Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-10
HEADS OF BIG HOUSES MEET IN
NEW YORK TO ADOPT PLAN or
CAMPAIGN IN HARMONY WITH
TEMPERANCE PEOPLE
|PLEDGEFUND TO
FIGHT DRY MOVEMENT
WAR TO FINISH ON PROHIBITION.
lists SAID TO HAVE BEEN De.
cLARED AT A SECRET SESSION
OF LEADERS s

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec, 9.--Leadlng
brewers of the United States at a
meeting in New York decided to join
hands with the conservative reform
ers to abolish the low saloon and all
similar dives. The view is taken that
no branch Of the liquor business which
is violating the law is to be tolerated.
1t Is also stated that secret meet
ing of brewers was held, at which q
fund of $5,000,000 was pledged to
wage war against the temperance
movement. This fund Is to be raised
by adding from to 10 cents to the
price of each keg of beer sold to "a
loon-keepers.
Busch States Sentiment.
Adolphus Busch, head Of the An
heuser-Busch brewery in ST. Louis.
the largest in the world, epitomised
the thought of the conference whom he
said:
Il have long known that this busi-
ness should be regulated and I
anxiously have waited for the time to
arrive when the public would be ready
1 | TO assist in the duty tof 4 regulation
From now on am stripped for action
in new fight. Heretofore at has
been a matter of business of dollars
and cents of fierce competition. From
now on will strive to the utmost of
my resources to eliminate the evils
that have grown like weeds around
1.-the business.
II cannot view with Indifference the
opinions of my countrymen concerning
an institution which Is the pride of
my life. Hereafter, IL the eagle, which
4 is the sign and mark Of our house.
shall be found in resort which is not
orderly and law abiding 1t must como
down, and / will join in any process
FLOR the elimination of such resort"
/ Others in Sympathy.
The utterances of Mr. Busch may be
stated as fairly representive also OF
the sentiment and purposes Of the
Schlitz, Pabst, and other interests
represented in the conference
/ No secret is made by these interests
that the wave of prohibition which, In
local option or other forms, has swept
over the south and is making deep In
roads In the north, inspired their
movement. They aver that 1t will do
mo permanent harm to them, but that
on the contrary 1t will give. them an
opportunity they have long sought,
that Of taking their product away from
ldivekeepers and habitual drunkards-
Former Chicagoan on Record.
ut is idle to talk Of absolute pro.
lhibition," said William H. dig Of Chi.
cago, former manager Of the Anheu.
ser Busch brewery. "The American
people," he continued, will
not stand for such Limitation of per.
sonal liberty. Regulation which viii
regulate is the sensible, the season
able solution of the problem, which
mas become national in It's scope. I
would go to the length OF favortng Z
national regulation, which would
make uniform the license laws
througout the country.
THE brewery of American have
nothing to conceal. They are manu-
featuring product tnat is at least as
good as that which is produced in the
best breweries Of Germany. 1t will
surprise many. but 1t is nevertheless
fact, that American beer Is now
largely exported into Germany as well
as into other European countries.
with purity OF manufacture and
healthfulness, when taken in moderA-
ton, Is arguments for American beer,
the ground for the campaign Of educa-
ton Is laid. Wise, reasonable regula-
tion of the business will accomplish
every good and eliminate every evil