The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-30
A BEAR MOVEMENT IN BEER.
ORGANIZATION OF A SOCIETY ron
n INCREASE IN THE SIZE or
m uEEn GLASSES.

walk Quite q crowd gathered, discussing With
some warmth b subject which apparently WIS
Of much interest to the parties. A DEMOCRAT
reporter ventnred the inquiry on to the reason
Of the assefrblaRe. and was informed by M old
gentleman with q new clay pipe th4t de
bebhlas was goin' vnd make desc peer glasses
bigger ry@
Ascending d crsaking stairway n large room
was reached where were assembled some
two hundred persons Of all nationalities.
A quiet talk with the secretary developed the
object of the meeting. Mr.. Elnbeecler stated
that the cost of grain and dill the eemponents Of
which lager was made had been brought down
To such d low figure that beer drinkers. az
American freemen, we're determined to have the
size OF the glasses Increased proportionHtely.
Beer delivered here now does not cost the So
loon keeper more than 90 80 per barrel. and the
Ice for refriReratlng about seventy five cents.
Each barrel contains On an average $50 glasses.
which, al five cents. makes. when sold, about
$l4. THE saloon keepers" said the bibulous
secretary. make too much money off un zig.
and dey ish bound to ell us piRRer glasses fur
Ave zents.' @@@ ~ M@%4 9 ama, zE
The meeting was called to order. with more
than three hundred present. and for Temporary
organization A. J. Rosenberg. ESD. wss notni-
mated president by MIR. Reinbacher, and unani-
motIely elected.
The president. on taking the chair. stated
I'm a few remarks, the object Of the meeting to
be To devise some means to induce or compel
saloon keepers to- Increase the size OF their
glasses Id this city. and that he would leave 1t
TO others present to discuss the means.
He thought that at q time like this, when
among The higher classes want was generally
felt, and among the labofing classes work was
scarce and wages very low. that some steps
should be taken against monop0lies which sold
lee At 800 n ton aud beer at 100 per cent profit on
tbs barrel. The Introductory speech OF the
PRESIDENT was received with d resolution Of
thanks.
Mr.. Jaeob Rheinbaeher rose to spsnk, whom
be- was asked by II. Bach. ESQ. for tho pfiyt-
legs III fhe floor.
Mr.. ~Baeh-who was y man that had evidently
bntlt himself no bp his own sturdy strokes
m asures Of beer. lie said, sH~hentlemans~I
don't shpeak II you don't call upon me. hut der.e
ought to be Of, much bulge 10 90 beer glass ash
larph aud q half when lis rolled Of nit az dray
Into der SALOON dat ! .rrel hold, two hundred
naar s lib n sI Ias,rtst T d saet; 4 ie W. eiy esn Asva ast
| tySf II Va cents for cooling II mt serving II mil do
bar. Dey payah sixl dollars unit aslalf for pns
barrel ofbaer. tint dose fetlefs takes In SIX dol
lars and seventy Ave cents or dat barrel Dat
| ish more dun one per cent profits. INT dat ish
Why | say dey should be made to put IA much
b1i re % the glass az they have got In HIS bar
When the applause which greeted Mr. Bneh's
praisewurtby effort had subsidized n prominent
saloon IL eeper arose to naks a. few remarks to
The assemb age. IA mnrnnr of discomfort here
was heard, bat was quickly suedtied ~ the
aaid. "aentlemen, times y6Eire hard IA sotge:
You *betl'l and honest folks must i've. We
who toll and sweat from , q. ~. 70 y b. r., with
only cine hour and y bali fpr dtn,af a.l one
| h.,ttp fnr gttnpnr II g6E uG HbtnutIHFuttnn fer MIR
We beat If, and 1. We hadn't II would, have, besf
for fifteen cents, and who 50 base rs to sell four
drlhks ror four bitsl LGroans1 Now. this ap-
plies 10 the beer question; we, only make luo
sation I'D much for him who tolls from 8
O'Clock ttll near midnight, Will, only two hours
and d half for %eatina2 Where Do we come, in.
WI must aRtl We must drink I~uotions to al
%jourul. and whore Dc. we come in2 Therefore, /
se =. W give PLENTY 3ag, Of Q, beef fo,a for The money aa,,a,,
hataaRue OF the ealoon- 5 eeper was painful. till,
amid On ominous shutting Of feet. MI, + \.
% maraa.s Mr. af s%sbam a'@Tay sa at2 MAKE a lew re-
.Shentlehta1 Nit DIG sal,aanenea INT der speech
of maiu trend Bach | felt goot. but | want to say
one Peeeher doesn't make two beers. mt on.s
hsnr sells for FIVE cents, lnt enc beer doesn't
Cost more nut IVA cents and o quarter. INT dey
oughtnt to aharge mere unit one cent profits on
one klass Of beer, but they sharge more ut two
cents and h nalf profit. and / loRe more mt
sixty cents q day, mt when ! goes to de- Lake on
sunday ! lose nore mt IT, aol,ars on de sxera
lab too schmall.- tApplause.].
M sooner had Mr.. S%ellomberg, who was CYL.
IDENTITY z portly Old ex.butEer OF Hanover, sat
ward. With auuarent difldenoe, arose and sud
M. President..Wa " are told by, the, poet TO
Took not upon thsNwiue when 1t Ia rod Must
we drink isee2 Must ws fam fill ourselves with
the busks which the swine hath left. or must
we psy Aye cents a glass for good beer? Meyer
1 had n brother onca-.a guileless boy-and he
almost got shot tor paying two bits for only two
drinks. Hos gone to Kansas low: and shall
we accept the paltry measure which these lech-
e e[oSsra nini sbat., Of M Nlnsss fc1 Eroire r " 1, WIZ
loso your false teeth.''l ] say. follow. ~cItizens
this beer business 4 . monopoly. It's enough
TO stop my grandfather's clock.
This speech was received with manifestation
Of aistrust discsrnible III a majority Of the
assemhlage. who failed to comprehend It's Gu.
Mr.. %. Schmidt. tho next speaker. seemed to
grasp the question much more. vigorously thar
his immediate predecessors. In plain English
m accent. he said: ~
Geutlenea-This Is nm era Of contraction. bu
principally of contraction in the wages ui
clerks. employees and other laborera. The price
OF groceries has contracted somewhat. tho prict
Of marketing remains nnscathed by reduction
State consols and premium bonds have eoInt
down, real estate Il deprecated. stocks ar,
Tutoring, but taxes and beer are both high. In
cur climate beer Is q necessary OF life. In on
Al tlIy GNBTylHlIR btI bf5I LEIp BHh tItlBH L
value. We pay retailing battenders 100 per cen
profit on beer. They serve It over the countel
ut q cost of W barrel. aud they get sl4. Wha
We want ID . little more beer for the money. W.
are willing to pay the retailers 30 per cent prof
and want about 80 per cent increase in the vol
ume Of an ordinary five cent glass. and wher
this organization become thoroughly perfected
we are going to have a reduction in price or OIL
Increase in tho product. fdreat %applRuse.1
These were only n few Of the speeches made
At the close Mr.. q. Gratz. who had evidently
previously prepared them. presented the fol
lowing resolutions:
BE il resotued. l. That those present at thtl
meeting organize themselves into q societ,
tname hereafter to be determinedl TO advoeat,
an increase In the size Of beer glasses in Ney
Orleans. 4=.4 @~=..
q. That We, the members. Of this society
pledge ourselves and each other not TO touei
beer until this increase shall be brought about
3. That we make this our earnest appeal t.
the ,saloon-keepers to increase the size o
glasses to such m extent as to make 1t obtaina
Bile BY all ut Il fair price for fair measure.
4. That those who are In favor Of the passag
Of these resolutions append their names there
unto as signatures of members of the society.
About three-fourths t226l of those presen
signed their names. and the meeting adjourne,
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