New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14
proper place. later on. some OF the more pregnant
eNampleS Will be given

ORIGIN OF HOPED MALT BEER.
The beverage we know as beer is the ira
dtional winelike drink extracted from barley yet.
| though OF recent origin. nothing is really
\ known OF the place and date which it first ap-
| peared. Hoped malt beer IS by come attributed
| 20 Jan Primus a Burgundian prince who -four
ished about the middle of the thirteenth century
while others ascribe il TO Jean San Peur QS7l-
| 1879 Ganbrivus. II IS probable that corrup-
lion OF the latter name will account for that Of
ne lTesent King or beer; GaInbrinus. An enter
| brinus IS always represented in the habit OF a
| knight OF the Middle Ages with the occasional
| u seems, attached such great Importance 10 beer
that IN according the honor of its invention. II
kngrj9st as The Egyptians IN remote antiquity,
their beneynlent god osiris ana tb s1c,ept Ger ~
the supervision OF a presiding deity"
FIRST AMERICAN LAGER BEER.
Lauer. lager beer brewer OF the earlier half
Of the nineteenth century, ascrbed the honor OF
having first brewed il here Wagner who.
on coming TO America I'm 1892. set UP a lager beer
brewery in a small building in the suburbs OF
Philadelphia This not the first introduction
OF beer in this country, though; Il was consumed
on the soil OF New-England by people Of German
origin long before the landing OF the Pilgrim
vorite beverage when. on their voyage to these
coasts. they discovered Vineand; snd Gosnod
when, IN lee. he landed at the cape he named
Cape Cod. brought with him ample supply.
AMERICAS FIRST PUBLIC BREWERY.
The first authentic record OF the existence o. a.
public brewery. however dates back 1887. in
Massachusetts. and 1888 IN Rhode Island. These
were not the first brewers. though. for licensed
tavern keepers directed by the governing au-
thorities TO brew beer. Of which both the quality
and the price formed the subjects OF early legis-
lation and reguaton-besides. every thrifty house
| is 10 be remarked that the best minds OF that day
eaThes'y endeayoIed TO check the taste for ardent
| sIhIIS by encouraging brewing and mailing. Thus
| In 1889. law was enacted which restored tav-
had. not long before. been taken away from them
ana given as MONOPOLY 10 one Captain sedgwiclt-
should be appointed on the Recommendation Of the
| BREWERS IMPORTANCE THEN RECOG-
MED.
| The brewer was an exalted parsonage in those
l DAYS. for only voters and church members. men
\ distinguished by their godliness and exemplary
ueportnent. could obtain the right TO brew and
dispense beer Indeed. the trade was practised by
the best people as late the time Of the adoption
OF the Constitution. General Israel Putnam being
a SHINING example Not only in New-England.
nsSTerefr was the brsMeI's trade practsed by
% 1lgh position. William Beeknan, bGrgornaster
poTtant Offices under English dominion at Inter
i I- Sii!hg l9rtg Peter W Couwenhoven. schepen
Ear Bayard. alderman and Mayor between 1853 and
TO 1882 "a daughter Alice. Of the family Married
teonard lAsPenard, whose son owned extensive
S S local historian in the families of Stewart.
ts Schepen in 1885, Jacob Kip, schepen IN 1853 %
ana 1913, whose ancestors, the DE Kypes belonged
cortland burgom 2g Gs ana 32 TsG
57 and l6l, a descendant Of the dukes OF Courand
Rensselaerwyck nov Albany ana many others Of
Were The industry has even 81 nnmb a2f6
!. amongst IT'S opponents a Vice President OF the
United States. 1T may be added.
BEERS EARLY VICIssITUDEs.
But brewing ceased TO exist as an Industry be-
fore the Hew-England colonies reached Statehood
Many things initiated against its prosperity such
as III advised legislation. prescribing the quality
and fixing the price OF malt liquors. without re-
sard TO the increased OF materials or produc-
ton: later the requirements Of commercial barter
with the West Indies and sti later the competl-
ton with other American colonies for their trade
which brought about protective measures for home
c1stefieS OF such cnaraeer ana extent 10
consequent decay OF brewing. So In a century and
half with a constantly Increasing demand for
inebriety increased and spread with such rapidly
legislation the act Of ina 10 S1 e
e trn15 the mannfacture and consumption
ana e e sei1 real for ana Proportion Of brewers
qualities OF malt liquors greatly recommend Them
10 general use as preserving the health OF tie
ing The pernicious effects of spirituous liquors
SO great statesman as Alexander Hamilton en-
the anufacture s Of 6f's See9 s and
congress Indeed the statesmen Of his time we're re-
unit IN me belief expressed by Gallatin that
e me noralizng tendency and salubrious nature
OF fermented liquors recommend them TO serious
conSlderation.' Bentamin Rush went a step
f Iiner Tor ne aimed 10 popularize beer through
ne total exclusion OF ardent spirits But ali these
EFFORTS failed to make any headway against tha
practice or rural ds;illation IN the grain producing
ntates ana In those in which the trade with the
barter; and the industry sunk into desuetude 70
al intents and purposes Later. in the days OF the
" hlskey revolution" revolt against an eYcIsa
law which Disseminated in favor. Of beer some
stitution. brewing recovered some Of its lost
GROUND nut the free whlskey policy, soon reintro-
d9eed speedily relocated beer TO the background.
Ihen, forty years after Hamilton, when the tenn
perance movement began 10 make itself felt On
New England. beer-with which statesmen had
sousht 10 counteraet the whiskey habit-had 10
9hllmlted operations were due the misery and
degradation that formed the basis for the de-
nlanus or rerormers; prohibtOry rules In Maine
New Hampshire. MaSsa chusetts nd I'm ntla-
ure. could not prevent the use OF ardent snIrits
which could be easily slipped in and freely sold
Mills Ias mart LIQUORS could not be brought in
surreptltiously without great expense and immi-
nent risk OF detection ~ ''-
During the Civil War q very strong current 90
puDnc opinion created by official reports as TO the
by the sanitary inspections OF the Union canns
checked the indiscrimnate crusade against fbesa
beverages. and Massachusetts took the lead in This
counter reformation. Several wears after ,ba
movement eliminated I'm the world famed renor. %
the State Board OF Health OF MASSACHUSETTS, which
was formulated by DIR. Henry l. Bowdtch In his
Light or cosmic Laws" and the salient points or
which with relation 10 beer. may be epitomized
thus
THE MoMENTOCS MASSACHUSETTS REPORT
''StimUants used everywhere: the love NJ
them is one OF the strongest of human instincts
and cannot be annihilated: climatic law governs
II; and. owing 10 this intemperance is very rar.