Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-04
Tho Iiquos Traffic.

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SuR-In the great Boom number Of the
LtcHF9sHcer, ON the fourth page, there is
the following item OF interest
'Ol the industries OF the State and Of
Wheeling, there are few which diffuse so
generally the proceeds of the business, az
he brewing interest. In 1857 there were
produced in West Virginia:
spirits from grain (Wh l....u..... .lIp,"OO gal.
spirits from Iruit apple bIandy)....... 5"3s gal.
FCrmeuted EquUrs beer ....~......... .ll6, 400 bar.
There are over 100. coo barrels If beer
and ale manufactured in the city of
Wheeling annually, of which the greater
part is sold ia the All Icsnt States. Into
the manufacture OF Ihis enter from $50
900 10 300, 600 bushels OF harley ami
aaout 2OO, 900 pounds OF hops. Most o.,
the barley is raised in the surrounding
country. There Is M reason lt should
not all be grown in Wet Virginia, paying
tue farmer u good TetuIn Oh has labor ard
investment. The hops aregyowE in New
York and California. The soil and eli.
mats Of West Nirginiaar admirably lifted
III the growth Cl hops, and OF course the
brewers would prefer to uhtaln them at q
less cost for freight, aud thus open p new
source OF revenue for agricultural West
Virginia.
Between $500, 900 aud 800, 600 are in
yrsted IN tie business in Wheeling AhOnt
$50 men ate directly II plOyed ia the
breTrries and malt houses at wsQes rang
ug from so TO $50 per week. Over 100
horses aud mules, purchased in the Ticin-
rty, are used by the brewers TO draw wag
ons made by home mechanics. The feed
for theSa animals II I'll bought from the
farmers OF the neighborhOOd.
The outlay for COOpcrags amounts to
from $40, 900 to $4,000 q year. The bar
rels and kegs are nearly all made in the
city, Of white oak from the Wtst Virginia
forests, which is considered the best ma
teriaI.
4 great many clrlcais Of lumber ale
annually used in repairs, new buildings,
and the like, and al cOmCS from West
Virginia. For instance one firm used
within six moaths, over $4,000 feet OF
lumber"
The editor tailed to enumerate all the re-
suits OF this Important Industry" We
would add that to distribute this Liquid
there is in this county aud adjoining town
Of BeuwoOd $50 saloons over whose cam
tiers more than eight hundred thousand
dollars ale annually spent by our wage
earuers To keep up this Important Indus
Try" Hundreds OF our boys and young
men are each year made ~dIuTkards, our
wcIkh0use and county Jail Will each aver
aye twenty inmates continuously, sup
ported by city and county, - per cent. OF
whom are brought there by this "lmpoI-
tant Industry Ia the past year a large
number nave been killed ON our railroads
while under the influence Of dGnk. Then
we might add the many brokcn-hearted
widows, wives and mothers, the halt Ciad
ard half starved wives aud children, IN
many cases supported by charity, the
blighted manhood and womanhoOd alsa
who have been bTought to this condition
by this Important Industry; then the
blight ", sOul-dCstrOying Influence upon
this city and State OF $50 saloons.
The proprietOrs of which backed mp
and bonded b. the brewers and Wholesale
liquor dealers) are a law detying class,
made so by this important industry"
In closing he says:
These remarks apply in a general way
lO Tue WlSllllSItSo VI TIC sDtdlc, anu u WIZ
be seen that there Is q field for increased
activity for capital and labor in supplying
this Industry with its needed raw mate
rial"
Yes this industry wants 10 be supplied
with raw material, the distilleTies and
brew cries want more saloons to sell their
product and the saloons want more raw
material" the boys and young men of the
increasing tide Of immigration to take the
places of those who 90 TO the jail and work
house and the dTunkard's grave.
West Virginia wants industries that will
not bring a blight and a curse on her pso-
pie. II we want a good class of immi-
grants let US publish to the world that We
now have "a counties where this import
ant industry" is not legalized, and we
hope by The votes Of the people next No.
vember to adopt an amendment TO u
State Constitution forever prohibiting the
manufacture and sale, except for mechani-
cal and medicinal purposes. spurious or
malt liquors. Nj
Wheeling, ". Ia, April ,, ISIS.