The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-18
A WORD FROM

A)uVOO Ii 0OOOt OLA WVVA6s
A WORD FROM BREWERS.
A CLEAR, Convincing Statement Of
Undeniable Facts.
BY newspaper articles and town
talk the people of this community
have been led to believe that there il
a "beer war; raging at the present
time in this town, and that there ex-
lists a combination of resident brewers
with the object to cut down prices
and to monopollze the whole trade
and thus hurt the retail dealers di.
rect1y and, as q consequence, al
kinds of trade. The object of these
lines is to correct Misrepresentation
and to give the brewers views
of the question at issue, and
they hope that their fellow-citi,
zens, who desire to see their sur
roundings prosper, will not only
share their views but will assist
them IN their endeavors to protect
an endangered home industry.
By a local demand, which in.
creases as our population increases,
brewing has become an industry
home industry-of far greater I'M
portance than some people may have
realized, and as figures show plain.
est, We will give them. The brewers
doing business in Silver Bow county
made and sold in the year ended
May LIST, 1884, about 1000 barrels Of
beer, for which they realized about
$4,000. What became of this
money: Was it sent out of the
country-to the States, clear out Of
reach of those doing business
here? Did it 60 into the hands Of
large monopolies, or was it paid out
in this county, for labor, wages Of
masons, carpenters. teamsters and
brewery men, and to the farmers fol
grain, and to the different business
men in this city and Territory? And
f there was a profit made that profit
was not drawn out of the business
and the country, but was used to i'm
prove the plant of the breweries and
to enlarge them that they may be
able to compete with eastern brewing
monopolies in regard tothe cost aswell
as the quality of the article made.
W. ask what would be the brewing
trade of this place today fthose $780,
600 which have been sent away from
Butte during the last four years for
bottled beer only could have been
earned by the brewers and the peo>
pie here and the profits expended for
Would not this
county and the people be that much
Would not many more
have earned their living here, and
would not many more others be able
to do it in the future? If protection
of home manufacture is the cry Of
the country and q national policy,
localize the principle and give Us a
helping hand by patronizing our
home industry. You may do this,
not only without loss, but with
gain.
The keg beer produced here is
equal to any in America and purer
than that imported, as there is no
grape sugar, maltese, rice, or glucose,
etc.. used in the goods man.
here, but pure malt
and hops. It should be known
that those peculiar tastes of imported
beers which are calculated to tickle
and please the palate are artiticially
and that last, but not least,
The keeping qualities of key beer,
those Of bottle beer, are only
conditioned by the presence of anti
acids, 80 detrimental to the health of
men. Export bottled beer, which is
.asteurized- the heating of it to a
high temperature when bottled may
be drank with impunity, but export
keg beer-never.
Thanking the public for its kind
patronage in the past, we give it the
of our endeavor to build
up an industry worthy of the great
north west and the Silver City, Of
we are residents and citizens.
CHAs. BEEHRER,
CHRIS. NIssLER,
J. E.. VAN GUNDY,
SCHMIDT & GAMER.
BUTTE, NJ. T., June Is, 1884.