, 1880-05-02
THE BREWERS.
Discussing the Adsisabil:ty of R,fw,,.
the Price Of kzcar.

U1scu&stns the tadssabil:ty Of Ratntn.
the Price of Eear.
The brewers OF Chicago and Milwaukee, hall i,
very inrSely-ntfended meeting yesterday afto..
noon in the rooms Vi the Coal Exchange. In n.
Grand Pacific Hotel. The gathering; thongh
rather Informal was intended to bring ab6ur -
reformation or. the old Brewers Association IN
order to .protec. their Interests, which, it d
claimed, are now being involved by tho ,u,s
price of beer aud the high price Of the nrtfcls.
which go into its manufacture. The session 49,
a decidedly long and private one. aud all NM.
siderS were rigldly excluded. During the ofta..
noon a Committee OF the Sal5oakcepcts' En;o,
came to have conference with the breve,1 ~
relution'to the proposed rise in the price -
beer per barrel, but this matter not eorntre
up, the Committee retired. The ou1r acnaa
. taken was OF Il preliminary nature, looking ~
the perfection Of an organization. but M fsr.s -
would be made public. 1t WAS claimed bv shs
saloonkecpcrs that Michael Brand anu BafttaI. .
0ul:te i Lelcht World not enter into comnace
to raise the price II beer, anu thai they ha',
made a verbal promise not to make an advance ,.
In price until after the lst OF November, il then
In response to this, it was stated to q TaIans.ss
reporter that nineteen-swentieths Of he brpns
Ing capital OF Ch!cAso ard Milwaukee wus rpn,
resented ut the meeting. and that the firms
mentioned would be members Of the onion
They claimed that when beer WAS retluce, to
Of the general complaint OF hard times. and ths
low pr1eem m Of tho materials which 90 into It's
making: This state OF things was chauged Il
present: It had been slated NJ the salooa-
kaepers' Association meeting held Friday that
the forcnnn who had been employed bT Hin.
hud stated that
BEER COULD HE MADE AT 81 FER BAHHg1.
and Mt the selling price of So would lease
denied with Il vengeance. In the arst plaee.
they stated, the Kecly Brewing Company nov
occupied the brewery, and when the stock Of
m1nzi nfoear caes Tns @stx sold t,dt # sae
only brought a dollar barrel, and r
the best it but 81, and that the stuf vas of-
such character TO be aitnust nnmerchsntahle~
ing labor and Government tax, was {a8 per
barrel, to say nothing OF the material which ens
tered into its making, wear and tear OF machfH-
cry, amount Of capital invested. etc. When
cost only from T. to 15 ccuts per pound, and to.
dag they raneed from IS to Is cents In price.
The cost Of nl kinds Of material which
are connected with beer had gone up,
as rule, did not cut down the
wages ot their help. and to-day they I'D pot
York sold for so per barrel ret it cost butxery;
little more to make it there than here, and the
quality Eas not nearly 50 good as OF that breWed
in Chicago and Milwaukee, The proposed ad-
This advance, it was claitned4 would really be- IN
advantage to q great manv saloonkeepers,
those fellows who set up schooners"
md ~ Buffalo schnrts" Tha selling Of
beer tns the aFer1tge glass aggregated to
the saloonkeeper SIS per barrel, leaving him
81 clear profit on q barrel, and II the rise in
price took effect it would ret leave him Sl9 as
sell a barrel Of beer day, but there were VERY
few who sold less than from half to three
quarters of a barrel per day. The trouble was
that the saloonkeepers were 100 unchas1taole 70
the manufacturers, and they did not want to SEQ
them make profit. .
On the other hand the saloonkeepers are loud
In saying that there Is no sense In increasing
the price, as the brewers to-day are making az
least 81 per burrel on every drop of beer thas
they send cut, and that all OF them hare grown
wealthy in very few years after embarkmzh
the business.