The San Francisco call., 1909-04-06

O. tne splendid growth which forms
It's base and upon the wholesome meth
oos Eztc1 bring Il 70 perfection
WORLD FAMOUS BREwS
TIE Justice OF the claim OF the local
brewers tor superiority for their prod
uct does net rest alone On the trade de-
mzzd for IL Globe rrorters from al
parts of The world. having tasted L. have
pronounced Il % be the equal q any
snd many have declared Il % bs supe-
ricr % any Orders have been received
ard are continually received for ship
Den-s - points remote fran san Fran
cisco where former san Era1c1scs1s
reside. or 70 which fame hss brutred
ire beverage Commercial travellers,
members OF opera coUpsnies ard thset-
r-csI combinations. each and al widely
rrzveis5- and coEutzzut WIKI the lux
urtes and GeLtcaclss % be had II great
CAPITALS. have declared tleir preference
for TIE Sa- Francisco produced beer
There IS e reason f1r this. which IS not
dtEcult 70 ind and that Is that the
brewers q san Francisco know the
hUsicess from The fco- up To this
kzoTIe5gs they have added determine
-o1 1or 20 only hoId the ground which
EEev already occupy. but 70 extend 1he
field q their operations as Ezr as Z can
prc1rz5Lv be EXTENDED n rhis coustd-
e1E-o1 the fortunate geographical 20
= y
Ae-er cEelEErs are cheap and Al ocean
5000 miles wide rolls AZ rhe very doors
n the city Every route CT travel
Brings into san Francisco co1EOlEseurs
wLo become advertisers fer tkzt which
rlis city beasts n CLe izrge uu6eVel-
1pe1 areas Il Cafeteria where there
a-e scores q square miles as yet IN
rilled rhst are capable of producing the
basic materials for the manufacture OF
r
Wr--1 VII become very popuIous II the
-ex- decade lie possibilities rhat the
szEz-ious brewers have 6Iscerued
TIE local Market viii become very
U--l greater. and The supply q home
E-1w1 materials can Be Increased 70
-eer the much larger demand that IS
-E re near future TIE opening Of The
tsrEUiau canal VII bring al CsIlfor-
mas ss-z1Le wares cLose 20 the r1zuv
millions q people Who reside IN thu
Erear Mississippi valley. IN The EuIs
states. along The Atlantic sezb0ard and
n re great extent OF country from The
GUY o. Mexico % the great lakes
These considerations would be Sufficient
tE -lsuSslVes 70 Inspire The local brew
ers - Go their best 70 maintain the
reputation cf -hetr hrsWs- but they DO
1c- need any such stimulus. for their
psst performances and present accom-
pLtsE0elrs SHOW alike their intentions.
thsir abilities ard rhsir proficiency
BEER STATISTICS
There are g breEertes IN san Fran
cisco with an investment OF s36 G00. .0o0.
These Institutions employ s8a mea. the
lowest paid q whom receives sz4 Per
week While LLe head maIrsrers and
brew masters receive from $4,000 70
Ss-ol1 ger year The average wages are
$50 per week The aggregate payroll
~ the breEeriss Is about s1zss.5o0 2
year
The breWeries of this city use
49.00c.G11 pounds q California barley
and 611.ooe pounds of California hops
Per year Fer the barley they pay
$500 GO and for the hops they pay
s7z5e1 Thus these institutions spend
for California rproducls and for Cau-
f1rulz Izbor about s2.0oo.ee0 Per year
Other supplies, such as hose, c0opered
stock piping brass fittings. betting.
oils fuel etc- VIII amount 70 al least
100000 per year more
TIE total unisn brewers ard matt
srers employed IN the state OF Cali
F0rrfz number 1917 TIE meu en-
pLove6 Fl s-au brsweriss n the coun-
Try which hold 10 membership n this
association are not included. neither
are engineers. fremeu, carpenters.
steam frre-s. bIzcksEi1hs and other
mechanics. oe1cs help. etc 50 that the
total number q men employed IN the
brewing Industry of California IS ar
least zg6G-
TIE brewing Industry Of san Fran
cisco represents about half Of the
brewing industry OF California. 50
rhst hy doubling these statistics about
san Francisco as given above the
reader VIII have z very conservative
estimate of the capital invested men
employed, materials used. etc. q the
brewing Industry Of the state.
SECOND BARLEY STATE
report OF the United states sgrs-
cultural department relating 70 the
raising q barley shows that the state
Of California is surpassed only BY the
state q Minnesota IN raising barley.
The barley crop Of Minnesota for the
year of 1868 was 5z.580. .0G0 bushels.
whiIe the state OF California raised 25,-
s2-.e8e bushels
Only four states in the Union raise
hops 70 any extent These are Oregon.
California. New York and Washington.
and the order IN which the above are
named is also their respective standing
81 this Industry. namely Oregon drst.
California second New York third and
washington fourth
TLe erroneous statement. quite often
made that brewers use substitutes. can
easily be refuted by stating (and this
Is an absolute fact that the internal
revenue department requires of ezcn
brewer 20 keep an exzcr account Of all
materials used Internal revenue in
speCtors make regular inspections OF
brewery premises take inventory OF
the materials on hand and this must
exactly agree with their records 7 IS
perhaps needless to say that the iuater-
nal reTenue department Of the United
States government Is one OF the hest
managed and most Up % date OF any
Eovernment department
INTERNAL REVENUE FIGURES
Some idea Of the value OF the prod
ucr OF the san Francisco breWeries an
ruzIEy nay be derived from the returns
made By the United States internal
revenue department for the year 1898
Beer pays 10 the government. under
tEs frternsI revenue tax schedules s.
NJ psr barrel The payments On this ac-
Z count 10 the federal government for
the year 1893 amounted 10 $6ls.s4s, Sc
that the local prod uction last year ran
vel Up toward q record OF three
fourths Of a million barrels. which
measured the market demand and
showed that II was very large The
exact amount produced was 61s.sE3
barrels OF 81 gallons each This was
worth On the average. taking the Va