Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-08-04

ing American life u man must w III
thirty years the work formerly done IN
hundred, and he needs the "nutri-
ton, soothing and strengthening ele-
ments" TO be found in beer.
The Best" associated with PaDst
beer Is In honor Of the founder, Best
being his name. OF four sons asso-
ciated with him, Phillip became sole
owner In 1860 and Captain Fred Pabst
married his daughter.
Began as "a Lake Captain.
The captain won his title as com
mander of lake packet boat when he
was a mere boy Of q, and Of his gener-
osity and public spirit in all that per-
tains to Milwaukee and Wisconsin
there Is no question. on the recent oc-
caslon OF Bismarcks birthday Captain
Psbst remembered the iron chancellor
with case of his product and an auto
graph letter, written In trembling
hand, In reply, is "A treasure trophy.
There are not many Bismarck letters
I'm the United States. Captain Pabst
has two sons, carefully trained In the
brewing schools abroad and In the de-
tails Of the business. The offices OF
the concern are sumptuOus. AZ one en-
ters the view Is that Of the biggest
bank | ever saw--nfty or sixty clerks
busted behind plate glass, with an at
mosphere OF ncntness and dispatch nee
essary to the execution OF 80 vast
volume Of business.
There was constantly changing
crowd Of visitors In the antc-room,
waiting to JIG shown over the plant, ana
periodically was heard the musical
footing Of the man of the talIo-hoo
coaches, handsome vehicles drawn by
four horses, bringing Chicago tourists
from the boats, Every half hour uni
formed guides chow strangers over the
whole place. winding w with n free
glass OF beer In the only drinking place
on the grounds, ixStntc Treasurer
Baetz IN u trusted cmploye In one or the
departments. There Is an architects
department, the staff being busy on the
construction of the company IN many
cities; nm engineers department. com
plete blacksmith shops. pnint and Wag-
on shops CooprraRc establishments,
chemists, brew mastcrs~all hlgh OIL
clals on large salaries. The concern
owns n large farm. Tho advertising
manager, Mr.. Kathcens, Is gentleman
OF courtesy and taStc--in fact, tho start
is made M Of the best ability that
money can command and they throw
brains and enthusiasm into their work.
The SChlitz concern ia another family
affair Joseph Schlitz having married
the widow Of an old German krug,
who began tho business, lie lost his
life on the SCHILLER" In 1875 and the
four within brothers succeeded him.
Val Blntz was the son of n brewer of
the old country. and he bought the 1T
tie brewery on which the present great
business IL built for $500,
The first brewery In this country was
in New York, aud the date was 1914
long time ago AS late as 1910 only
5000 barrels of malt liquor was
hrewed In the United states The out
put Of one Pahst concern in two days.
Girls Piss Beer In u $4,000 Setting.
one can drink this beer ut the Omaha
exposition, passed by girls In an cx-
hiblt building that cost 10000, with u
constant vaudeville show to nmuse
him. one of the possessions of the
company IL gold model of the plant.
seventeen feet square, and so valuable
that detectives must watch 1t COntin-
ualIy.
one could spend u week in looking
over the big plant. The cold storage
buildings are filed with great tanks,
bigger than any ristern you ever saw
here the beer ripens. No Ice Is used,
but artificial cold is manufactured with
ammonia and the pipes are covered
with sparkling, white frost. There
are literally hundreds Of these great
cIsterns or vaults. There IL II battery
OF thirty boilers, big beyond description.
and n smokcstack $50 feet high, only
exceeded was told by the one that car
rics off the smoke from Carlte's 20.
n T." thread plant down east. Men
are kept busy from morn to night doing
nothing but pouring ON oil, for which
In great cans there Is n regularly con
stituted department, the explosive oils
being kept on COIL storage, one build
ing Is devoted TO malt, the barley being
out ON floors, dampcncd and allowed to
spruut to certain point; then heated
In kIlns over nrcs. The water IL pro-
duced from nrtesian wells. We saw
ten great copper watts IN which beer
was soothing ANA foaming kettles two
stories high aud az big ms a small
house In the hottllng room we saw
or bottles, The cleansing OF bottles and
kegs is by machinery. In the latter an
electric light being inserted to dscov-
err impurities The filling, corlting, wir-
ing, all are done by machines that cost
81, 900 each. In the twinkling of an eye.
Here too. the labels are put on and
the revenue stnmps-a 9a-cent stamp
on each bottle OF the malt tonic, which
mothers and sick people are said to take
with profit, But the tax of 81 n barrel
on beer is thrown back ON the con-
sumner, and this has caused some fric-
ton with the saloon keepers
The adult employees are allowed three
or four quarts Of beer to keep their
courage up, hut they told me the boys
and girls are denied even n little to
'nourish sonthc and strengthen" them
| hope they never get sip but | have
my doubts. ORLANDO RuRNETT
Tax on Patent Medicines.
The United states Commissioners