San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-24
TRUE STATEMENT OF FACTS.
ct the Public Decide on Their Merits

. Editor san Antonio LIGHT.
see in the columns of your paper, as
well as in other daily papers OF this city,
articles rejecting upon the Lone Star
Brewing company, its manager and Its
beer, and as these attacks come from
source which has not hitherto been given
the public, | deem 1t my duty TO reply
as u matter of justice TO the friends Of
the Lone Star Brewing company, that
company and the public In general, and
furnish true statement OF the facts,
which will enable the public to form a
correct Judgment in the matter.
In the first place | am informed by all
the papers that these attacks eminate
from the same source, viz. the Alamo
ice company. The Alamo Ice company
are the agents of Phil. Best's Brewing
company, of Milwaukee. The Milwau-
kee company Is rival establishment
and they have made this yindictive and
underhanded war on us through anony-
nous articles In the newspapers, fact
which should be seriously considered BY
the public. do not shirk fair and square
competition in business, but they use a
cloak and sign themselves "A Friend of
Home Industry" when the Milwaukee
company, an outside company who are
trying to cover this field, atilX such a sig
nature TO their articles, the public will
at once see that the word enemy"
should be substituted for the word
"friend(?)" They accuse us OF not bene-
fitting the city and the section wherein
our enterprise is located. | can demon
strate the fallacy of that proposition
readily. The Lone Star Brewing COM
pany is the largest brewing establish
ment in the state, and gives employ
ment to more operatives than any other
similar establishment In Texas. Our
weekly pay roll shows that we pay our
employees in cash, twelve hundred dol
lars every week, and do not make them
wait six months for their money as 9TH
ers do. This does not include the pay
ment Of travelling or other indirect en-
ployes. Our company alone supports
the Lytle coal mines Ia home enterprise)
which employs about forty hands. We
consume about twenty-five tons per day
of their coal. This money is spent here
In our city and section. We purchase all
our supplies which are native produce
tions here, and only purchase abroad
such as cannot be furnished us here at
moderate prices. In regard to the en-
plOyment of labor, whenever we are
able to find skilled labor here to answer
our purpose we always give it the pre-
ference, but ours il new enter
prise There are some of the
principal skilled operatives, who, on
this account. had to be imported. We
have some skillful employees who were
reared here. All of our unskilled labor
ers are selected from here. We always
give employment. when 1t Is possible for
us to do so, to those who live here. a
principle which ii is our policy always
to maintain. All our operatives, no mat
ter what grade, or elias spend their
money and have their homes here.
They accuse me OF importing clothing
and supplies for our operatives. This
is base fabrication, and originated sole
ly in their imagination.
They accuse US of manufacturing an
inferior article of beer. 70 prove the
falsity of that charge it is only necessary
to state the incOntrOvertible fact that
twO-thirds of all the beer consumed here
is manufactured by the Lone Star Brew
ing company. IL the Lone Star beer
was bad it would not be purchased. Our
saloon men are good business men, and
their patrons are good judges Of the
beer they drink.
They further accuse us Of being inim-
ical to our neighboring local establish
ment, the City Brewery. The fact is
this, the management OF that COM
pany has always been assisted by us
whenever we have been called on to do
SO, and they cannot say otherwise.
In conclusion | would say that the
public can best Judge for itself which
benefits this community the most, Lone
Star and City brewing establishments,
which spend most OF their money with
our people. or Phil Best's Brewing com
pany Of Milwaukee, whose money made
here Is all sent to them ut Milwaukee,
except the commission of their agents
here, the Alamo Ice company. Very
respectfully, o. KoEHLER,
Manager Lone Star Brewing Co.