New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
BREWERS OF STATE MEET
Hear of Increase of Five Gallons
Per Capita in Ten Years.
"WANT SUNDAY OPENING"
President Predicts Early Col
lapse of Prohibition-Says AS
sociation Is Against the Dive.

One hundred and fifty men gathered at
the Brewers Board of Trade Building, NO.
100 East 18th street. yesterday afternoon
as representatives of the 100000 barrels
OF beer produced in this state every year
This produc; Of the members of the New
York state Brewers Association is one
fifth of the output of the entire country.
Nine million Of these barrels are filled and
drained in this city alone. and that over
looks the hcer imported from other states
and from abroad for the moistening OF
New York palates.
The convention yesterday afternoon
spent most Of it's time administering
black eye TO prohibition. The meeting was
held behind closed doors, to that the fuli
lis; of prohibitions injuries will never be
known. But enough was made public TO
make one conjecture that il any prohioi-
Zionist wa present AT the meeting, which
was extremely unlikely. he must have
squirmed bit. In his opening speech r.
J. Schaefer. president of the association,
said
We must meet the activities Of the pro-
hibitiOn crusaders and the anti-Saloon
league agitatOrs. They are ever with us
and loaded with danger and mischief We
are In accord with the notion that the dive
and disOrderly place must be eNtermlnated
But the blame for all evil must not be laid
at the door Of IN" saloon. We have vice
and crime where liquor is not sold. or
where IL is sold without a license. The So
cial evil. the disorderlY conduct the de-
hauchins of men and women ana chilurch
go on tor the greater part I'm the resorts
which are not certified
This deplorable condition is found in
communities whore there is no license
such as Georgia. Iowa, Maine and Kansas
succeed preventing
Of beer they substitute an Unsuitable desire
for hard liquors and an appalling mania
for drugs.
However. the brewers lot is not such
bad one after all In ten wears there mas
been an increase of almost I'VE gallons PEI
capita in tho consumption Of beer. and the
current year shows an increase OF nearly
100000 barrels over the output OF ten
wears ago. People are beginning 70 leave
the control of personal tastes and hanlts
Of 4 man TO the will rather than TO the
caprice Of even the majority or the strong
arm of the law There Is tendency TO
resent branding as crime what may az
most be a mere vice 10 some.
Mr. Schaefer then predicted the carly
collapse OF prohibition. 10 he followed by
lawful Sunday opening. insuring. Of
course. an observance Of Sunday by an ac-
tusl closing during part of the day
William II Hirsh, counsel for the asso-
citation. followed Mr. Schaefer with few
more arguments against prohibition. He
had them listed. points one to ten. One
Of them showed that the annual per capita
consumption Of beer I'm this country had
increased so per cent since the inception
Of the prohibition movement in 1850. An
other showed that the brewers product
cheered. stimulated and was not calculated
10 breed eXcesses.
In the ensuing election of officers the
following were chosen: President Ru-
doph j. Schaefer; ice-presidents, Jacob
RUPERT jr.. John Bradley and l.. Burg
weger: treasurer. John G. Heintz; secre-
tary. Charles j. Warner: counsel, Fred
erick F.. Grant, and solicitor, William ii.
Hrsh.
Police Commissioner Waldo and Commits
sioner Farley. of the State Excise Com
mission, were present at the convention.