The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-16
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massachree the staff of proof read
ers when / get home!is much like
writing from Louisville, Kentucky,
to Munich, Bavaria, because the es
sential difference between the two,
like that between politics and par
ties in the United States, is of
fluid condition and kind; the id.osyn-
Grassy Of Kentucky, whisky, of Ba-
yaria, beer.
There are other similarities. MI.
mich 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 seer part and par.
eel of the Germans of Munich.
I don't know much about whisky,
have never drunk enough of it to
learn-they tell me the Kentucky
brands are the best ever and / can
well believe it, taking the Kentucky
women and the Kentucky horses as
the world s standards OF excellence
but | am an expert on beer, and
90 say without the peradventure
Of a doubt, or fear of successful con
tradietion that there is no brew
on earth equal to the Bavarian Hof
brau; howbeit, the especial brew
which Adolphus Busch makes for
/ Tony Faust, comes near to it, whilst
there is good beer TO be had in Mil.
wa,lkee, III Louisville and even in
Cincinnati, bless her poor cid soul!
| hope I shall not too greatly of
fend the Kentucky distillers, when
declare that, if ! had the power,
would translate every distillery
into 4 brewery. The cure for drunk
enness, if there be any cure, is light
wines ana lager The case hardened
mohilitionist who ccnfesses himself
enable 10 distinguish between glass
OF gFog and stein of beer-nay,
who still further diseredits his judg
mcnt by admitting that he is I'm.
abe 10 realize the amazing con.
traries betpixt i bottle of WHISKY
and hole in the grounds as much
opposed to the one as to the other.
lie makes no discrimination. All
drinks look alike to him, each hell
bent ard sot Breeding, the most in.
nocent tin de along with the strong
est spirits The experience Of con
tinental Europe is proof OF my con
tention Here in Bavaria the Ueer
consumption 10 universal and enor-
nous, and there is no drunkenness Of
n the sort SO common with US. | am
indebted to Cons1l General Thomas
Willing Peters for valuable cola
tion of facts bearing upon the drink
question from this point Of view.
The laws governing the sale OF
b u, wines ana liquors in Munich
afc in the natare OF the peoile aud
ille Ease extremely liberal. Accord
ing 10 the census Of 1905, there were
in Mnnieh 0Ss,a2s inhabitants, all,
or at least a very high percentage
requiring liquid nourishment, lrinci
paily III the form Of beer. To meet
this need the authorities granted
permission to 1850 saloons, in which
beer may Ie- solc; TO wine rcstau
RATS, ciqhtyonc cafes and eight ten
houses, making an average of one
establishment Tor tha sale Of such
refreshments to about $40 persons,
exclusive of the floating population
Considering taat beer is both food
and drink and CT universal consump-
ton, this is not q high percentage.
Any respectable person making ap-
plication to the proper authorities
.and securing permission can open a
saloon for the sale of beer; but
bar where other liquors as well as
beer are sold is subject to the re-
stricticn that it must be 400 meters
distant from any other bar Of the
,same description, nor will permission
be granted by the authorities unless
they are satisfied that the public re-
squire such additional saloons for Its
consequence. Besides the regular In
comic tax, license tax has to be
paid according to the rent which tho
saloon keeper has to pay. The pro-
prietor must keep an accurate ac-
count and return certain percent
ago on the profits Of his business.
The hours for opening the beer sd
looms and wine houses are ordinarily
from 8 n. m, closing at II P. M, in
Guiding Sundays and holidays, the
tea rooms and coffee rooms closing
Mt 7 clock P. m.
The question of prohibition is un-
known. The moral zealot would be
considered crank. Beer is not only
drink, but food, for large proper
tion Of the population. The manu-.
facture Of beer IS under the strict
supervision Of the law, which is rig
IDLY cnforced, and nothing but malt
and hops can be used.
Thn amman vt;nr ~ cnpaantrata5