New-York tribune., 1918-11-04
Menace of the Reptile
Beer Fund
How the Brewes Worked and
Couered Their 7uil-"IOO@6
Mine" Said Brisbane
ARTICLE VIII

.r. is my aim to neW sec that an
.s-Germans-ar induced to buy
,ondsr By "antiS" anti-prohibition-
lists are meant.)
Thus wrote Holmgreen. an agent in
r.Xss of the brewing interest-the
.su,e interest members of which put
~ ss75.o0O to enable Hearst's man
Brisbane to buy "The Washington
Notwithstanding to evidence in the
famous Texas brewing case.
In the Pittsburgh case the brewers
,,sa Of nolle contendere prevented the
ruhIicstion of the evidence against
,ssm. but in Texas they started to
e-bt the case, and the result was that
nro Volumes Of testimony, showing in
detail many Of their methods in that
state. were introduced before they
,hrsw I'D the sponge. These two vol
umes give the most complete picture
60 far presented of the activities OF
the brewing interest in American
oolitics and American life.
Suit was brought against seven
bYeweries, all members of the United
States Brewers Association, according
to the 1912 Year Book, the last to pub
lish an official list of the members, and,
moreover, these seven we're the only
members the United States Brew
srs' Association had in Texas. The
United States Brewers Association
was not involved III the case. but is
frequently mentioned in the testimony
and is shown to have kept watch OF
The Texas "work.
The secret use of the newspapers by
.ne brewers stands out of this testi-
mony though there was no such sum
as s375,000 involved. Heavy advertis-
ing was placed in the newspapers,
with a quid pro quo in the shape Of
favorable editorials. Paget, campaign
manager for the brewers, writes
"l have every labor journal in the
state, as we'll as one or two daily pa-
9ers. carrying in each issue advertise
ment and other article as written or
inspired by this Office" "About twelve
newspapers we're contracted with to
larry standing advertisements and
editorials Every colored
paper in Texas is carrying our adver-
tisement and is working in the inter
est Of poll tax payment" (The pay
mant of poll taxes, without which
man could not vote was one of the
chief aims Of the whole brewers cam
paign.)
Another agent, Eppstein. writes:
You can handle the press as you see
II. It might not be best to use the
columns of the papers With our paid
matter, but to so handle that depart
ment of the work from Austin that all
matters will simply go in as news mat
ters. The correspondents of
the papers with whom we have con-
tracts would, no doubt, if properly
handled, give US all the space we
want"
there Is one case of the purchase of
stock IN paper. Bertrand Adaue,
president of the Texas Brewers AS
ISOLATION, writes: when The Fort
Worth Record started I subscribed ST.
09o worth Of stock, which | divided
"@ong my friends as an investment."
Another secret card that was heavily
played was the attempt 10 'infiuence"
eoucation. j. B. Rayner, an agent, who
speaks Of the negroes as my people,"
says; 81 have placed the iron hand OF
.Aachlavellian diplomacy upon the re-
Aglous, educational and business gath
erlngs of my people. am now
oolng all | can to make the colored
pastors of your city your political
friends"
Arthur Koenig, in q letter from
'aSadena, Cal. says: "Mr. Busch
shes nc to thank you for your kind
communication. The Catholic
clergy should be approached.