The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-04-29
COMPETITION IN BEER.
Methods Adopted In Denver far
haatlling tho Cool and Foa aiming

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ssesu.,ar tilotls Adopted in Denver for
Hantliing tho Cool and Foaming.
Denver Newsl
Gimme beer"
The bartender grasped a glass. fills j
with the foaniiDg fluid and slides It along
the polished counter with that pecu,iar
NIP which causes it to swing around, han
Idle outward.
Thescustomer swallows down half of the
contents of the glass hastily, as does a
man used, malt liquors, then a panied ex-
preston spreads over his face, lie expels
whatever portion of beer remains in his
mouth, and places the glass back on The
bar with ever outward Indication ofin-
ward disgust.
what Kind of slop is that
'That's Western Brewery beer
.Ain't you got Zans,s?o
.No.'' s
That settles *; amt lluntin no dish
water TO drink" Out stamps the rns,o-
mer, while the proprietor thoughtfullv
mops off the bar with his apron.
a few minutes aiterward inkc0mes an
other, or maybe three nr four together,
who go through y similar performance ur-
til the saloon man is at the very verge of
despair and resolves tUchangc his brewer.
"What about it?" YOU ask. Noiling
except that i! is q bubble on the surface,
the bittergswar between the
breweres, the fierce struggle for business
and the methods in use by the English
syndicate which has done Denver the
honor to purchase couple of its largest
breweres, and in conducting. them in
fashion patterned after the exalted STAN
dards of Blind Beggar lane, Ditter Cry
district, Whitechapcl.
English syndicates are high and holy
things brought into heing for the purpose
of performing needed missionary work
among that submerged portion of the hu-
man race whichdoes business in America.
When the many millioned outfit which
purchased the Fang and West Denver
brewerics, and in momcntary lapse from
sanctitv sweled the stock without adding
to>thc assets, took possession Of those
properties, the announcement was made
that they would become eyer-prescnt OBJ
iect lessons, intoxicating higher principles
and granite-like probity The prospectus
apart from its glowing description of bar
rels of output and dollars of profit, was
carried in the very odor Of sanctity. But
then, when you get down to rustling, it's
different.
"Any new competitor can he crushed
out for 100000" is-the remark credited
to Adolph j. Gang, and # is the key to
the situation.
81 have more than $I0,0n0 to fool them"
is the remark credited TO Fred Neef.
Ali this took place soon after !he open
ing of the Western Brewerv,eowncd by
Fred Ncef, which began to putits product
upon the market abont eight months ago.
The saloon business was not so good as
it had been, because Of the closing law,
and the old syndicate found that life in
the far West was not H. dreamy trip with
a dredge along the golden sands of the
river Pactolus. 'hencw brewery began
to place its beer in large quantities, and
the promises of the pretty prospectus bid
fair to falfof realization.
The manager of the syndicate proceed
ed to put his $4,000 scheme into opera
ton. Arrangements were made with
Glasson's band of hired hoboes, and with
other trusty individuals ready for any
dirty work. One or two men in each dis
trict were empowered to work the deal
and engage such hoodlums as would go
into it for a few cents and the beer they
would get. The little army would sally
out and proceed along until a saloon was
found bearing beer sign other than that
on Fang or the Denver company Then
the comedy briefly described at the be-
ginning Of this article would commence
The tramps, one after another, would
enter, bnv drink and spit it out with all
manner of grimace. At the bar OF the
PEOPLES Theater the thing was worked
continuously for two or three hours until
the proprietor began to think there was
something the matter with his beer The
dodge was worked Systematically in every
nart of fhe city right up to couple OF
DAYS ago, and will probably break ont III
some new spot tomorrow. Thencw brew
erv began to lose customers rapidly
"Yonr beer is all right" they said, "hut
we can't sell it,"
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