The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-09
Brewing Interests Get
Together.
HITS WORCESTER.
Bowler Bros. Deny Connec.
ton With Movement.

A combination or DfeWerIeS, including
the leading ones in Boston and after
wards those Of Worcester, Providence,
Fall River and Springfield, is under
way. The breweries of the latter four
cities may or may not be included III
the arrangement with Boston. though
they will probably be organized in a
trust by themselves.
Two opposing forces are In the field
in Boston, and possibly win also face
each other in the attempt to CONSOLE
date the breweries in Worcester and
other cities named.
Options are known to have been Civ
en- by fourteen prominent preweries Of
Boston to gentlemen representing a
large amount OF New York and Phila-
delphia capital. These are nearly all
consumers" brewePies. or concerns, in
which most of the stock is held by the
owners of prosperous saloons. The
capital stock of the trust is 50, 900 900,
and of its success there seems doubt
Opposed to it is the American Malt
ing Company of New York, which is
also said to be at work seeking to or
ganize a trust Overtures have been
made to several Boston breweries, and,
1t is reported, will be made to those
in Worcester and elsewhere.
The representative of the American
Mating Company of New York is ey-
mour Scott, who has been in Boston
during the past few weeks developing
the New England end of the American
Mailing Company. 1t is in Boston that
the rivalry between the Mailing Com
pany and the Philadelphia and New
York capitalists has appeared, and
both com binations have Wed with one
another in securing options on the lead
ing Boston breweries, which number
twenty-four. 1t has been the plan to
secure the leading breweries in the
other New England cities, as Worces
ter, Springfield and Fall River, so that
the ascendancy in each particular field
would be insured by the one combina-
ton of interests or the other.
BY securing control and management
of the leading brewery or breweries in
the New England cities competition
against the interest which is given the
option, is prevented. and the chances of
the rival combination in proving itself
q dangerous factor, materially lessened.
For this reason the Worcester brewer
les stand out in basrelief before the
efforts of the antagonistic combina-
tons. and rumor connects both with
the movements of the two combines in
their endeavor to secure an advantage
over one another and reduce the posi-
bility of opposition
The company of Bowler Bros, limit
ed has been most prosperous owing to
marked executive ability of its manage
ment.
The Worcester Brewing company
which has been less fortunate, is now in
the hands Of a receiver and is to be
sold April 9Th, it being anticipated that
representatives of both the growing
combines, and the leading brewers OF
Rochester, Chicago, st. Louis and Mil
waukee. will be In attendance. Mr..
Seymour Scott is one of the leading men
of the American Mating company, and
as he has been devoting himself to the
Boston field during the past two weeks,
the Worcester end may receive atten-
ton later
President John Bowler of the staunch
old brewing firm of Bowler Bros. linn
tied. which has a national reputation
for success and reliability, was seen at
his home on Richards street, last even
ing, on his return from a business trip
Of several days duration in New York.
Mr.. Bowler arrived on the 9 o'clock
train from New York, and talked I'M
hesitatingly upon the matter.
He said his company had dealings
with the American Mating company,
and that was all. He had given no OPP
ton of the brewery in Worcester to the
American Mailing company, and he de-
MED in toto that there was any truth
in reports to this effect. During his trip
to New York, the subject had not been
mentioned
He said that personally he did not
know that several of the Boston brew
cries had given options to the American
Mailing company or to any other inter
est. In closing, Mr.. Bowler declared
that his brewery had run independently
and would be Independent and not Join
any syndicate, at least for the present.