The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-09-01

declare in article of the constitution of the Asso
citation Against the Prohibition Amendment: Brew
erS, and dStillerS, and those who have made their
living from the liquor traffic are ineligible to voting
membership, that the Association may be free
from unfair. accusation Of financial interest in the
subject of it's work"
But this camouflage curtain of nice sounding
words designed to hide from the public the real DOW
ers behind the scenes was torn aSunder when Uncle
Sam came along with his Corrupt Practices Act''
and compelled an accounting
The reports of the Association in 1926 and 1928
filed with the clerk in the house of representatives
contains the following names of contributors to the
funds of the Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment:
Pennsylvania Central Brewing Company Lowers
GambrinuS Brewery, The Garden City Brewery Piel
Brothers, the Buffalo Brewing Company A A. Busch
Perot and Son. AnheuSer- Busch, Inc Fred Pabst the
Peter Doelger Company, the Superior BEVERAGE Com
pany, Julius Stroh, William Hamm Flocks Brewing
Company, John A. Trainer, L. F. jewellers Sons the
Erie Brewing Company, the Lion Brewery John F.
Trommer Jacob Rupert Gottfride Kruger Brewing
20, Inc JOS eph HenSler Brewing Co, California
State Brewers Association F. & M Schaefer Brewing
Co.. Hugh Murray (Lion Brewery George Ehret Jr
w. Fred Anheuser, Obermeyer and Lehman, r. A
Huber care of AnheSuer Busch, Inc, Patterson
Brewing and Mailing Co.. Chr. Heinrich Brewing Co.
Daeufer- Liederman Brewing Co, Adoph Busch Eb-
erhard AnheuSer, Hugh F. Fox, William Hamm Will
liam Peter Brewing Corp, Reno Brewing Co., Francis
Perot & Sons Mailing Co., Union Brewing Co. New
York Malt Roasting Co., Philip Schneider Brewing
Co.. Froedlert Grain and Mailing Co.
more vicious trust never existed than that rep
resented in the brewery combines which held full
sway in the days of license Conditions which existed
in Chicago afford a good example Of the complete
control and domination of the liquor traffic by the
brewery interests, before prohibition Following is
summary of the findings that question by the
Chicago Commission on the Liquor Problem (1916)
BrewerieS owned the fixtures in 1859 saloons or
approximately CT per cent of all the saloons in the
city, 1903 saloon fixtures, approximately 81 per
cent, were owned by the licensees while in the re-
naming per cent, 375 saloon fixtures we're
owned by operators and individuals other than any
of the above. Approximately 10 per cent 1852 Ii
censed saloons in the city, more or less under
the control Of the breWerieS insofar control was
obtained by ownership by breWeres of saloon Ii
cenSeS fixtures and leases to premises of saloons
City saloon licensees owned the government liquor
licenses in 6086 cases out of the total numb of 1904
saloons. The remaining 927, Is per cent of the
government liquor licenses we're owned by persons
designated as managers agents or operators of sa-
looms and by individuals other than any of these or
the licensees.
The Anti-Saloon League is determined that the
public shall not be permitted to forget the real forces
working today to bring back not only beer but the
saloon and the whole medestroying, crime-pro-
ducing, misunderstanding liquor traffic