Arizona daily citizen., 1901-06-18
The Patrons Of the San An.
tonic Brewery Can't
Buy 1t Here.
HELPED OUT
OF A DIFFICULTY.
The San Antonio Brewery AssOcia-
tion Introduces Its Product in
Tucson Under Peculiar COndi.
tions Anether Ice Plant NAY
Result.

| Tucson will probably have another
Ice Plant very soon.
The Tucson Ice and Cold Storage
Company, a co-partnership, has abso-
lutely refused to sell to the patrons OF
the San Antonio Brewing Company,
Every saloon keeper who buys and sells
the San Antonio beer cannot receive ice
from the Tucson Ice and Cold Storage
Company. dsince this company is the
only one that makes ice in Tucson, the
patrons of the San Antonio brewery
must get along withorat ice so far as the
Tucson Ice and Cold Storage Company
cares.
Bat. Mr.. H. p. Kaufman, who repre-
sents the San Antonio Brewery Associa-
ton came TO the rescue of his patrons
when the ice supply was cut of. He
had sixty tons Of ice on hand, and inn
mediately set about supplying all those
whose names were written upon the
black list OF the Tucson Ice and Cold
Storage Company.
Manager Dodge of the Tucson Ice &
Cold Storage Company was seen by the
Citizen reporter in regard to the matter.
When asked If it was true that his COM
pany refused TO supply ice to the
patrons OF the San Antonio brewery.
Mr.. Dodge said Eyes, 1t is true. We
are not selling Ice to any one, who sells
San Antonio beer" "And do you propose
10 fight the newcomers in those lines2'
asked the reporter.
"Yes, sir; that is what our contract
calls for."
Mr.. Dodge then explained that when
| Mr.. Adolf Bail bought the agency for
the Anheuser Basch from the Tucson
Ice Cold Storage Company there was n
written agreement signed by the Gold
Storage Company that II would refuse
10 cell les TO any new agent for ineer who
might appear 10 compete with Mr.
Bail. This agreement, Mr.. Dodge says.
| is iron-eiad. and his company must
abide by H..
Monday morning several OF the leading
saloons Of the city began to use San
Antonia beer. among them the Legal
Tender and the 0rndorfi Bar.
Mr.. II. P. Kaufman has been in Tue
con sometime introducing bis beer, and
1t seems TO have caught on.
| As som as the first consignment of the
San Antonio product vas received and
the saloons were dealing IL ont over the
bar the ice wagons of the Tucson Ice and
Cold Storage Company passed them by.
The local ice monopoly refused absolute
ly to become party TO the introduction
OF new brand OF beer.
Mr.. kaufman was undauated. He
set about TO furnish ice to the patrons OF
the beer. Fortunately he bad q consld
erablequantity on hand and deyery avail
able delivery wagon was turned into an
ice wagon by Mr.. Kaufman In his eager
efforts to supply his customers. He had
experienced the same difficulty in Nog.
ales and won his fght, and he says he !
proposes to win out in Tucson against
the Ice monopoly.
There was considerable feeling when !
the state OF affairs was realized; when I
the saloon keepers found that they were
in the clutches OF monopoly. "What
might not such an sctupus do men be-
gan to ask, and those who never drink
beer but use ice just the same began to
shake as the hot days come on. II a San
Antonio beer wagon stops at your place
it is not altogether likely that you will
ever see the color OF the cold storage ice
mans whiskers again.
Mayor Schumacher scharacterizes the
affair as libel upon the community.
"No matter whether the Tucson Ice a
Cold Storage company lisa corporation or
not !" "said he' 1t 10 common carrier.
and ust deliver ice to whoever tenders
the money to pay for it. The San An
tonic company wont stand their monkey
work; there will be another ice plant
here very soon II the Cold Storage COM
pany don't get off their high horse"
Mr.. Kaufman OF the San Antonio
Brewery association was seen this after
noon. He said:
1--WE are not In the ice business but
we do not propose to see our customers
suffer. We are now furnishing them ice
at the same rates that the Tucson ice
company charges. What will happen
in the future do not care to say now"
The last statement is regarded here as
an intimation that an ice plant may be
started here by the San Antonio com
pany at an early date II II should be
deemed necessary.
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