Daily Republican., 1880-04-16
SECOND EDITION..
A BOOM In BEER.
nm increase ofla DsIlaF PeF~bar'
rel, bat mo shange Likely in the
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nm increase OF q DSIlaF PeF bar
rel, has mo ehhnge Likely in the
Retail Trade. ! - = - N''3>
Beer las gone up. Within the past
month or two brewers outside OF this
city have advanced the price of-bser
from sS to 90 per barrel, and the same
increase has been made by the brewers
in Wilmington inside Of the clastG two
weeks. Some talk has been caused in
This city as to the result Of this rise,
md our drinkers are wondering II it
will cause an Increase In the psice per
Vlass. To ascertain this REPUBLICAN
reporter talked with the Wilmington
brewers on the subject to-day:
Messrs. Hartman and Felfrenbach sta
sed that: the rise IN Wilmington had
suiy taken place within, thespast two
weeks and that beer had gone up from
IS to % per barrel. The cause OF the
increase, they said, was owing to the
increase in the price of material, such
as ice, malt and hops. ice was at least
double in cost, malt was much higher
in comparison with last year and the
price of hops had c'neideFably in0rsaS'
ed. n " ~. ~,
4 "wnlIthis increase make up for IN
increase On the cost Of manufsctdriAgH'
was asked.
"Well nearly SO but the profit will
not bs so large as last year The increase
! in the prios Of material IL grsstsH than
it was in 1879"
"What will .be the effect On SALOON
keepers, will they advance ?' y,
SIT is not likely sha! they'will. They
can still msnase 70 maksAa fair margin
on it, it is reported, asd the price per
81 glass will not go oppHo 6 Gepss norSwill
the size be Iredacad. Nof long HagY,
when beer did not sell fdf. much iless
than this there was talk among sDrhs
of selling it for 3 cents per glass"
This firm haye greatly increased
their manufacturing capacity within
the past year or two, and are now
SIS. making double the quantity OF beer
they did last year. This is owing to
the new brewery they have lately
built. They make a superior article
which is very popular in Delaware.
At Joseph Stosckls's, brewery Mr..
,- Clark stated that the price now was
! no more than 1t was psevious to the
!; reduction last year to IS per barrel.
-.- The advance nov was .caused by an
increase in nearly all material. The
priee in hops had advanced 70 three
-times their original cost. Last season
{. they ware ten cents per pound. lss
! had increased about FIVE times its prize
II Of last year. Horsa feed, &c, had also
K; greatly increased: He stated that the
rise in the price of malt with then had
not been great. .,.,--.sss.. .e.--s' .rs.ar
"Well, considering this, you do not
think this increase at all unusual, ~
asked the reporter.
"No do not. am rather surprised
in fact, that it should have gone. down
last year. Previous to that the price
had been the samesasit is new, niue
dollars, and then the cost Of manufac-
turing was, not SO great ,.., 3,
"What do you think caused the re-
duction ?'' ss- ss..
4'The Brewers Association lid it, l
think, in order t6 rut down certain
, brewers who did not belong to"it; who
were cutting prices, making an inferior
article and not paying their bills, III
they did not maksmOney d. their new
; freak" g., =" Sci ,... '.,,
d. aThen taking ons consideration with
another the price Of beer is really low
, er at Wholesale now than it was when
! beer sold at 50 before, as the price o.
! manufacture is so much greater NOW
: than then ~ 81
"That is just ity The brewers are
making much less On beer now than q
year ago. No, l 10 not think tho
saloons will put upSthe price per glass.
We are now making 10 per cent. more
beer than ever before; the consumption
In Wilmington is steadily increasing
and it isi taking the place of other
drinks"
. It has been stated by a saloon keeper
\ in town, thatthe retail dealers, in~beer
will have no cause to complain
of the raise, and also that they will not
be likely to increase the price of glas-
ses. - 80
"Wby how is this ?" was asked.
"Well it is Just this-and l don't
care if you publish it,either-ths deal
rers ore receiving the same price now
that that they did, when teer sold for S
before, and for that matter, the same 81
it did when it sold for from $40 to $fs
per barrel. l can remember selling
beer in 1872 for Sets. glass ht that
tim was giving stoeckle $l2 abarfel
7 for it! He h&d just started theh.n
One thing appears certain from all
This beer will not go up to 6 cents. y
River'Impr0vem