The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-11-27
BREWERS
START To
CLEAN Up
Indiana Liquor Men Will
Get After the Saloonkeep-
er Who Violates the Law
or Even Countenances
Such Violation.
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov 26-The
brewers Of Indiana appear actually to
have started in on the work of clean
ing up the saloon business in this state
They have declared for months that
such was their purpose but nothing
was done to carry out the intention IN
til now. But an important step has
been taken. and it is one which bodies
Ill for the saloonkeeper that violates
the law and for the brewer that up
holds or even countenances such vio-
lation.
The Association of Indiana Brewers
has organized the Indiana Brewers
Vigilance Bureau the purpose of which /
| is to police the saloon business in In
diana and see to it that saloonkeepers
run their business as the law says it |
shall or may be run. L. E. Howe of
Columbus, Ohio man who has had
several years experience in just this
kind of work, has been employed to |
| take charge of the vigilance bureau, |
and he will devote his entire time to
| 1t.
One In Ohio.
Ohio has had such bureau for sew
eral years. After the stringent liquor
license laws in that state were passed
the brewers decided that If the law
was to be enforced and If the liquor
| business was to be cleaned up and put
| on a decent basis they would have to
| do 1t themselves. So they organized
this vigilance burea and it has been in
| existence ever since. Mr.. Howe was
one of the men connected with it. The
Indiana bureau is ready to begin active
operations on Dec. l, and from that
time on the saloonkeper that violates
the law or runs his place in a disreput-
able manner had better look out.
]. r. Johnson. the secretary OF the
Association Of Indiana Brewers, says 1t
will be the purpose of the vigilance
bureau TO regulate the saloon business,
because it is from the saloon that the
brewery gets its business The bureau
will not undertake to deal with the
blind tiger question or the problem of
the Illicit sale of liquor This, he says,
! is the business of the local authorities.
, But the vigilance bureau will hunt out
evidence against the saloonkeeper who
; violates the laws and will place this
evidence before the local authorities
for action. It will work with the local
authorities in this matter or with any
one else or any other organization that
tries to bring about the same result.
The bureau will have staff of field
men whose business 1T will be to go out
in the state and nose around for evil
? dence of law violations by saloonkeep-
1 ers. 1t will keep an eye at all times
on the saloonkeepers. There are only
twenty-five counties in the state now
in which liquor may be sold, so the
brewers association believes 1t viii not
be difficult matter for the men of the
| vigilance bureau to cover the ground
, and keep things straight.
I Makes No Difference.
Mr.. Johnson says that it will not
make any difference what kind of beer
the law violating saloonkeper sells
O The various brewers will all look alike
to the vigilance bureau. No crusade
will be made against any one set OF
saloons neither will any brewery be
able to induce the bureau to leave its
saloons alone Neither will there be
any discrimination in favor of or
against the saloons that sell beer man
6 ufactured by brewers who are not men,
= bers of the organization. An outside
:, brewer will have the same treatment
= that the association brewers will get
The following breweries are members
e of the Association of Indiana Brewers:
= M MI TON DLCW4ES tpHlpdHS u ana
e erson: Walter Raupfer Brewing com
u pany Of Columbia City; The F. w Cook
Brewing company and the Evansville
: Brewing company OF Evansville; Berg
hoff Brewing association and c. l.
Centlivre Brewing company Of Fort
Wayne; American Brewing company
e Capital City Brewing company, Home
X Brewing company and the Indianapolis
n Brewing company Of Indianapolis
I" George A Bohrer Brewing company
d and Theme & Wagner Brewing COM
y pany of Lafayette; Guenther Brothers
a of Laporte; Columbia Brewing com
g pany of Logansport: Indiana Brewing
ie association of Marion; Phi. Zorn Brew
" ing company of Mishawaka. Paul Refs
'r ing Brewing company of New Albany
y Linck Brewing company Of Richmond
} MuesseI Brewing company and SoutI
Is Bend Brewing association OF Soutf
Bend; Tell city Brewing company Of
Tell City; Hack & Sinlon of vincennes
These are the breweries that are sup.
81 porting the vigilance bureau. and these
le are the ones that are to undertake *
n clean up the saloon business in Indi
s. ana These are not the only brewerie:
l. in the state but they are so strong II
ID their organization that they will b'
II able to carry out the plan, provided tn,
10 plan is followed.
VIII nrtVe 'ena Out.
= we Will drive out of business tn
~ saloonkeper who violates the law ant
y thus create public sentiment agans
lie the business in general" said Mr.. John
Is son.
This thing cannot be done IN a min
ute" Mr. Johnson continued. but
can he done in time 1t would not b
possible for the bureau to cover ever
&c county at the same time. but it vii
le probably take two or three counties a
a time and reuovate the business a
A.spidly as possible. The bureau VII