Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-13

/ Dor the legend OF Coors Golden Brew
that met the eye from tho Wyoming
line OF tho New Mexico border. The
brewery throre and grew into a heavy
| investment. Then came prohibition.
Turned to Porcelain and MIX.
The sons Of Mr.. coors had expected
| TO succeed their father. One Of them
had studied chemistry for years in
Germany with an idea of probing into
the ultimate constitution OF beer and
| improving II. n possible. Tho dry law
| seemed TO make the chemical training
| about AS valuable az the closed down
| brewery. But about that >timc young
Coors ran across somc local clay that
was being used to make cheap brick.
His chemical training told him that II
was a high-grade stun, and he con-
vertcd Il department OF the brewery
into u factory for fine porcelain. 1t is
said that he has produced porcelain
which was never before equaled out
| side of Germany and Austria. Mean
| while. another brother. pondering over
what to do with the white elephant
of a brewery in state az dry az the
Great Sahara. apparently decided that
if people couldn't drink one thing. they
would have to drink another. so he
turned the rest or the brewery into
matted milk factory. and is producing
matted milk at great rate. That
family refused to be discouraged. 1t
Is q safe bet that IL Colorado legis-
talou against the manufacture OF por-
celnin and matted milk. they would
turn up next week manufacturing
something else.
II would be possible to prolong the
list Of novel uses for old brcweries al
most Indefinitely. They arc,inakinE ice
cream. yeast, dry cells, butter. soap.
chemicals. moving-picture film. paint,
varnish--evcrythinE from artificial ice
to bottled loganbcrry juice.
a similar problem to that presented
by the brewery on the advent Of pro-
hibitton is what to do with the saloon.
sorts of things. In Seattle what wa.
formerly the most popular saloon has
bccome a tea room for the ladies. and
its patrons arc said to be more nume-
rous than ever. 4 saloon in Colorado
announces that the public is invited to
buy shoes where ii used to buy booze.
Often Become Markets.
Saloons arc very often turned into
meat markets and grocery stores. on
account of the cold storage and icebox
facilities with which they are equipped.
The old saloon buildings can. of course,
be converted for almost any purpose.
with much less labor and expense than
a brewery or a distillery
An interesting case is that OF sa-
loon in Spokane. which has become a
prosperous savings bank. The owner
or The old saloon had been accustomed
for many years to cash pay checks for
iumbcrmen and other wcrkingmcn AZ
ter they had been paid off. Sometimes
they left their money on deposit with
him, and he paid them interest But
especially. he cashcd numerous checks
daily, and. after tho custom Of such
accomm odation. nc included in the cash
"A single Decent beer or whisky check
TO he spent in the house. When pro-
hibittcn came. this man decided TO he
come y banker. The lumbcrmcn still
brought him their checks TO cash, and
he stiil gave them the coin. holding
out 10 cents 10 he applied in trade"
only now that 10 cents was to bc
regarded AZ savings deposit. and he
gave each man handbook with "A
lo-ccnt credit entered in INK The
scheme worked. Tho men were pleased
with the idea of having hank nc
count. ana they began to leave larger
sums on daToSit when they cashcd their
checks They had not been using
banks before. but when the saloon be-
came a bank they did use il. and the
proprietor Is saia TO b, doing pros
porous banking business.
Saloons in Michigan have also been
turned into savings banks, and fl Is
planned to convert many of them into
Temperance bars" when the new law
taken effect, selling drinks that como
within it's provisions.
There is, of course comnietc dis
agreement between prohibitiontsts ana
ants as TO whether or not prohibition
infiicts severe financial loss But there
is no doubt whatever that when II does
come. the old plants OF the liauor In.
dustry are turned to some novel uses