The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-29
. BIG BEER TRUST.
CAPITAL WILL PROBABLY BE
$500, 100000.
Projectors of the Scheme Said to Be
Organizing By States-Philadel-
phia Said to Be the Headquarters.

New York, July 2S.-The Journal and
Advertiser says: A consolidation of
American brewers, masters and hop
growers interested in the English group
of properties is now going through the
preliminarjes of organization in PhEadel-
phia, PittSburg, Detroit, Milwaukee, st.
Louis, Rochester, Baltimore and large
cities of the country. The capitalization
will be, il is said, not less than $50, ,OO0
The projectors of the new scheme are
organizing by states and making their
propositions to all brewers and MASTERS
having well established business in the
main centers of population. These brew
erS are invited to join state combinations
in their trade with purpose al -erWardS
of becoming members of a national brew
ing company. Up to this time the work
has been done mainly in Pennsylvania,
western New York, Indiana, Ohio, Hi
nois and Missouri. Propositions have
been submitted TO more than q hundred
brewing concerns in these states, chiefly
Rochester, Cincinnati, Chicago and 81.
Louis. Some of the largest as well as
some of the smallest concerns in the bust
ness are included in these options.
In nearly every city where control is
thus sought, the English brewing syndi-
cate own large properties. Philadelphia
new company, and Pennsylvania is the
place at which the first state organiZa-
ton was formed. 1t was learned yester-
day that sealed options for the sale of
malt house plants valued at S20000.eOO
will be opened here next Tuesday. The
plants are located in Chicago. Buffalo,
Milwaukee and other western points.
Seymour Scott of Lyons n. Y. is con-
Quoting the deals. Concerning the brew
cries consolidation, Mr.. Scott is quoted
as saying:
1.-THE enterprise in which am connected
has nothing whatever to do with it.
know, however, that a movement for the
consolidation of leading breweries is 60
ing forward. In Philadelphia. J. p. Hersh
has brought several properties into the
Pennsylvania Brewing company, and it
is negotiating with PittSburg plants.
IN the west said Mr. Scott. great
interest is felt in the rumors>of the con-
solldation of adj the American breWerieS
outside of those held by the English syn
dicate. These rumoIs are rife in brewing
circles everywhere
In Philadelphia. Pittsburg and Detroit, (
the Journal and Advertiser says, the pro-
meters of the new scheme were suspected I
of acting for the English syndicate. No (
one connected with the foreign syndicate I
will, however, admit that the Britons f
have any interest IN it. At the Office Of t
the Brewers association it was said:
The English brewing concerns are not /
behind the efforts 10 consolidate the /
brewers in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
Ihey DO not want any more properties
IN the United States. When II is consid-
cred that they have lost heavily on their
american Investments, the supposttion
that they are after more IS mere foolish
ness. Still, there IS much talk of con-
solldadlon IN various parts of the coun-
We have written letters to Detroit
Philadelphia and other cities asking who
vas behind the movement hut have
earned nothing except that there is con-
siderable talk about it,