Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-18
ST. LOUIS.
THE BREWING OF BEER.
The Wonderful Progress of the
Last Few Years.
ANHEUSER-BUsCH STILL LEADING
A Malt Beverage Whose Purity and Ex-
cellence Have Never Been Equalled.

New York, March 25, 1891.
In all this broad land of ours there is no such
progressive business interest as that which has
to do with the brewing of beer. Ye: the indus
try itself is not quite half century old in this
country. Ale and porter were brewcd. of
course. from the earliest times, but until 1912
not single barrel of lager beer had been pro-
duced. Next year the beer brewers Of the
United States will have occasion to celebrate
their first jubilee-and there can be no doubt
but the proceedings will be upon a magnificent
scale. And to no concern in the United States
will higher honors be paid than to the re-
nowned ANHEUsER-BuscH BREWING AssocIA-
TIoN of ST. Louis, to whose splt ndid works your
correspondent has just been paying a visit
The company In question not only rank
among the largest concerns in the world in
their line, but IL is also an unquestionable fact
that the beer they brew is the finest and purest
that has ever been produced in the United
States.
The history of the business that is now car
ried on under the style of the ANHEUsER-
BUSCH BREWING COMPANY goes back nearly
four decades of years, and it is history of in
cessant and striking progress. From the first
the men identified with the management and
control of the business aimed at the most lofty
standards. They have brought to bear all the
resources of abundant capital, indomitable en-
ergy, profound scientific knowledge and the
most conscientious care. and the result is that
the "Anheuser- Busch" beer is today the critic
rion of excellence which all their competitors
strive to reach In New York and various
other states it has been found essential that
the respective legislatures should pass strin-
gent laws against the adulteration of beer
But If all brewing concerns pursued their
business upon the same lines adhered to by the
Anheuser-Busch administration, there would
be no need for any such laws. In all the his
tory of this famous concern there has never
been pound of adulterauts used within its
premises-and it is safe to say that there never
will be. The finest malt and hops the markets
of the world can supply, and pure water are
the only ingredients entering into the CON-
position of this wonderful ''wine of barley" as
the Germans used to term their beer a thousan
years ago.
1t is scarcely possible to overestimate the value
of the work that has been done by the An
heuser Busch Brewing Association. When its
business was first established whiskey and rum
were the national drinks and the amount of
evil which followed in their train was meal
culable. Mans constitution, as given to him
by his Creator, is such that some kind of slim
ulant he must have. And the stimulus that
comes from pure, sound and honest beer is
the best in the world. Years ago this matter
was officially discussed by the state Board of
Health of Massachusetts,, and Dr. Henry ].
BOwditch, chairman of that board, and man
of distinguished reputation in the scientific
world, signed report on behalf of that body in
which he said: 81 sincerely believe the Ger
mans are destined to be really the greatest
benefactors of this country by bringing to us
if we choose to accept the boon-their beer.
Lager beer contains less alcohol than any of
the native or foreign grape wines. This fact,
with the other fact that the Germans have not
the pernicious habits of our people, would, If
we chose to adopt their customs, tend to
diminish intemperance in this country. From
the study have made, lager beer can be used
freely without any apparent injury to the indi-
vidual, or without intoxication, and would
really be promoter of the temperance cause,
and if we could so manage as to furnish the
people with lager beer and dispense with dis
titled or alcoholic liquors entirely, the COM
munity would be immensely benefited" And
even the United States government Is on record
to the same effect report of the department
of agriculture at Washington, of as far back as
1866, says
"A moderate use of pure beer will aid diges-
tion, quicken the powers of life, and give elias
t1city to the body and mind and will not pro-
duce any of the terrible results named by
fanatics and ignorant people. In certain forms
OF dyspepsia IL is u Vdluu Die assistant 10 Otner
remedies and in some cases of debility requir-
ing mild tonic and gentle stimulant beer has
been found of the greatest benefit
It should be borne in mind that such COM
mendations as the foregoing apply only to alb
solutely pure beer such as is brewed by the
Anheuser Busch company. This country owes
debt of gratitude to President Adolph Busch
and his esteemed colleagues for the splendid
work they have been doing during all these
years. And it is pleasure to your correspond
ent to be able to report that the business of the
company is now in better and more prosper
GUS condition than ever before in its history,
while the outlook for the future leaves nothing
to be desired. The output for the year 1890
was 100000 barrels. 1t will not be surprising
if that for 1891 should reach total of 100000
barrels, and one million in our exposition
year-1893.
Charles Bauer, of the Eintracht saloon 163
North Spring street, is the Los Angeles agent
for this superb beverage.