Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-07-27
BREWERS IN DEFENSE
Nations Beer Makers Hold'W ar
CoHncil In Washington.
ATTACKS PROVOKE HOT REPLY,

Liquor Men Resolve THAT They Favor
"Tcmpcrmnoe." Dcuonnce frnhibi-
tfonists and Admit They Are Scan-
dnlixcd by Wicked Smloous-pc-
clare Internal Revenue Entities
Business to Government Protection.
Especial Corresnondencel
Washington D. c. The brewers of
the United States nave thrown down
the gauntlet to The Prohibition "fanat-
les" In an excited council OF war in
this CITY they have broken long stand
ing Silence because, they assert, base
politicians and ''Prohibition fanat-
les have ''maliciousy created preiu
dice among the uniniormcd public to
further their own "ignoblc purposes"
II the Prohibition fanatics" wanted
any better argument ready made to
prove the growing effectiveness Of
their persistent nation VIDE agitation
it is diiIicuN to imagine how they
could get il. The brewers have been
silent heretofore, they declare. in spite
OF the alleged unjust attacks made
upon them. but they can stand it no
longer They now boldly "denounGe"
their dctractors rs "un-American."
They demand that their business con
time 10 receive the ''protection OF the
1O1 s.cl. ~ IA 1,,.i
be desrroyed.' They clamor for con
sidcra ton" and "a square deal" They
coolly assert that the government
ought to ENCOURAGE AND SUB
SIDIZE' beer making. In CLOSING the
brewers eioquently plead for personal
liberty and link the interests of
Busch, Pabst, etc, with the rights of
"all classes of worshipers," whatever
that may mean.
Mr.. Leiber OF indianapolis, Otto Sti-
fel of st. Louis. John Gardiner of Phil
adelphia and L. S. Claus, representing
the Busch interests Mt st. Louis, were
among those present.
What Brewers Think.
These resolutions We're adopted:
That the reserve heretofore maintained
by not only Individual members but also
by our association. with the object in
view that our business should in no man
ner be implicated or be drawn into politics
be continued, and our bipartisan position
strengthened.
That our heretofore silent and nonparti-
san attitude has been traduced and mis-
represented by base politicians and Pro-
hibition fanatics, who have maliciously
created a prejudice among the uninformed
public to further their own ignoble pur-
poses
That we denounce such acts as unpatri-
otic. un-American and detrimental to the
try.
That, inasmuch as our products are
rightly cassed by the highest authorities
in this and other countries as pure food
products and the capital invested apd
labor employed in manufacturing the
same represent more than one thousand
million dollars this vested interest should
receive the protection of the law and
should not be permitted to be destroyed.
That, as our business pays in revenue to
the national government and in licenses
and taxes to the several state govern
ments more than any other commercial in
terest in this land 1t is entitled to consid-
GRAFTON commensurate with It's economical
Importance and should at least be given a
square deal
"PromOtcs Temperance"
That this country should not depart
from its earlier policy OF encouraging and
substituting the brewing of beer and ale,
nor should 1t ignore the fact that the
drinking Of beer, now as then. promotes
temperance.
That ii Is fact that our business de-
ponds for success on moderation and tenn
pcrance, and It Is therefore our duty to
discourage all forms OF intemperance
That we denounce all places OF disorder
Iy character and heartily encourage the
enactment Of such laws as Will effectively
destroy them and severely punish those
who conduct them.
That we our best endcavors and in
Guence, both individually and asso-
ciation, with both national and state leg
isl.tors to spread upon our statute books
such laws as viii permit us and those who
deal with us to do business as respectable
and legitimate business men, and that In
enacting laws due regard should be given
all classes of people who constitute the
cosmopolitan citizenship OF this great
country as well as due regard for ali
classes of worshipers, so that each and
every citizen may enjoy the personal lib
erty our constitution offers without in
fringing upon or affecting the rights OF
others