati beer and will aid you IN every
gitlmate way In sustaining 1t; but we tell Y
Dlainly that We don't propose that our oN
4 good name shall suffer for the sake OF an adj
terater, whether he be located in Cincinnati
elsewhere. We spoke explicitly
IS the purity OF the, w Weber beer in sundays !
pers, and hope our fellow brewers recor
are 50 good that they can speak with eol
positiveness; and, W .Lhout desiring to be j
pertinent, would suggest that one OF the b
ways TO DO this is to sign and publish
agreement which we have recommended
= adoption at the proposed indignation meetil
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