The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-21
NEWS FROM TACOMA.
Wan N PROGRESS BETwEEN Sc
ATrLE AVID TACOMA BREWERS.
UIfsy Pes Ceal Get Anssnaced IN fhs
Price 81 Beer, aad IL means Two
Gchoeners for . Niekef-Htstory
of the Controversy That Has Led
t. the Present Treubie-President
Loeb. Of tbs Mfiwankes, Talks
About the Fight, and Says He
VIII sot Meet the Cut
Tacoma Buresu Of the Pos.-In.siiigercsr.
In Pacific Avenue


IN Pacific Avenue
TACOMA Msrch 55.--T5sere u the iiveii-
ext ktnt Of a fight or between the Dig
trswertes Of Seattle and Tacoma IL =
war 10 re knife and IL or In earnest The
L@Ingsrsnts are TIE Milwaukee brewing
Company. fns Puget Sound Brewery, or
Tacoma and the Seattle Brewing ana
Mating Company. Of seattis- The Capital
Brewery Of Olympia has not been Drawn
.nto the irnbrogi:o as yet. but ~ will Doubt
less be affected By the war and WA. OF
course. participate In the festivities
During the last three or four DAYS ne
saloon men OF shIs city have been notified
thar the Seattle Brewing Company wouid
aarounce a cut OF 81 per barrel On It's Deer
and by the middle OF the week would De
in a psition 10 supply beer In any Guan-
tsfv. AT present the bear Is sold by tire
brewerles sf s. per barrel, so that II the
esloon men carry TIE matter 20 logieal
conclusion IL will be TWO sschooners for
s." instead of S cents a glass as al present
Tire Seattle brewery had agents mere Tor
TIE last few days and they have posted
TIE saloon keepers Of Tacoma on what
they can expect in the way OF prices Tor
the future II is understood that the Seat
tie eoncern IL ready TO take contracts Tor
year az 81 per barrel. which Is one-naif
the regular price.
To get al the bottom OF the controversy
me must 20 back five years, when there
tfon and similar number IN Seattle. IN
1901 tbs DOMAIN Brewing Company erected
n fire plant itfed with costly machinery OF
the latest pattern At the head OF COM
menesmen. BAY. After being IN operation
a little over a year the company failfsi,
and the plant was finally bought by the
Puget Sound Brewing Company. and has
since remained Idle
The three Seattle hreweries NJ the time
were the Albert Braun Brewing Com
pany. Claussen & sweensy's brewery and
the Ray View Brewery. These afterward
consolidated under the name OF the Seat
tie Brewing and Mailing Company. When
these matters had been eonsummatesi. a
combination was entered into between
the Seattle people and the Puget sound
Brewery by which both concerns agreed
not 20 invade the territory OF the other
A uniform price was agreed upon. and no
cut was 10 be made. Since the date OF
the agreement there has been no Seattle
beer sois In Tacoma. and the Puget Sound
Brewery has kept out OF Seattle. The
price has been maintained at y per bar
rel
-Four years ago the United States Brew
cry was purchased by Sam Loeb and Al
bert Weinberg. OF this city. and run under
the name OF the Milwaukee Brewery. The
Seattle brewers had a small interes, in
the brewery. enough 20 enable them to
have a voice in the management. but
Loeb and Weinberg purchased enough
stock 20 enable them TO control ". The
capacity was enlarged and nearly three
years ago the price Of the beer was re-
duced 90 s. per barrel. The Milwaukee
people established an agency In Seattle
and pushed their product vigorously. At
present a number OF Seattle saloons ara
selling beer made IN Tacoma by the Mil
waukee Brewery.
The Seattle brewers stood this sort OF
thing uncomplainingly for some time. but
about year ago. according TO the state
rnent OF the proprieters of the Milwaukee
Brewery, opened negotiations by which IL
was hoped the Tacoma brewers would be
persuaded 10 leave Seattle. These efforts
came to nothing.
Several weeks ago II was announced
that the Seattle brewers had decided 20
open war on their Tacoma competitors.
The matter has been the subject OF street
talk for several days. but today the posi-
tive announcement was made that the ST.
attic brewing company had announced n
cut OF 81 per barrel on beer. and would be
IA position 70 oil orders from Tacoma
saloons by Thursday OF the ensuing week.
President Sam Loeb, of the Milwaukee
Brewery said tonight regarding the Tight:
1--WE are prepared for anything that may
come. For several days l have known
that the Seattle brewing company had
decided 80 make 50 per cent. cut on beer
and would do all in their power TO occupy
the field here. l have told them that
would welcome them with open arms and
introduce them 20 the trade here. VIII
they Gomez / will be awfully disappoint-
ell II they don't.
Now as 20 the merits Of this eontro-
versy, I want 10 say that our people have
never cut the price 81 beer. We made the
price OF Milwaukee beer s. per barrel This
was 81 lower than that charged BY the Sc
attic brewery. The price has been kept
at this figure I know that we are accused
OF selling beer in Seattle a. less figure
than this. but (, f. not true. More than
this, We VIII not cut the price. no matter
what figure the Seattle beer IL sold AZ here
IT Il an effort 20 force as out OF the Seattle
field. or else 20 raise our prices up 20 q
level With that charged by the Seattle
brewery. This Is something we wal never
do. I arm quite satisfied with the condition
or our trade In Seattle. which We have
built up during the hard times OF the past
three years. We viii nos give this up
without a struggle"
What attitude the Puget Sound brewery
viii take IN the night remains 20 be seen
This brewery has a large trade In Tacoma
and surrounding towns. bat has made no
effort whatever to gain a fe0thold IN Seat
tie. The Capital brewery. Of Olympia
having lately entered the Tacoma field. viii
doubtless meet the cat made by the Seat
tie brewery.