The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-07
THREE CENT BEER icRoss THE RIVER.
How wiiiinmsburrh brewers Undertook TO
rut Down an EnterPrIsIna Denler.

The nopulnr demand for reduction of the
,r,no - ,nor In wuIiomsb,ruh has produceJ a
price OF Deer III N'lli"'nsouik" "".
tangible result in the lowering OF tho charge
nor glass in three prominent bnrrooms. and
- -. ',,i,,.I a., ,ho ,,or,,,, -,
from The success achicVed III inc entering OF
this wedge 81 innovation 1t is anticipated that
n general reduction will soon follow. Two Of
those places Z"o our'h s'roct uhu o'' "rahu
stree;-nrc owned by James J. Moloney. and
the third at Grand and Tenth streets, belongs
Wv 49,, ~, ,r, -. a., '.'.' ..,..'''
I" WI. "ulphS inc p'oh''I III vi" 'iu'V"i'"'
was Mr. Mooney. OF course he met with active
o,,,osi,ion from, ,bo lre,ynrs and s,norol con.
,.,. -. IL .t., H., -. ,,., a.
uemhhuoh from MS rivals IN business WHO u'-
heon euch Tin, bc now pronoscs T., in IA div or
ooo" s'.' '',"' III ~" p'upo,,9 w. , -, '
two reduce his prices In his third bhrroom' III
1853 Manhattan avenue, Greenpuint. Hchas cut
d,,n ,, ,,,i ,b, ,,ri,, ,f la,,ar Il, th rca ncn,a
~ V''' W, ~, "'. e., . 49, -
but OF ale. porter ana cider also 10 mo Same
figures He was represented in his barroom in
Cran1 .,r,,, ,'s.ar',n,, I've Al " FIN, Lor,,ndor
Vim" S'i'"' S'7'''", ~ "'' ''' Wv,
who told the story OF tho lowered prices. TN
Wednesday, last" he said "our price was nut
~, 49,, - =, w. -,
u""h 10 "I'' ''"'9' pV.olV '"N'''N '''"' S''p'
Mr. Molon"y went TO see his brewers. =. Lien
manns sons. and told them what hc was about
to do one oil the brothers did not seem To OBJ
ject and oven said that lie did not thinK II was
any of their business what the beer was sold for
at retail or even il ii was given away: but the
other brother took "A different view UcthouGht
that they wuuld have TO rrsprrt The objections
Of their other customers. If tiey made any and
would hnyc 10 rrnsr stipilviny Mr. Moloney
with herr VERY we'll then Mnlonry said ne
would sinuly u,t his beer from somebody else
lie had fully unde mn his mind 10 hc the leader
thai Tur SvS called for in bringing down the
price of beer 10 "A figure proportiOnatr To mems
wngcs and in "A merely mst and reasonable scale
of uront When he started I'm he wouldn't turn
back b"cause VI any obstacles in tho way
As ne said himself he would sell beer for
three cents n ylnss even II he had to buy IL in
GERMANY When the Iicbmnnn firm of brewers
saw that he had done what he Threatened, they
sent one of their drivers here To demand thn
signs announcing the sale OF their beer with
which they had supplied us. Tint was on Mon
day last the 9th inst Possibly they would not
have done So il they had not been driven To- il
low customers who were fairly wild To- SEQ what
a business we wnrs doing The driver didn't
get the signs We still had as W. have yet
some Of their beer ON hand and So long as wa
have we will put their signs out. When 1t IL all
sold the signs will probably 20 up into the lum-
her room. They are ours by the custom Of the
trade and those who gave them have no right
to take them back The driver undertook to
take them by force. but was soon made to un-
derstnnd that he had better let thnt contract out
10 somebody else When he got on the side
walk and rnught his breath, he said he would
20 M t. the Brewery Get four men and come
down to scttir mo- clear the place out and take
the signs. Eut he has not come back yet He
had hrit"r not
I 3. =, In