Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-14
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
AMONG The BREWERIES.

sacramento Brewery Proprietors Indorse
the United States Brewers Circular.
Matters are quiet among the employees of
the local breweries. There are but yery
few, if any, union men engaged at work in
this city, and 30 far there has been no at
tempt 1t the formation of one. However.
the circular Of the United States Brewers
Association. which has been subscribed to
by the brewers in San Francisco, was YES
terday the chief topic of conversation.
There are six breweries in this city, with
capital invested ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000 each.
Yesterday reporter of the RECON-
UNION visited the various brewers. and
while they all said Sacramento would not
be affected in the least by the contemplated
strike, still they were unanimouslyin favor
of the United States Brewers circular.
Jacob Gebert, proprietor of the Union
Brewery, at Twentieth and o streets. was
the first one interviewed. Mr.. Gebert's
extensive brewing establishment was badly
damaged by fire some months ago, and he
says it will be five months before he can do
any brewing, as his repairs and additions
are on an extensive scale, and it will take
that long to complete them. "By that
time, remarked Mr.. Gebert, this matter
will be all satisfactorily settled. The
brewers are well paid and well used, and
they are the last men in the community
that should go Oh strike, or who should
Join organizations that are detrimental to
the interest of their employers. Take the
brewers in this city. They are paid on an
average $50 per month, free beer, room and
board. Theirs is a trade that always de-
mands good wages and steady employment,
and so far in this city they have always got
along with their employers without any
friction. The circular issued by the Ma
honal Brewers Association Is a we'll
written article; it offers protection alike to
the employer and employed. 1t is simply
allowing man to deal directly with his
men without the interference of commit
tees composed of men nine times out of
ten who would rather loaf than work. If
have an Objectionable man in my en-
Dloy, claim the right to discharge him,
and deny the right of an organization to
say | shall not. l don't apprehend anv
trouble in Sacramento
Mrs. Gebert, who was present said she
thought there would be fun if the Brewers
Union should secure strike in this city.
II know something about brewing myself.r
she added, and l think with some good
common laborers l could manage to Keep
this brewery going myself. l would do it,
too, before l would submit to such out
RACES as are being practiced in the East"
Chris. Wahl, proprietor of the Columbus
Brewery, Sixteenth and X streets, said he
had read the National Brewers Associa-
ton circular, and he Endorsed it. While
We are removed from these labor troubles,
and will perhaps not be in the least affected
thereby, am sure those at the East have
had to take bold stand and they have
nan ca Ue fran ~.
pay them handsomely, and they should
not be drawn into labor organizations
which are intended to break down those
who give them employment, and in the
end prove disastrous to themselves. The
brewers as class are the most liberal men
in the world They are not overbearing.
and their hir1 help as general thing are
treated like members of the family. have
received copies of the circular, as have all
the other brewers in this city. So far no
action has been taken, and apparently
none is necessary. If we have a beer
famine We can stand it as well-perhaps
better-than those who cause it."
A call was made at the Sacramento
Brewery, Twenty-eighth and NJ streets.
Philip Scheld, the proprietor was not in.
This Is one of the largest breweries in the
State outside of San Francisco. Mr..
Scheld was not in, but his clerk stated his
employers views upon the matter, which
were in the main similar to those given
above.
Louis Nicolaus, proprietor of the Capt.
tai Brewery al Twelfth and l streets, and
a pioneer in the brewing business in this
city, was next called upon. He said
Yes, have read the circular issued by
the United States Brewers Association, and
l must say it is one of the fairest docu-
ments ever penned WHY sir IL reads like
the Declaration of Independence. What is
wrong with it? ANY fair-minded man
could subscribe to that These labor organ
izations, while primarily organized 10 bet
ter the condition of the laboring classes,
have, so far as my observations have gone,
really proven detrimental to their interests.
We have no organizations in this CITY, and
none can be formed here. l pay my men
good wages. l ask only fair days work.
They are satisfied am satisfied and !
say no man has right to interfere. / hire
and discharge as please. They come and
they go as they choose / don't belong to
them; they don't belong 10 me; and we
dwell together in perfect harmony. don't
want to be interviewed, but I'll say this
The editorial in the RECORD UNION of this
morning covers the entire case; it states
the proposition fairly, and indorse it most
heartily
F. Ruhstaller, proprietor of the City
Brewery at Twelfth and l streets, was alb
sent from the city, but it was ascertained
that his views conceded exactly with those
of Mr. Nicolaus
+. G. knauer, proprietor of the Pacific
Brewery, was not in when the reporter
called, but it is understood his opinion of
the situation does no: materially differ
from those given above.