The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Beer, Taxes, Jobs, Votes
Closely Connected

Closely Connected
Immediate repeal of the Volstead act and the immediate
egazaton of beer plank the platform that it will
adopt at Chicago.
Legalized beer would give the Government revenue OF
at least the first was authorized and oou
BILE that amount the second year.
Il would lead to the expenditure of 20O0O00o in the first
year on payrols, supplies and new equipment
Il would give work to half million in the breweres
the transportation in allied and accessory industries
It would also make votes for the party tna aoVocaeo ~
Politicians may be interested in raising revenue IN
aiding in putting men to work. But pohc"nS
are interested in getting votes.
Legalized beer should appeal 10 tnem 1or tn' lor W
other ,v
What legal manufacture of beer would mean in dollars
and cents to the country shown by the following plans OF
leading brewers for development of their plants when the
Volstead act is repealed.
Jacob Rupert New York
"I uOl Immediately hire 6OO,to 1000 for per-
work and spend 5000 900 for n'prCOen'ent'
in my breUerieS at 9Oth st. and Third AOe.'
Henry G. Piel Brooklyn:
"We uOOuId haUe to spend nearly $1,OOO,OOO for
immediate UOants the return of legalized beer.
We haDe orders file With leading T10nufGcturerS
for extra bottling equipment and Ue figure We'H
need $2OO,OOO of new motor trucks alone, not to
mention a half million dollar expenditure
construction work."
George Trommer, Brooklyn:
"We haUe spent nearly S7OO,OOO in the last four
we wiu expend from 100000 to s5OOOOO additional
When beer comes back"
Rudolph schafer Brooklyn
"We haUe filed plans for erecting $l,OOOOOO
North of buildings and machinery"
SchlitZ Brewing Company, Milwaukee,:
"Our increased expenditures for supplies and labor
are estimated at $3OOO,OOO and usually all for
products of American manufacture and agriculture.
z We believe that the psychological effect of the
leguzation of beer the American public together
IOith the influence transportation and many manu-
featuring industries, LVOuld long to relieUe
the present economic conditions"
August A. Busch, St. Louis:
F "Anheuser-Busch is equipped for marketing beer
tuUO hours notice. HouOeUer, If beer should be
legnized under fair taxes and sales restrictions
that could produce one-third to one-hdF Of
preprohbition output of 100000 barrels, Uould
require additional material and equt pment costing
: $7,OOOOOO more, folloWs:
: "One million bushels of barley 100000;
million pounds of hops, $25OOOO; tuOO million pounds
r of additional breLUing material, $2OO,OOO; packing
cases. $25O,OOO; bottles, 100000: trucks and other
= tisine, 100000; additional plant equipment,
r S1,OOO,OOO.
"We uOould require $500 additional employees in
ST. Louis factories, and wholesale distributors
IUOuld require almost many more"
These the statements from only six breweres of the
164 operating legally in the United States Before pro-
hhon there 1,100 legal breweres in the country.
General Grant remarked that matter how big
fool the Republican party made of itself the Democratic party
could be counted to make bigger fool Of itself.
The Republican convention completely lodged the question
Of legalized beer
This gives the Democrats assembling in Chicago their
chance to prove that General Grant wrong
We shall soon know whether they can prove it.