The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-26
|t0YAtfY| ISSUE IS IS:
RAISED By LIQUOR
Pro- German Brewers and Their Pro.
paganda Have Brought Them
selves into Acute Disfayor.
WASHINGTON TIMES CASE
Editor brisbane Always Unfair in
Discussions Of Subject. Declares
General Counsel of Anti Saloon
League.

THE liquor question has gradually
been resolving itself into patriotic
and loyalty issue" said Wayne Il.
Wheeler. general counsel for the Anti
Saloon League OF America, at the
Eroa1-Stre theater. Newark, n. j..
Sunday afternoon, September % The
pro-German brewers and their harm
full industry are now recognized as
the kaisers best ally IN America. The
pending newspaper, brewery. pro-
German scandal in Washington is not
surprising. MIR. Wheeler continued.
He added.
Before the Washington Times
changed hands, we had information
that brewers were negotiating TO get
control of Il paper in WASHINGTON to
fight national prohibition The pro-
brewery papers always have proclaim
ed their indie pendence OF any outside
influence and resented bitterly any in
situations that the brewers directly
or indirectly Influenced their editorial
news columns. The Washington
Times incident is typical.
Here is what MIR, Brisbane said in
his anniversary mum Der; This news
paper was purchased 10 tell the news
editorial columns the thoughts and
feelings OF good citizens, to entertain
and inform in the evening the work
iug people, r1ch and poor
~.rhe owner OF mis- paper may truly
say IN n very small way to hts readers,
what Michael Angelo said to the pope
for whom he built st. Peters: / have
made nothing from the building un-
less it be by adding to my reputation
and my sours saNation.
Nh. Feigenspan, president Of the
United States Brewers association and
leading brewer of Newark said in the
statement to Mr.. Brisbane. in a futile
effort to try and help him out OF
his present unenviahle predicament:
Il write this note 10 define bust
ne Ks Arrangement existing between us,
=, and number of my friends, all OF
whom l am authorized to represent,
have for years feft very strongly that
the public welfare end our own in
dustry--because of Your weil-known
! convictions would be benefited by
Your personal ownership of news
paper"
c. a Miller. manager Miller Brew
ling com any Milwaukee. said
I'VE individually contributed TO Mr..
| f}rihane to work for us Ia fight pro
hIhition. MIR. Rribape offered to work
With us in favor of light wines and
! beer We looked upon him as our
agent in this macter. The oontrihu-
tions were not made from the COM
pany, but from individuals, There
was no effort on our part TO keep
the transaction secret. or to conceal
the purpose of the Times to fight pro-
hbition, That was MIR Brisbane's
business
The Washington Times. under Bris-
bane's management. has always re-
fused to print the news about the liq-
uor question. In december, 1917. |
wrote Mr. Brisbane y letter charging
that his paper was nothing but a
liquor organ. The following Is quoted
from that letter;
4 cannot understand your posi-
ton as a newspaper man in refusing
In print the news or the facts ON a
great public question, except upon
one side OF the issue, When | asked
you to be fair enoueh to state even
occasionally some of the truth on the
other side OF the question you took
a few sentences from the communi-
cation and used a large part of page
editorial to answer them. You them
+ told me in a letter which YOU sent
me. that if | had any further COM
munications or statements which we
desired to have published in the
Times, TO buy advertising space and
j publish them.
believing that YOU would mako
good on your statement, we called
your advert Using Department and ar
/ ranged for a page u space at your
! regular advertising rates, to print tho
letters of the presidents Of federation
/ OF labor which directly controverted
the statements you were making in
your editorial columns.
Your advertising agent came to the
Office accepted the advertise ment and
then notified us at a later date that
the management would not allow II
to be used It was with much diff
/ Guilty that we were able TO get back
the copy which We had submitted to
YOU
The American people love fair
fighters and, are becoming increasing
" disgusted with that small part of
the press which does the bidding OF
the brewers and which should be
properly labc led liquor organs II
your cause is just you will not be
a fraid to print the truth and the news
TENS on both sides aud let the people
be tho Jury and determine the merits
+ Of the case 4"
There is Il connection between beer
and Germanism which cannot be
ignored The Year book OF the United
states Brewers association in 1918
called attention to The fact that Or.
Vindlsch came TO the Fifty-second
Annual convention of the United
States Brewers Association OF Gostas1.
as =. special representa- VIC of Germany
and of Emperor Wilhelm TO study our
conditions.
NORTH CNROIINN FIRM
OUT FOR PERIOD OF WAR