Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-09-22
CALIFORNIA BRANDY.


what IN Eastern Paper Says of its
Future.
The distillation of brandy in the State
Of California is destined to assume vast
in the near future, and the
whole viticultural interest of the State is
on the eve of an important
revolution. The recent internal revenue
whereby this product can De
utored in bond in other States besides
that IN which it is manufactured, was
inst concession to the necessities OF
growing industry; and the present move
ment which proposes the building OF dis
tilleries in central wine producing dis
tricts Is another advance towards meet
ing one of the principal requirements OF
the wine growers, since it will enable
than to utilize inferior and unstable
wines by turning them into marketable
brandies.
There is no valid reason why the
brandy trade of the Pacific Coast should
not rival in importance that OF the famed
cognac district of France, aud thus be-
come supplementary to the whiskey dis
tilling enterprises of Kentucky and the
East in promoting the fuller development
Of the spirit manufacturing interests
Of the United States. 1t is no more
necessary that the production of
brandy, wine or whiskey should be
limited by the requirements OF our
home trade than it is that any one
State should manufacture only so much
Of q commodity as can be consumed
within her own borders. If France should
hepceforth make no more cognac than
would supply her domestic demand, a
large proportion of her distilleries would
have to be dismantled, and the others to
curtail production, and prosperous sec
ton of that country would have to seek
other employment for its capital and
labor. If the distilleries of Ireland, Scot
land and Holland catered for q home
market only, they would stand idle dur
ing the greater portion of the year, in
stead of being continuously active, as they
now are. Why, then, should our distil-
leriee be content to rest on their oars and
supply home market only? And why
should we hear 80 much of the bugga.
boo of over-production when the world is
ours, if we choose to take possession?
The manufacturers of Europe look upon
the world-at-large as their legitimate
market. Are our manufacturers less en-
terprising than those of Bordeaux, Cham
payne, or Rotterdam; of Spain, Portugal
or the Rhine? The champagnes, cognac
and clarets of France, the "Potheen" of
Ireland, the "Usquebaugh" of Scotland !,
the "Stout" Of Dublin, the Ale of Burton
on.Trent, and the "Schnapps" of Hol-
land, are not only to be found in every
country where the English language is
spoken, but form important staples of
commerce with all the civilized nations
Of the globe.
There was time in the history of the
wine and brandy producing countries OF
Europe, when their wares were crude
and their markets uncertain. In those
days they were struggling to bring wine
making to perfection and laboring to find
an extended market for their products,
Today they have it is true such advan
tages over California as few centuries
thus employed naturally give them
but the latter has advantages of it's OWL
which should go far towards counter
balancing these. 1t has climate and
soil unsurpassed by those of the most
favored portions of the old world, and
with these and old-world experience for
o guide, and the markets of the world
for an incentive, there is nothing impos.
gible for the Golden State to accomplish.
It is the proud boast of Americans thai
the development of every industry in thit
land has been phenomenal, that the pro
ducts of our cosmopolitan population ART
equal, and in many instances superior, tC
those of Europe; and there is no valid
reason why the wines and brandies oil
California and the WHISTLES of Kentucky,
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Tennessee
should not be recognized as desirable
mercantile commodities by all the civil.
lied nations of the earth.
One of the principal obstacles hitherto
encountered by our manufacturers oil
wines and spirituous liquors, in endeav-
oring to carry out any plan commensu-
rate with the requirements of interna-
tional trade, has been lack of financial
resources. This difficulty is, however,
likely soon to be overcome, since CAPT.
talists both of the ole and new world
are seeking for more profitable invest
ments than are afforded by consols
or government bonds, and our brew.
cries, distilleries and vineyards are being
sought out because of the better divi-
dends they are likely to yield. The ques-
ton may arise in connection with this
matter as to whether the introduction of
foreign capital in the development of our
manufactures will really promote our ma
tional interests, but it would be easy to
show that the source from whence the
money may come is Of secondary import
ance 10 long as it ia engaged in the legit-
innate purpose of aiding to develop and
extend our manufacturing industries
The benefit to be derived from it's in
vestment will be mutual between the
capitalists and our community. There
il wide distinction between capital &c
employed and that used in the creation
Of monopolies for the enhancement oil
values by the curtailment of production,
the object in the latter case being the
enrichment of few at the expense of the
many. Capital controlled by the 80.
called trusts" is all of this order, and as
its perversion to such ends constitutes a
curse, it should be made the subject oil
confiscation for the benefit of the people.
There have been some attempts to in.
troduce American wines and spirits into
foreign countries, but these have been on
Q very limited scale. Kentucky and
other distilleries have shipped whistles
to the English market and the expert.
ments have met with a considerable
amount of success. American whis.
kies now form part of the stock.
in.trade of some of the prominent
inns and restaurants of London, and else.
where. Rports of the shipments of Cali
fornia wines and brandies, given in each
issue of The Western Broker, show that