The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-29
BEER IN THE HOLY LAND.
Lager Finding Favor as a Beverage
All Over the World.


the interest of his business
II found lager or some other kind of
German beer in every country which I
visited. The sparkling foam is spreading
more and more year after year all over
the globe. We now export beer from this
country to Asia, TO Spanish America, to
the British American provinces, and we
expect to work up protita BILE trade in
Africa. Breweries exist everywhere,
even in Japan and Brazil
THE lager brew was unknown in this
country until the German immigrants
brought it here forty years ago and now
the American output is 100000 bar
rels year. The Germans did a great
thing for the Americans when they Taught
them to drink beer, especially lager beer
They introduced one of the great indus
tries of the United States, at which tens
of thousands of men are employed from
which heavy revenues are raised for the
public service.
The chief beer-producing state in the
union last year was New York, and our
own city is the center of production
Seven years ago Missouri was far ahead
of US, and even Wisconsin and Pepnsyl-
vania were ahead, but the Empire state
has advanced steadily since 1881, and it's
product for last year fell little short of
10000, 900 barrels. All this must be set
uOMl 10 bUG CEeulb Ol tue herman feNOlQ-
tionary uprising in lS4S, which started
the rush of German immigrants to our
country, who brought with them the love
of beer, including lager, and soon began
TO brew it here for their own use. The
native Americans took to it slowly at
first for they had been accustomed to
whisky, peach brandy and mixed drinks,
but ever since they got liking for it,
especially for lager, they have kept up
wit a
FAD FOR GERMAN BREws.
1.-THE most remarkable thing brought to
my notice while in Europe was the sud-
den and prodiEi us extension of the use of
Germanic. beers among the French in re-
cent times. When in France ten years
ago | found that some English and French
malt liquors were consumed there. but |
saw at the time of my recent visit that
bitter beverages Of the TeutOnic varieties
had largely superseded red wine. Even
in Paris beer shops are to be seen every
where; there must be 900 of them in
the city, and, though French wines are
| cheaper still. IL is drunk not only by the
working people but also by boule-
! vardists, literary men, actors, and
| others. 1t is queer fact, however, that
very few French women can be seen
| drinking it, though it Is the favorite po-
tation of the women of Germany, who
| are never ashamed to drain the flagon in
| public. Perhaps the French spirit will
| yet be tempered by the substitution of
| beer for acid wines.
The Germanic foam is spreading over
the Latin countries especially Italy and
| Spain. | saw plenty of proof CT this
| statement in Rome and Naples, in BARGE
Iona and Madrid. II has extended within
recent years in Russia, and happy will it
! be for the great empire of the north when
| the abominable and destructive vodka
! shall be supplemented by good beer. The
| English drinkers Of malt beverage stick
to those of their own country
~ tell you" continued the speaker as
| he grew lively, that the beers of Ger
many, the choicest kind of which is the
lager of our New York breweries, must
soon become the universal beverage of all
mankind, excepting perhaps the tea
drinking Chinese. | found plenty of beer
in Hong Kong and other places on the
seaboard, but was told that it is unknown
in the interior of the country. 1t seems
TO be abhorred by those OF the Chinese
who have tasted it. There are
malt beverages in India, but the
consumers are mostly foreigners
| The Hindoo masses are too poor
TO drink anything put water, and the
Mohammedans are prohibited from touch
ing anything that can produce intoxica-
ton. But the Japanese, who favor all
European institutions, even parliament
AIRY government, are now using beer to a
large extent, and are making il, too. They
were importers OF it few years ago but
they are now exporting it, and some OF it
has been brought to California. 10 is an
excellent article, though inferior to the
product of New York.
FOND OF IT IN AFRICA.
"The Teutonic foam is spreading in
Africa. l saw it in Cape Colony and
heard of il in the German possessions in
the northeast. It is said that many of
the blacks are fond of beer, and | believe
it would do more than anything else TO
promote peace and civilization over the
dark continent. In all the countries of
South America that visited ] got beer
and it was often Of native production.
The Germans, who have settled in large
numbers in Brazil, for example, use it as
freely as they formerly used il in their
own country. and good many of the
Portuguese Brazilians in the seaboard
cities have learned to like the taste of
1t. The MeXicans now drink lager
beer, most of which they get
from this country. The Canadians are
behind the Americans in devotion to il.
but they would catch up if vile Canada
whisky were not In the way. There is a
,
continent Of Asia But, for all that. as t
told you at first, have within a year
drunk beer in Jerusalem and IN other
places in the holy land. The Jews in this
country do not seem 10 be averse TO lager,
as you can see by travelling in the Jewish
quarters in New York"
The speaker, who Is interested in the
beer business in New York, and would
like 10 enlarge the expectation Of Ger
man-American beer spoke with great
rapidly, but when he got cool he became
philosophical. "Beer," he said. lis a
wholesome beverage; II favors habits Of
sobriety; il is satisfying drink; there
cannot be any moral objection TO the mod
crate use OF IT, The consumption OF II
extends as civilization extends ] feel
happy. while travelling from country 10
country. 10 find that IN this generation
the foam Of II is spreading over the
world"