San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-27

industry"
This so-much abused term OF home in
dustry Is grand insult to society.
Now, to facts regarding the Lone Star
brewery and its first beginnings. Hav-
ing an eye to the future in 1879 acquired,
Mr.. II. Barbeok and myself, ownership
Of plot of ground upon which the Lone
Star brewery is now located. Through
the firm OF Blaffer & Co., at Houston,
which WAS in reality branch of Hoppe
q Son, Of st. Louis. got recommended
tions to L. T. Hoppe, and in visiting st.
Louis an evil destiny led me to Z. +.
Hoppe direct My plans were unfOlded
to him regarding the proposed undertake
ing. 1 requested TO be shown the
smallest brewery, its capacity OF produce
ton and fair estimate OF expenses
per year in order TO make cal
culatiOns for an establishment
to cost about fifty or sixty thousand dol
lars, which..should be owned by three
and possibly not more than four individ-
uals only.
During a sojourn of ten days in the
| city of st. Louis, | visited all the Brew
cries. big and little. The result was,
that | pledged myself for $1,000 and
Mr.. III. Barbeck, as per previous sgree-
ment for the same amount, as the funda-
| mental start of a "home industry" In
| the mean time the Southern Brewery"
at New Orleans had been started, In
the workings of which Mr.. Z. Y. Hoppe
had taken a great deal of interest-for
interest-but for cause best known to the
directors OF that institution Mr.. Hopes
name became mon est" upon the rolls Of
that corporation, whereupon that gen.
tleman wrote me six page letter re-
garding our undertaking, and advising
me to get up stock company. At this
time another evil genius brought me In
contact with Messrs. Berg, Kampmann
| and others, and stock company was
| formed; the first meeting of which
| was held at the hail of fire
engine house No. 2, on which occa-
sion keg of beer was opened from the
| Southern Brewery Of New Orleans that
had been cooled in my ice box. The
capital stock which, according to former
| estimates, was to be 100000, was at once
increased to 100000. The next day the
board of directors empowered Mr.. Hop
pc with absolute franchise to 90 abroad
and find the best machinery, purchase
same and ship to San Antonio for "Home
Industry" Now, | want the people OF
Texas to know how this all was accom-
plished. The "absolute power invest
ment" travelled north and east to a
dozen or more cities and did not find the
"A. Touis' where he discovered that the
Emnire Eoundrv In that CITY had the
finest macbinery in the land Here IL
shonId he read hetween lines that had
st that time information that the
| UentIeman was a nrominent stockholder
in that foundry.
The much-wOrn traveller, after all
| these ayertions was ofEered a honua
from the Emnire foundrv of 300 n q
commission1 which was rendered 10 the
| directory with. 81 make This a present
TO "Home Industry. >" as an impetus for
starting. And when. upon the next
meeting of the directory this bonus
| Icommfssionl was nresented To that
| bodv the late MIR. Kampmann remarked,
"See how honest that man ia" The AZ,
mel will show il
| ReinU onnosed in eyerv wav and sat
| down nnon In everv nronosition I adj
vertised NV stock for saIe In snch n man
nor that the satellites of the new man
apement came To nv establishment and
b0n0bt INV stock at mar getting a dollar
| for every dollar of face value
| Again, and hereby hangs n tale |
| made a claim for the sum of five hum
dred exnended in necessarv exnenses
| incnrred in travelling and arranging ali
nreIiminaries aver aimee IssO which " "a
| Ignored nv the directory and manage
ment
The parallel Ia that Mr.. Home who
| was the second-nay. even onIy the
tbird-party in the original ENTERPRISE,
cot q s6nars RI OO0 for bis useless trav,
Ella and then coming back to ST. Louis.
| discovered Isocide6tIv on nurposel the
1I,anidarv,, at home in the shane of
the Empire foundry at St Louis. Now
| Mr. Editor. presuming Won to be a fair
| minded man I want to state to Won a
case in print some of the office hands
having to write some "semi-official
| papers.r headed them "The State of
Missouri instead of "Texas msybe
this was skilled or educatedu nhvsical
| or mental labor
Bv Combined action of tbe MANAGE
ment the boyoott was declared on Mr.
| August Schilling who had been board
| inc a number of emnioves becsnse
Sc6illing was using nv soda and min
eral water etc. M. Shilling was given
| tn understand that the boarders wouId
| he taken away from him If he did NOT
onit using Esser,s goods and send tn
| hoard Observation-Disclosures August
| ScbiIling was minus boarders from the
3bome Industry" INV
| Ouite a nice storv could he told when
| the late deceased Rauer wanted IN
| bnv ont the old ..Professor,s saloon ),
| and needeJ securitv he annlied m me.
| sent him IN "Home Industrv DiS
he Get IN oh. moi
| Mr.. Charles Rupge was installed as
| chief accountant in the beoinnin1 bnt
| NO oo wen 40 1ni' DoAuoo "CLO "olhCu