The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-22

really large cellars. But the brewers have cdu-
Gated the, publ !ctoa Fictitious taste in the matter
| OF beer. Nine beer drinkers out OF ten now pre-
! fer the young beer, to which they are accustom-
| ed. and which has smoothness and millness
and they will say i is hard and bitter"
| The reporter subsequently asked some labor |
had heard Of the cheap beer" movement and |
whit they thought Of it,
It, and hope TO SEQ, something IF it soon. Five |
cents is too much for glass Of beer And beer |
| is necessity for US that works hard in this |
cold water drank rs we'd like to drink it would !
do us more harm than the hcer But our pay Is !
Tho barroom Keepers think to make it w to US |
by giving schoou'rs for five 'rnts But II you
look at one of them things you'll gee that biz as
they look. they don't hold much more than
lair glass 81 beer generally. See now thlrk
tlc bottom is. npd how IL I.,nchSsd in at
| But AT some places they do give hig schooner.
really, nearly two ordinary glasscs. for ilve
Isn't so bad Vet thats not what "" want. See,
4 60 IN for glass 9i beer To- XII t ne ihirs,
not to be drinking great lot q beer more than
need or want, Just because Eye paid Tor IT,
need. hut I've too little for the keep Of the wife
and the children TO spend two cents moro than
Two cents may seem small tQ many but its
something to W. and when You see how the
beer sellers will Kick at reducing their price,
you'll find that two cents is n good deal them
The reporter then, curious to knox how this
|
called upon several prominent barroom keep
ers TO ascertain their views Of the practicability
Of tho proposed reduction, They all seemed TO
view with stern disiavor even any agitation OF
the subject. and when cornered into discus
sion ot it were Of one accord in denying the pos
Mr. Bal Of Roster 4 Blal Of the Tall Tower
beer shop said. u" Ii would be impossibl Tor
less than 1--WE cents glass They must have
one hundred per cent. profit 70 get along and
o pints and quarts you will find that they don't
= make even that, The expenses of a irst-class
9 place are very high. and less profit will not
sustain them Here Tor instance. we pay $4,000
= a year rent our walters ~ ~ T. sl0 per week
: There are six in the kitchen cooking. and the
y ras which even in In, summer costs us $50 "A
a week although we don't keep open later than
r nine or half past nine IN the evening and our
=, ice costs Us 5000 month. Ino beer requires t9
q be kept iced. aud we use ice laVishly in all
c drinks nj this season rs every nrst-cla house
r must. II all beer were sold 10y The glass, small
ii lint there is a great deal of loss. real loss, on
y what is sold in pitchers and Jugs and kettles: A
y h. buyers Of beer. They expect for pint
II nearly quart and ior 9aart nearly Io9iEt
"A costs us two cents glass. and We have To get
FIVE cents for il To pay the brewers bills and dc
&c Could not the brewers afford to make beer
H. FOR less than g. per barrel mi,
"a " | do not believe they could. There is dol
ne lar comes on for the stamp ana thqt leavr-
ho them only 81. aud although matt and hons ar.
,,. very clpal. they have Dig expenses. kt'pint,
~ large stables Of horses, maintaining many wag'
en- ons in repair. paying high wages To- many en-
so poyees, and al such things They have very
large capital invested. and II should give good
Al, return OF course. a man does bushes Z
IL make money, They have Put their prices dowr
he agood deal. There used TO be. formerly alwayi
nu time We had 10 nay 50 and sl0 barrel anC
se price is only =. ana don't think they can max
Nc L. honest and good. for any less | am sure
" could not get along selling beer at three cents
an glass
as Mr.. Hollenicr. who has the Raths Keller un
'u' broadway and Chambers street. was particular
hs y iereibie n repeiiinG the Hossio.ny OF re- re-
-, heve" he said. that respectable persons IN
~. respectable community would eApect such
he would go into place where beer was sold q
cir three cents glass We sell here beer i9r WIG
worth worth that W. also sell imported beer at tc
" cents glass and assure you we sell as niue
go three cents glass. beer sellers will hay
~. To- 90 into humhus 70 make w the deficiency
u little elasses ihs! LOOK ~ .pd mn iih9 1 ny VII
L. don't Keen the zig glasses now they used I,
III but that Is because the drinkers don't Wal
liz them had al 5 ~ ga or' s an
"a 10 me, We don't want srho"n"rs. 30 put IN
,,h biz glasses away ana got cut ihe, little one
o." again. II work ingman comes IN give hlu
ior Jrsist dont Snntit Win tie iitr.e glasses
wa can got ono hundred cut Of kcg, but not Wit
az the big ones and. even II we do get $50 barre
the that il not too much You have e. eacniate u
,ts pay every year s2j 900 wages. CoHd DO IN
,te at tlrse cents gIass Tor reeT No.. an hI u
,T Of hecr. or men won't drink II, and i'r INIT =,
' have : i 90 get good deal of ice and TINS sun
or g'T W" b nqfe ~ S r ,e 6eer No.
' wh The brewers cau maze the D"erAny cheaper Ia,
ier vestmcnt-. and investments are higher he
oove than any other place III The country.
"a street %'i' Iaii: That Is iooshness. How q
ny We sell beer for three cents a glass and make
NV M pTS man an dots tS G pitcher ana ii
c "nu business and sells not ifty kegs day II
80 man sells that mu n, all by the glass ne rou
Il is make profit on three cents. But II J. sell !
u !, three cents got not what It cost mo. l pay
"a ~ ~ and sell fourteen 10 twenty kegs day, som
that times more. But great deal must 60 OUT
n Is quarts and pin's; big ones Tor ihe harkesp
u ,i has no time to measure them. and II won %
an guess EN- email. Aud ihen my glasses N
ON Is a good, honest. Deulsehe glass with
beer Citzen Justus H. schwab hesitated Mt the 81
las gestion Such Il icalIroposito startled IA.
NJ Beer at three cents glass. he cxelalmcdi
tho is not T prSctcabe The beer seller could
N'' make any profit al the price at present charG
'f' share II my business is in selling 10y qua
and pnts and upon tina, there is. you may ST
har sired Tor is that it keeps the beer fresh. a
'N''' when a customer wants glass ne gets i eo'
,orr because 1t il kept running freely, But II Is
re- he sales is 10 be on the bass 81 three cents
'.mli glass. That would leave nothing for the
,t ILL., N" rent and gas. and many other expenses
in 81 the business. Bni il seems 70 me mat ne ri
AZ 90 ers m ight make the beer more cheeply. NJ
ton l. worry cheap now. and hops arc low in nri
nae hui that they are 50 and yet beer IL so h II,
~ barrels only another illustration 81 the
m"a disproportion in value between crude materi
en- +" and their mmqia%urcd pr2dg%i. Al t
a. w so. IL H. the POWER of capital. that fixes an
,lIre hitrary and cXorhtspt standard for lis Prof
such pul ,i4r Inv c'l n ~, any,, ,hr II wu II" mr.
:, as ~ 9 sni il frr three cents A glass; but
. ME- Herr Alalbert H9fmester Of Hoimeiste
Sclle. restaurant keepers. under the Mas
rro. Bank. promptly repudlaied all sympathy
wv the cheap beer movement he SAID;
,ho class Of customers have would not come /
nrS were 70 lower the price OF my beer from Nv
Wn,H three cents Il glass even eupposing l 60
. any make profit nj that, which could not, N
', ,,,y inally / get .l2 n barrel profit Probably
WHY get nearly that, for very few pitchers
man brought here to be ned, and my trade Is by
NM ~ glass But even At that. the actual prom
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