The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-04
BEER IN WlLLlAMSBURGll.
UHfT, TT ~ MINATED. THE GERMiN
SOCIETIES can Accomplish.

Only n Leader wanted to start the Demand
toe % Reduction 10 Three ccnts - The
Amount Paid by Drinkers-One brewer
seIiIng Cheap Fact. Given Reluctantly.
The Eastern District Of Brooklyn contains
large population of hard working and poorly
compensated laborcrs The largest element IN
that population Ii, without doubt T"utohl'.
For the Eastern District. the dominant beverage
in unaurstOnably beer. and. both by reason oi
necessity and economic inclination. residents
there takO deep interest in the question oil III"
reduction of beer from I've to three conts per
glass. The demand for cheaper beer has be-
come ominous in the Eastern District When
It became known that already tho reform has
been effected to 70 very large extent in Newark
IN, determination uf the Williamsburghers To
hayc ike conc, ssions from their beer vendors
wis very generally declared. And there ia one
reason why over there. the beer sellers feel that
thuy have more reason to fear being compelled
30 yield than have those of New York. In that
part Of Brooklyn there arc many German go
cictics. social. humOristic. musical. beneficiary.
&C.. In each Of which there exist as n rule,
more commonaity Of interest and sympathetic
unison Of feeling than usually pcrvade such
organizations in New York. So long" the
beer sellers say "as we have only to fight in
dividuals singly. we are safe enough; but II the
societies take up this cry for cheap beer. will
BIZ powercss TO resist them" In several so
oictics members individually are quite ripe for
concerted action. and nil that IL needed in either
L. a leader. As in q single society the one man
who takes the lead will find himself backed by
the unanimous voices II his fellows 90 the first
society that inauguratcs the movement will find
all the others wheel into line with IT, Then
some becr seller will Of course be found enter
prislng enough to take advantage Of the popu-
tor ton,I.uf.V ID rI .ylaaa ,fh ear f,r
three cents.
Mr.. Locwcntha Of % Grand street was enjoy
Ink himself at Concy Island when reporter
sailed nj his place but he left very capable
representative in his barkeepcr. There's
good doa II talk about beer at three cents
glass" that young man said. and 81 course
he worknsmen want II 10 come down. But A.
long ~ everybody Just says for himself that he
thinks three cents is enough for glass " beer,
why NIL we've got 10 DO is to say that our price
Is five cents. There's nobody over here selling
Tor less than five yet not that I've heard ". any
way. and they won't bc likely 10. Il the societies
don't take il ~. Some Of the German societies
mix about that and il they do suppose they'll
efrrct something. They believe that IL they re-
solve tog ther ON lowering tho price of beer
and the beer sellers woa' come down. that then
The Cincinnati brewers will rush their beer IN
hero. and break down the five centers. II
they'd do that it would bring us down with a
rush. 1t looks n IL beer could bc sold for three
SCENTS a glass. because there are men in New
York and Newark who DO soil for that. and
scom to get along well. But tho sellers come
down. they want the brewers TO come down too
They don't want 10 stand all the reduction. and
The brewers stand nothing. Tho boss paws - Il
barrel for this beer. with the usual Ave per cent
of. and III - that is The general price over
here. except Tor Sci,z's beer That is sold for a.
There was talk that the Wiiamsburgh Brew
INK Company sold for 50. where the cash was
paid to their drivers Immediately ON the deliv-
sry of the beer bat some 81 the head men Of
that company were in here one day. and the
boss asked them about IT, and they ,woro it
wasn't So. and guess it wasn't
Ostrrmann'- Park il IA barroom ia Broad
way. on the first block above the ferry house.
and takes lis Understanding tito from small
garden I'm it, rear. IL proprietor has lofty
scorn for thosr who want beer for three cents u
glass. H. ask~ i've cents for local beer and
seven cents for Cincinnati beer. Saloon keep
ers. he -ilid "rnnnnt afford - sell for three
rent- Int aim l-i every street YOU go IN you get
schooner for five r.ui-. and that il equal 10
four cents 70 glass amy wav Two-thir,ls of thu
barrooms arr IN th" hands IT the brewers now
AMI that shows h"y don max" money. II We
t,pn w., w. eou.I maf. money ~ ,3niitnS
Of ours -;WtAun' ans ius~ about n But
~ can't "" -H ioo much expenses. II |
"a
further NJ th. street / could soil iur four cents.
may be- Tor ,utr.. But couldn't do IT,. And /
have Ia pny ~ 65u rent for this story and IN"
story above II lhIi Is because l. Is u ar th"
larp. wier" ! ..ucu thr .1i-t'ni But on" hlo'k
~ ! .ogld :. II . Mhoi" nous" I9r = 100 an! rcn,
pu' me upper Two stories, Bui Wonlin g't
BIZ" custom | 10 now. The Cincinnati SELLERS
Pant stand IL rhywill ni fan or 20 into The"
" l.vrn thu-. wh.d1not have To- pay such heavy
rsnt a. you Say lVrees YOU To- keep ny Nh price
We'll. the seller has other expenses besides
his rent
Any other business nan-a7 to Justify him in
tNpeetnG TO- r" eve loo per cent. profit at least
It. .nobody's business hut his own what
pr .tS he makes; besides. he don't make 100
p"s g. nt,s,S n9t 4 he sis by pints and
hall, for all you know
What dos Your Cincinnati beer cost you ?"
Ia Cincinnati. the beer for local usA Is sold
Dy tho brewers the same as in New York, ut 81
per barrel; but they have to brow n stronger
beer Tor export. 70 stand the transportation on
rel BY tho time get II here 1t costs me- Gil 50.
Then II has 10 stand couple OF weeks any way.
10 s,'ttle and have to Use great deal Of ice 70
lap it, All he brewers Who brew eSport beer
was in Boston. and n friend Of me says 10 me-,
u az pd1 %e yGGme, iets haye glass Of pser
no say. George Ehret's. We'll you know
know that beer, and don't want some. But he
paid it was q tns beer, and. Iu.t f9E poltrness.
believe 1t WAS George Ehret's until h. showed
me tho name On the barrel. You don't get
Ehrets hcer HE that IN New York. 1t costs 81 a
barrel more than his 'ty beer"
No the Cincinnati sellers Day for their beer
lust NJ much rs ours in New York do and still
soil II for two crnts u glass less p
III was 10 sell three cents beer in my place.
the first class customers would not come in.
They prefer t. pay live cents
There nre in WilliamsburKlI-or Brooklyn +.
u. TWENTY-FIVE hrewcries. making ench from
1000 to Al 800 barrels OF beer per annum. Then
there are several small concerns. each % which
makes little more than m able bodied brewer
nnd his comp tent foreman could drink in the
course ot the year
The moro !mportunt establishments. with the
amounts hrrwcd by them in the years ending
May. 1877. and May. 1878. are ~ follows. - RE-
ported IN th' Brewers Hand Book"
Jos burger ............. ..... .... 5.7i7 -.lb
DAl ih4Uirr 4 tircDncr ...... ......... SINS sss
fr'hrf o.. l.u- ..............,. ls'rl 2Lto