New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-14
A WHOLE BARREL OF MONEY
THE BREWERS PROMISE HALF A MILILoNi

CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw AND OTHERS TRY THEIR
PERSUASIVE ELooUENCE on NEw.oRLEANs.
The Worlds Fair $4,000 900 guarantee fund
received mighty impetus toward the 100000
point yesterday from a pledge of subscriptions
from the brewers Of NewYork and its vicinity
amounting to s446,0oO. The regular monthly
meeting of the Brewers Board of Trade was held
at No. Irving Place in the afternoon, all Of the
sixty-two firms com prsing IL being represented.
On motion of Peter Doelger, jr., it was unani-
mousy voted to assess the breweries at the rato
of ten cents barrel on tlIcr output for the ycae
ending May L, 1889. This assessment will pro-
duce SAG 900. Mr. Doelger also moved that the
Worlds Fair Finance Committee be told OF the
action of the Board Accordingly letter to that
effect was prepared and forwarded, which added
that:
The individual subscriptions Of the various members
Of the organization now being secured and within
the foryeght hours. when the collection is com.
pleted, they will be turned TO your Board. Tho
Board further promise to add to the above subscription
from parties interested in the brewing industry who
are members OF this Board of Trade and this in all
probability. will swell the total Of our contribution TO
half million dollars The subscription above
referred is conditional ia this respect that the sub
scrlpton made by George Ehret $4,000. b. Jacob
Rupert, $4,000 and Bernheimer Schmidt $4,000. DO
cancelled their contributions being included In the sub
scripton OF this Board OF Trade.
The firms belonging to the Brewers Board Of
Trade and subject to this assessment are as fol-
lows:
The Jacob Ahles Brewing Co., Beadieston Woefs.
Benhemer g. Schmid Peter Bucke, the Burr Brewing
Co.. the H. Causen Son Brewing Co, Joseph Doeleef's
Sons, Peter Doelger, the Phi VIM. Ebng Brewing
Co.. George Ehret the John Eichler Brewing Co.. the
Hy Elias Brewing Co.. A. Finck Son. NJ. Groh's Sons.
J. & NJ HaGen. the Jacob Hoffman, Brewing Co.. A.
Hupfers Son. the J. c. G. Huna Brew.
20 Iohn Kv.aa pnHfn "a I0aanh
Kuntz David Mayer. Frederick oppermann, ir, George
Rnser & Co., Jacob Rupert the F. & NJ schaefer
Brewing Co.. Philip Schaefer Son. Schmitt Schwane
huegel, Conrad Stein, the George Winter Brewing CO..
the D. g. Yuengiing. jr., Brewing Co.. Henry Zcltner.
tho Bachmann Brewing Co., Monroe Ecksten. Rubsom 4
Horrmann the Abbott Brewing CO.. the Budweiser
Brewing Co., the Burger Hover Brewing Co.. Danen-
berg Coles, Leonhard EpTdg the Joseph Faert Brew
Ing Co., Charles Frese, Otto Huber the S. Liebmanns
Brewing Co., Claus LipSuss Brewery Metropolitan
Brewing Co.. Metzer Bros. F. Munich, obermeyer &
Lebmann, Ernest ochs. H. b. scharmann N seiz's Son.
William Umer, Welz & zerweck. the Williamsburg
Brewing Co., Balantine & Co.. c. Fegenspan Geyers
Enterprise Brewing Co.. Peter Hauck Co.. Joseph
Hensler William HILL Gottfrled Kruger Mrs. Christian
Trefz, Daniel Bermes. William Peter, Union Brewing
Co.. Mrs Christina Braun. sDratuer g. Menne.
Under these assessments the breweries will be
taxed from 81 900 to 200 each, the latter sum
being assessed against George Ehret, whose out
put for the year was 10000 barrels. The
breweries are situated in this city, Brooklyn,
Long Island City, Staten Island, Hoboken, jersey
City and Newark The Board intends TO obtain,
if possible, subscriptions of similar proportions
from the brewers of aes and porter, none Of which
are included in the memberhip of the organization,
which is confined exclusively to the lager beer
interest The form of assessment adopted enables
each firm, whether doing large or small Duslnesss
to subscribe according to its transactions
Yesterdays subscriptions to the guarantee lund'
including the amount assessed on the brewerA
aggregate s43l ,6l4, as follows: