The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26
EURoPE'S APPRECIATION.
Another Foreign Triumph for the An heuser-Suseh Brewing and Bot
 ting Works.
St. Louis Republican.


 expor, trade of the city of S,. Louis has been a marked feature of the more re- cent years, and in no branch of industry has the growth been so remarkable as in that of the export beer trade. Sanding in the lead of this great department of home manufactures is the Anheuser- Busch Brewing company, the extensive works of which are situated Tn South St. Louis That the products of this com pany should have carried the name and fame of ot. Louis among all English and Latin speaking races in the new as well as the old world, that they should have won premiums and prizes wherever con- tended for and often awarded reluctantly, even where unaided and unrepresented ; that its customers should be found scat tered over five continents IS proof al once both of the superior excellence Of those products and of the ability of It's directors. The tablishmen, itself IS one of the notable institutions of the city, and visit ing strangers and distinguished guests entertained by public bodies do not con- sider the circuit of attractions complete until they have spent some hours in view ing the Anheuser- Busch Brewing and l}ottling works. The buildings, towering like d medi.rval fortress above the sur rounding cl,y. gracefully blend the com bned features of ancient and modern architecture, the beauty of high classic art with the practical excellence of recent appliances. l, IS indeed like city m miniature, with its hum of busy machinery, its troops of laborers and con vcysnees. Its cars bearing the striking cnblematic trademark of the company are loaded from the adjacent store-houses and, supplied with refrgerating apart ments. are found daily in the trains of every railway leaving the city. and the beer Tn barrels kegs and bottles carried to every part of the United States, and to every gulf and ocean port for foreign shipment. Wherever delivered such Is he perfection of transportation il is ,s tresk and delicious as when taken from the sub,erraEean vaults. The sales of the company during the year us, closed reached s2S ooo barrels.
 The boltling department with its eish, maeh,ne>, each hlhng and coIking 5o bottles minute. and the processes ot linioiling, labelling and wrapping Tn straw and packing ln barrels is through out striking feature of skill and ngen- ulty with recent inventions and Appll- anoes.
 The works have been so enlarged and the facilities for manufacture so increased hat they are equipped 10 turn out 5oo,- ooo barrels. ranking Il IS the largest brewery n the world. The number of premiums and gold medals taken by the
 ompany k only measured by the num- net oi exhibition, made l; state tilrs
 ,Ed .,t national and international exposl- llors, The Alm has been to exceed aud ''> e all o;hei>. and d. no effort ar out " Is spared to present to sJonsumcIs a , beverage perfectly pure. heillhtui and laelsor;d.ng. the successful outcome in
 rnpetiuon Was ealy le be expected. l Tae hl hest ptemiums were .tM..tded at ! | tc N orld's exposition a' i7h,ladclphi4 in I 6-o. a' Pans n lS7S, ana d, Amsterdam il iSSl In the last instance the An aeusci busch company made m exhibit. aut had no special representative, to p sen, is claims. And yci with seventy tvo competitors from Germany. England and Austria, r was awarded the gold medal The triumph was d remarkable me. since no special effort was made foi hut more particularly as being achieved in the land oi the home and origin oi lager beer It was q splendid tibu,e from its ancestral home 10 the genius and excellence oi young German America. IL was repetition of the old story of the srand-sife who taught his boy 10 play itaughts. :" until al last the old man was aeaien 5y the boy. In every point al winch so grand an industry as this Is re- .udei, whether in the extent of it's works md the vAs,ncss oi lis output; whett CT iEe muiituGe Q. laoorers employed. the agricultural interests simulated. the cope and variety of transportation agcn-
 les used. the national fame cani d ,otpad, os he tens of thousands oi taxes poured. a continuous stream. into the na- ton1l treasury. II stands as the pride of N'- l.ouls and one ot the righ, aims of her material prosperity.