The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-06-12
WELL PAID BREWERS.
Expert Chemists Who Get Larger SAL
aries Than College Presidents.


Expert Chemists Who Get Larger SAL
aries Than College Presidents.
.'In the way OF salaries, the chief
brewers OF many Of the leading beer
breweries in this country" observed
prominent brewer 10 a Star reporter,
''far exceed those of the average college
presidents and professors. Indeed, an
expert brewer of reputation can COM
mand any amount of money In the way
OF salary. Many OF them, TO my own
knowledge. get from $4,000 TO $4,000
per year. and their employers would
rather double their salaries than lose
their services.
"'rhe brewers of whom ] speak are
MS a rule highly-educated chemists as
we'll as brewers. While they give but
little attention 10 the various details
of their work. they have general SUI
pervision OF each brew that is made
in their establishments. They pass
upon the malt. the hops and all the
other ingredients before any OF them
can be used. as also upon the water.
A brewing is very expensive undertake
ing. for the reputation OF the brews of
beers depends upon the formula which
they use. os we'll as their profit. ] have
known of chief brewers costing their
employers $4,000 TO $4,000 per year
by the miscalculations they made, for
the brew when completed was not up to
the standard and had TO be disposed OF
at greatly reduced prices. bearing nc
label, SO that the brewery could not be
held responsible for it's shortcoming.
The slightest error turns the whole
brew. often running into the hundreds
OF thousands OF gallons. into failure In
cases where this occurs the beer Is
worked off into country places and sold
in irregular ways. while only the stand
ard beer is sold TO the city trade.
wine makers also draw fabulous
salaries II is no unusual thing for
good wine maker to get from $4,000 10
$4,000 per year. l know of n dozen
California vineyards who pay their
principal wine makers $1,000
year. OF course, there is only
one OF these high-priccd men about
the place. Wine making is attended by
many difficulties. The grape has to
be cut at d certain time, To be packed
away in a certain way, and treated in
only one way. The thermometer, the
barometer and any number Of other
ometers have to be constantly and
very carefully studied. Then the moon
is supposed TO play an important part.
or course, every wine maker can make
claret, but there is but little market
for all the clhret that is made. All the
failures in making other wines can be
turned into clarets, and il is for this
reason that claret always sells for less
than any other wine. A wine maker
nsay start out to make a sparkling Light
wine or n champagne. lie has there
fore to produce wine without color.
Should i've fail in getting n colorless
wine he can turn the whole thing into
claret, and thus save himself from
total loss. The same way the various
failures TO obtain shcrries, port and
other wines, where color is not an OH
lection, can be turned into clarets if all
other brands do not come up TO the de-
sired result. In the Ohio valley, as well
as in California some excellent wines
are now being made. The attempts 10
make chlmpagnes, however, are not as
numerous as they were. The high sal
aried wine makers are usually brought
over from the famous vineyards of
France, and are always employed for
a season.
The beer brewers are employed by
the year, for beer making can be con-
Quoted successfully eight months in
-. hf
has but two months in a year to make
his success or failure" ~ Washington
Star.