Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-11-14
SWEDES AND DANES
WILL COME HERE,
SAYS Mr.. SCHMIDT
Northern European Bound to the
North Pacific Coast-South-
ern to California.
CANADA ATTRACTS GERMAN.
Prominent Brewer Tells Cause of
Wave of Prohibition-Urges
Mild Beverages.

The Northern European for the
Northern Pacific Coast, the Southern
European for the Southern Pacific
Coast, each following his countrymen
now here-that is the alignment of i'm
migration Leopold F. Schmidt, Sr.,
president of the Olympia Brewing com
pany, expects to see in the tide of
cific Coast after the opening of the
Panama canal.
Mr.. Schmidt has just returned from
IA months tour to various American
and European points, most of which
time he spent in Germany. His visit
there enabled him to get in touch with
the immigration question, as it also
gave him an opportunity to study the
liquor business as it is handled in the
old country. His study there strength
ened his own conviction, expressed fire.
Guently in the past, that the solution
of that problem lies in the moderation
universally practiced in Europe and
the drinking of mild fermented bever-
ages.
The Scandinavians, Norwegians and
Danes will come to the Pacific North.
west. In Mr.. Schmidt's opinion. They
will do 1t mainly because many Of
their countrymen are now living in
this section of the Pacific Coast, drawn
here originally by the fishing and lum-
bering industries in which they had
been engaged at home, also by the
fact that the topography of this section,
mountainous in character, Is similar
to that Of the old country homes. And
as the Northern European will thus
follow his countrymen, so the Italian
and Swiss will go to California, in
Mr.. Schmidt's opinion, principally be-
cause many of their countrymen have
preceded them there.
But Mr.. Schmidt drops a fly in the
ointment when he says that the Ger
mans plan to go mainly into Canada.
because of the aggressive and extern
sive advertising conducted by the Can
adian Pacific railway, which has ap-
peared in practically every German
paper. Mr.. Schmidt does not expect
all the German immigrants to locate
in Canada, but says they will scatter
over the whole Pacific Coast, though
n, oh hi
Ing British possession.
Mr.. Schmidt did not gather any fig
ures on the number Of immigrants
planning to come to this country after
the opening Of the Panama canal,
though he confirms the reports that
the number will run high into the
thousands. Realizing the Importance
the temperance question is gaining in
the United States he gave most of his
time to the study of the European way
of handling 1t.
However 1t came about, Americans
in the last century got to be heavy
drinkers of strong. distilled liquors" "
he said the other night, 'poisons which
should be used only as medicines or
stimulants on the advice of the doctor
and dangerous to be used as beverages.
The effect, of course, was very bad,
most thoughtful men was the direct
Cause Of the prohibition wave which
has now risen so high in this country.
a wave that Is Enthusiastically Amer
lean in its demand for radical action.
Il have lived and toiled good many
years. have mingled with many men
and have been constant student. The
only regret | have is that was unable
to make my colleagues, the brewers of
the country, see what l preached
years ago, that we ought to educate the
public to the proper use Of mild bev-
erages as the true temperance way,
and show them that among such bev-
erages pure beer Is not quite equalled
by anything else. They used to call
me the 'Prohi.' then" he concluded,
but | guess now they believe | was
right"
Mr.. Schmidt's recent trip to Europe
was his third as passenger Before
he wandered out to Butte and estab-
ilshed himself in the brewing business,
Mr.. Schmidt was sailor before the
mast. He does not know how many