Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17
md property Of that State, with the views

and property Of that State, with the views
OF the brewers as to the effect that the re-
cent decision Of the United States Supreme
Court will have upon their future.
The destructive consequences Of State
prohibitory law upon the liquor manufact-
uring interests are shown by statement
regarding the past and present of the Iowa
respondent by G. Magnus, ex-President Of
the Iowa Brewers Association.
MIR. Magnus said that before the prohib-
ltory amendment was adopted, in 1883.
Iowa had always fostered the breweries.
In 1883, the last year of license in Iowa,
there were ninety-nine breweries in the
State, which produced 267,693 barrels Of
beer, which, valued at So barrel, amount
ed in gross value to S2,24l ,544. Now, ac-
cording to Mr.. Magnus, there are only
sixty-six breweries that make any attempt
last year was only 1873, 446 barrels. And
many of these breweries, MIR. Magnus
stated, tried to keep within the bounds Of
the law by making something that was not
unlawfur-such beverages as "Mumm,"
"Good Luck" ETC., containing only per
cont of alcohol" Even with these would
be law abiding brewers he said the officers
of the law were constantly interfering.
"The b-eweries that have been running
have scarcely paid expenses" he added.
According to Mr.. Magnus statement,
the prohibitory law of Iowa. State which
always fostered breweries-has in three
years of only partial enforcement reduced
the beer product more than one-half, and
made the whole manufacturing business
Improbable.
All the Iowa brewers interviewed ex-
pressed the belief that if the decision of
the United States Supreme Court applies
to Iowa-as of course it does-there is
nothing before them but ruin, unless the
State Legislature steps in and gives them
relief.
The following list of large breweries in
Iowa with capacities and values, which
the time of the Supreme Court decision,
will give an idea of the stubbornness of
the lawless fight that the breweries have
made and the extent Of the destruction that
will result in that State under prohibition
without compensation:
Cedar Rapids: G. Magnus Eagle Brew
cry; yearly capacity, $4,000 barrels; value,
100000. = Williams Brewery; capacity,
100000 barrels; value $4,000.
Ioaoa City: George Englert's City Brew
cry; capacity, 10000 barrels; value $4,000.
j. Z. Dostars. Great Western Brewery;
capacity, $4,000 barrels; value $4,000 to
$lOO, O00.-Holtz Il Geigers Brewery; ca
pacity, about $4,000 barrels; value, $751;
0OO.
Dubuque: Breweries of Glab & Co.,
Heeb Brewing Co., Schmid Bros. g. Co.,
Tschirigi s. Schwind, and Peaslee Il Co.;
aggregate capacity, $4,000 barrels; aggre-
gate value, $500, OO0.-Malt house of Rick
etts & Coulbar; value of annual product,
$25, O00.
Siour City: Farnz Brewing Company Cin
which John Arensdorf is stockholder);
capacity, 10000 barrels; value, $15O,OO0.-
Seller Brewing Company; capacity, $4,000
barrels; value $4,000.
Marshalltonn: Bowman's Marshall Brew
cry; capacity, 10000 barrels; value, $780,
OOO.
The aggregate value of the breweries in
these five cities is about $1,000, 600; and
the amount of beer that they can manufac-
ture is placed at 100000 barrels q. year.
| Yet the largest estimate of the number of
hands that these breweries can employ
when in full running order is 300.
The rest of the sixty-six breweries that
MIR. Magnus said still exist in. the State
have ceased making beer; most of them
are standing idle and few have been con-
verted into "creameries."
The most that the brewers of Iowa now
ask is for time to close out. their stock and
leave the State. In Cedar Rapids the
brewers have been given the time they ask,
and will probably have all their stock dis
posed of by March l..