The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-07

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pressed saloon-keepers and grocerymen at
800 Market street last evening. Sixty sell
lers of beer responded to this call:
ATTENTION. sALooN-KEEPERs AND GRO
CERYMEN.
Dear Ser: You are cordially invited to at
tend mass-meeting to be held in Pythian
| Hall, 9U9-915 Market street San Francisco. on
/ thursday, the 9th day of February, 1896, at
ocIock r; M to discuss the late arbitrary ac-
tlon OF the San Francisco breweries, or the
syndicate, and to devise ways and means to
BUY brewery of our own and to have beer a
"a per barrel on the stand with rebate, and
PERMISSION TO the employees to spend money
| over the bar when or how they please.
Important subjects on this question material
to our interests will be discussed by those who
/ understand the business FRANK MARTY
| En- Please present this notice at the door.
| The breweries in the syndicate are the
| Wieiand, Willows, Chicago, National,
Fredericksburg and the United States, but
the Brewers Association. which abides by
the rules which the syndicate prescribes,
embraces also the Enterprise Milwaukee,
California, San Francisco Stock, Ameri-
can, Broadway, Albany, Hibernia, Jack
son and Washington.
Recently an edict went forth from the
association that drivers must not spend
brewery money with customers, which is
on barrel of beer, as that much money
was formerly thrown across the counter in
the delivery of each barrel. Hence beer is
now IS barrel without the shadow of re-
bate. That is the sum that goes to the
brewer for every barrel sold.
IL. Manuel took the chair last night and
expounded the objects of the meeting
"Our cry" he said. SIS cheap beer and
better beer. We have brewer who will
give 1t to us and release us from the ex-
| actions of the syndicate. For good reasons
the name of the brewer must be now
withheld, but he lives within 100 miles of
San Francisco. He is a responsible man
and understands the business. He was
not inclined at first TO help u.s. but he is
now willing to establish brewery at a.
cost of $50, QUO. He will put in SIS, 900 him
self. And we want $50 saloon kee pers to
take each one share of stock-that is to
say, invest 500 in the enterprise. The
beer which this brewer makes is of
superior quality and will be sold for 81
per barrel. He guarantees dividend of
10 per cent on the stock.
$50 each customer selling or ordering a
quantity of beer will get STA the first
year.. He can easily supply 200 saloon
keepers. We must do something, for the
syndicate may advance the price to S.
81. or even $40 barrel.''
Charles S. Hubbs was the next speaker.
come to our relief has travelled all over
Europe and this country. He is respon-
sible and successful man. His brewery is
located in a barley growing district not far
from here"
The next speaker was refreshing and
original orator who vouchsafed the in
formation that he was an agitator and an
Irlshman from the city of Dublin.
Since the days of the sand lot, when the
kearney meetings developed epigram-
matte speakers, few orators have come to
the front who can surpass John Nugent,
formerly from Dustin, latterly from Ia
coma and Seattle and at present of San
francisco. He gained applause last even
ing when he said that saloon keepers who
succeeded in San Francisco were the men
who thought their beer of the syndicate,
their whisky of John Siebe and their cigars
OF Nose Gunst." Nugent said further: II
started In with the cooperative brewers a
few years ago, but the sharks and monop-
offers got hold of the scheme. I made a
mistake then in not having with me the
labor union element.
II was then workingman, but am now
saloon-keeper and the worklngman's
friend. If you want to succeed in this
new scheme you must have the labor
unions with you. Monopoly cannot
crush them out. The English syndicate
! has caught our German brewers. The
English have caught Matt Nunan. All
must come under the yoke of the syndi-
| cate"
Nugent closed his speech by declaring
that the liquor traffic was the life of q
town, and that there could be no pros
perity until the workingman got wages
enough so he could throw a dollar across
the saloon counter and not miss the
money.
A young man, who withheld his name
from the meeting, but acknowledged that
he represented the brewer who was willing
to supply beer at 81 per barrel, spoke at
length. He reported that Stone of the
syndicate had said, 1--WE have in our treas
urv $4,000 TO combat Just such cases as
this. We will sell beer in your town for So
a barrel until the competition is crushed"
Despite Stones threat the young man said
the beer would be supplied if 100 saloon
keepers stood in.
John Nugent of Dublin got another
chance to speak and referred to an ex-
perience of the cooperative business
1--WE were doing at one time such fine
trade on the Barbary Coast that Tobin
took away our guides because we didn't
sell syndicate BEER
Frank Martin was introduced as sturdy
brewer from the fatnerland, and he an
nounced with emphasis and sufficient
lucldlty that he would not succumb to the
syndicate as long as he had a dollar.
After more talk and encouraging assur-
ton was formed and subscriptions to the
capital stock were received
The temper of the meeting was decidedly
in favor OF revolt against the exactions
OF the syndicate, and the next meeting
promises to be demonstration.
TN SPITE OF pR0TECT