Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-01
. TEMPERANCE LECTURE
Henry Watterson in Louisville Courier
Journal.

AASAAAy Ill ~ lin
Journal.
Writing from Munich. Bavaria. to
Louisville, Kentucky-if the compos-
ing room abridges. it to Ky" will!
massacre the staff OF proof readers
when l get home!-is much like writ
ing from Louisville. Kentucky. to Mu
Mich. Bavaria. because the essential
difference between the two, like that
between politics and parties in the
United States is OF u fluid condition
and kind: the idiosyncrasy of Ken
lucky, whisky, of Bavaria. beer.
There are other similarities. Munich
is the most beautiful city in Germany.
Louisville is the most beautiful city in
America. Vienna gets its pretty girls
from Munich. Half the pretty girls on
Broadway come from Kentucky. The
Germans Of Louisville are the best
people in the world. They seem part
and parcel Of the Germans OF Munich.
1 don't know much about whisky,
have never drunk enough of it to learn
they tell me the Kentucky brands are
the best ever n l can we'll believe 1t.
taking the Kentucky women and the
Kentucky horses as h worlds stand
ards OF eXcellence-but I am an ex-
pert on beer. and 1 do say-"without
the peradyenture of a doubt, or fear Of
successful contradiction"-that there is
no brew on Garth equal to the Ba-
varian Hofbrau: howbeit. the especial
Drew which Adolphus Busch makes for
Iony Faust, comes near to it, whilst
there is good beer to be had in MIL
waukee, in Louisville and even in Gin
cinnati. bless her poor old soul!
hope 1 shall not too greatly offend
The Kentucky distillers when I declare
hat, II l had the power. l would trans
ate every distillery into q brewery.
The cure for drunkenness. if there be
any cure. is, light wines n lager.
h ca~se-hardened prohibitionist who
:onfesses himself unable to distinguish
oetween a glass of grog Inc a stein
Of beer-nay, who still further dis
.redits his judgment by admitting that
&c is unable to realize the amazing
contraries betwixt a bottle of whisky
and a hole in the grounds as much
opposed to n as to the other. He
make no discrimination. All drinks
ook alike to him. each hell-bent and
;ot-breeding, the most innocent tipple
along with the strongest spirits. The
experience of continental Europe is
proof of my contention. Here in Ba-
7aria the beer consumption is univer-
sal and enormous. and there is no
Drunkenness of the sort SO common
With US. j am indebted to Consul Gen.
:ral Thomas Willing Peters for a val
liable collation. of facts bearing upon
she drink question from this point of
. Atiew.
- Tho Laws,
The laws governing the sale Of beer,
vines r liquors in Munich are in the
nature of the people and the case TX
.remely liberal. According to the CEN
sus of 1905. there were in Munich $685.
SO inhabitants, all, or at least a very
high percentage, requiring liquid nOur-
shment. principally in the form of
beer. To meet this need the authori-
les granted permission to 1.4s0 sa-
pons, IN which beer may be sold: 12O
vine restaurants, 81 cafes M eight
.ea houses. making an average of one
establishment for the sale OF such re-
'reshments to about 319 persons. ex-
elusive Of the floating population. Con-
rink n Of universal consumption,
mis- is not a high percentage.
Any respectable person making APP
olication to the proper authorities and
occurring permission can open a saloon
or the sale of beer; but a bar where
8 subject to the restriction that 1t
u be 400 meters distant from any
other bar Of the same description, nor
VIII permission be granted by the au-
horities unless they are satisfied that
he public require such additional sa-
oons for it's convenience. Besides the
regular income tax. a license tax has
% be paid according to the rent which
,he saloon keeper has to pay. The
proprietor must keep al accurate ac-
:ount and return a certain percentage
IN the profits of his business. The
aours for opening the beer saloons and
vine houses are ordinarily from S a..
n, closing at IL p. M, including Sun
lays and holidays. the tea rooms and
coffee rooms closing at z o'clock D. m.
The question of prohibition is un-
1nown. The moral zealot would be ON
sidered a crank. Beer is not only drink,
aut food for a large proportion of the
population. The manufacturer Of beer
g under h strict supervision Of Nhe
, aw. which is rigidly enforced, and
nothing but malt and hops can be used.
The consumption of concentrated al
soholic drinks in proportion to that OF
oeer Is exceedingly small. Beer and
lght wines constitute the national bev-
srage equally for the wealthy and the
pwly, the rich and the poor The
many beautiful gardens where drinks
are dispensed. having comfortable ia
oles and chairs and good attendants
ire crowded during pleasant weather
with the most respectable classes Of
Iociety. ranging from the highest in
.ank to the peasantry. all joining to-
sether in a republic Of pleasure. drink
ing in moderation while enjoying the
oest Of music. This ia furnished as u
military bands. It is the sam during
The winter months with the indoor
places.
Upon many Journeys through Ger
many l ave never seen n single case
IF drunkenness in any OF these halls
Or gardens. Treating. with its con-
.omitant evils. is practically unknown.
Each man pays for what he requires.
"The Place Of a Bad Smell"
From the Chicago RecOrd.Herald.