The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-12-20
LONE STAR BREWING COMPANY.


prosperous one for this live, energetic and
thoroughly home industry. The work of
improvement and enlargement as noted In
progress one year since Is completed. and
the establishment IL well nigh as perfect IN
all It's appointments as such an establish
ment can well become. There Is certainly
no brewing house this side Of st. Louis can
enter into competition with 1t, and 1t has
fairly won Its honors In hard uphill fight,
long and bitterly contested with the oldest
breweries In the north. While other similar
industries have been forced TO the wall
through the sharpness of northern compe-
titon, and the determination of the big
brewcrics TO drive all home manufacture
from the Texan market, the Lone Star
Brewing company has pursued the even
tenor of its way; charging its capacity to
meet the ever increasing demand made upon
1t; adding every modern appliance known to
science for the improvement of its product:
compelling It's northern rivals to resort to
every method TO maintain foothOld In Its ter
ritory; gaining triumph after triumph, and
steadily Strengthening its hold upon its pat
rons until, today, it stands higher In the public
confidence than at any time since its estab-
lishment and Is without a successful rival In
the Texas market All this the Lone Star
Brewing company has accomplished in less
than four years of actual operations, and
what 1t has done is but an earnest of what
il will accomplish in the years to come. In
| less time than most establishments of the
| kind have been able to get fairly upon their
| feet, In a section of country long considered
! as living too lar south for the production of
u superior article of beer, this brewery has
established itself upon permanent basis
has won an enviable reputation for the quail
ty of its product side by side with the best
/ brands of the oldest breweries In the country
and compelled them to cheaper the price
| of their product in order TO maintain their
hold ON the market. The accomplishment
of these results have not been merely acci-
DENTAL they have been brought about
only by the most intelligent management,
the most particular attention to details, the
| most careful supervision and broad and
| enlightened policy which have commended
| the company Ia the beer business of the en-
tire southwest The first endeayor of the
company on its organization was to demon
strate the possibility OF manufacturing
beer which for quality, every way con
sidered, would bear the strain OF the strictest
analysis and the sharpest competition.
Quality, not quantity, not profit but quality
was the first consideration. This aim has
never been lost sigh. of for single moment,
and everything has been sub0rdinated to
u.
that with the quality fully assured there
would be no question of market The
wisdom of this course has been abundantly
demonstrated. The best and Oldest brewing
houses west of the great lakes have unsuc-
cessfully challenged the product of the Lone
Star Brewing company. They have reduced
prices In the vain endeavor to supplant
Lone Star brands. Have established depots,
and In some instances practically opened
saloons for the sale of their product, and in
ways innumerabe have attempted to Drive
"I,one STAR out of the southern markets.
One strong reason for their so doing is the
fact that by the establishment OF the Lone
Star Brewing company's works In this city
every saloon keeper In this whole region
saves 81 per key on every keg OF beer he
buys. The monopoly heretofore enjoyed by
northern brewers has a., been broken Rs IN upon
been reduced from $3.50 to $3.50 per key,
and this difference goes into the pockets OF
the retail dealer. This saving represents an
immense SUN In the aggregate to the saloon
keepers of this state; a sum certainly in ex-
cess of S1,OO0,0OO every year. BY so much
also are the profits OF the northern beer
makers reduced, and they can well afford To
spend vast sums In the attempt TO drive the
Lone Star Brewing company to the wall and
close Its doors, for the increased price OF
beer sold in this state In one year would
cover all the expenses OF such game Of
freeze-Out. There Is little hope of theiI
accomplishing this result however, and OF
assured. Lone Star has sold right along al
its regular price side by side with the north
ern brands at reduced figures, and the cut has
not diminished sales; even though
as In some instances, the cut has
been fully 50 per cent below regular rates
The Lone Star Brewing company is EN-
phatically a home institution. Its capital !.
home capital; its management Is In thu
interest OF home industries and home labor
its disbursements are at home In every prac
ticabe way; its whole interest is Sai
Antonio interest, and as such, has proved
itself on every occasion. Its aid has eve
been given to carry forward home enterpris,
public enterprises and mOOted home I'm
. movements, as 1t has been In building up IL
, | own business Its subscriptions To tn,
Arkansas Pass Railway cOmpany's extension
as well as to the original bond subscription
To the proposed smelling works, agriculture
fair and stock association, and all else tina
: concerns San Antonio's growth and progress
/ cellars have freely opened on every occasion
of public interest and its cooling bcverag
has quenched the thirst of thousands withou
money and without price. There is not
public excursion that leaves this city whic
r h IS not been the recipient of favOrs from thi
, public spirited and deservedly popular inst
tuition.
3 1t is gratifying to note that success ha
l crowned the work of company so deser,
. ing rs this. With the constructions unde
way one year ago completed, their capacit
: was doubled, and this has been followed by a
a actual increase in product of fully 100 pc
e cent over previous year. Their actua
!, capacity Is now 100000 kegs, and tn
output for the ,sd twelve Soo months so,,l Jus
4 increases during the coming twelve month
as during the past by the time our mex