The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-12

South Carolina. ......... 2 372
IeXaS. .-... .-.....-.......-....37 7,11S
Virginia. Observation-Disclosures Is 6g4
So, it will be seen, fourteen years ago,
eight of the largest and richest southern
states, had only fifty-six breweries among
them, and their aggregate annual output
was considerably under 100000 barrels.
Brewing at the south has been revolu-
tlonlzed by the introduction of artificial
refrigerating systems. Beer can neither
be made nor kept without plenty of ice,
and unless the ice can be had within GER
tain limits of cost, there is no money in
brewing. Thanks to the inventive spirit
OF the age, ice can now be produced as
| cheaply in Georgia or Florida or Texas
as 1t can be gathered from lakes and riy-
| ers in New York or Maine. Improved
| brewing machinery and processes have
also aided greatly in rendering it possible
to brew just as good beer at the south as
at the north.
By far the finest, largest and best ar
ranged brewery in any of the southern
states is that of the Acme Brewing Com
pany, at Macon, Ga. This company has
spent close upon $500 600 upon its plant
and not dollar of the money has been
wasted.
The new plant of the Acme Brewing
Company is something of which the
people of Georgia in general, and of
Macon in particular, are exceedingly
proud. 1t has a productive capacity of
$4,000 barrels, or 100000 kegs, per annum
AS an esteemed Macon contemporary
says, competent judges have already pro
n0unCed the famous Imperial Brew to
be the finest draught beer ever put on a
southern market. Then there is the "Dob-
BILE, y darker beer, but of the same quality.
The bottle beers are the American
Queen" the champion of them all and the
equal in every respect of any beer sold
IN this country; the "Acme Standard"
and Acme Export" both fine beers for
domestic trade and all of which are put
up in the very finest packages. Besides
these brands the company make special
brands to suit the demands of wholesale
Dealers and in this feature they have un.
dertaken profitable and needed enter
PRISE. The grain and malt used are the
finest that money can secure in any mar
ket, and the water is peculiarly well
adapted to brewing purposes.
IL IS impossible to attack too much i'm
portance to the question of supplying
absolutely pure and honest beer to the
people of the south. A report of the
department of agriculture at Washing
ton as far back as the year 1866 saws;
"a moderate use of pure beer will aid di-
gestlOn, quicken the powers of life and give
elasticity to the body and mind and will
AAOG PAOouOC any VI buG b6IE1BI6 results
named by fanatics and ignorant people. In
certain forms of dyspepsia it is valuable
assistant to other remedies, and in some
cases OF debility requiring mild tonic
and gentle stimulent, beer has been found
of the greatest benefit" The New York
Sun has very justly pointed out the
fact, that if lager beer is a cholera pre-
ventor, the popular respect for it must
beincreased. DR.. Wevl, of Ham burg, who
has been collecting statistics on the
subject since the disease was epidemic
there last autumn, giveeS Judgment in
favor of Gambrinus. He has found that
of ,S37 men employed in the breweries
OF Hamburg and its suburbs, only two
died of cholera; and he argues that
either the drinking of beer saved them
from the dangers of the cityS pest-laden
water on the acid elements of the beer
destroyed the bacillus, and thus acted as
a prophylatic."
We cannot close this lengthy article
better than by the reproduction of the
following words of wisdom from the pen
OF some writer whose name we have for
gotten: Some refreshing, stimulating
drink the people will have and legislators
should seek to guide the instinct, not
eradicate it. Men Of the highest scien-
tlhc authority have again and again pro-
nOunced beer to be not merely harmless.
but beneficial. Experience in the coun-
tries where 1t is most used develops the
same results and the readiness with
which it is adopted in place of ardent
spirits, whenever it is of good quality
and low price, shows how easily the ex-
pertinent of temperance on this basis
can be tried. Even advocates of total
abstinence must admit that beer is better
than whisky. The fact that it adds
greatly to the enjoyment of a people must
not be ignored. Here in America we are
apt to forget all but the work-a-day part
of life, but the demand for recreation ex-
lists and must be gratified in some way.
and almost always recreation is social.
and is made more enjoyable and cheerful
by some mild stimulent 1t refreshes and
enlivens, and so contributes directly to
the social happiness that is the object
sought"
1t is pleasant to be able to add that
though the Acme Brewing Company has
only been in operation a few months a
very large measure of success has already
been arrived at There is no doubt but
the future has great prosperity in store
for such an enterprising and admirably
managed concern.
Mr.. D. Schroeder is the agent in Savan-
nah -ad