The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-15
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Happy Days Are Near Again, Is
Theme Song Of City Brewers
Customers Soon Can Blow
Foam Off trimming
SChoonerS.

ing busted oil and brought out OF
attics.
Lines of unemployed are forming
at the distributing agencies of out
of-town breweries in the city.
Phones are busy questioning, How
soon will we get it in Indiana?"
And at the Indiana Brewers, Inc,
946 West New York street, the rat
a-ta-tap of hammers sings a song
of Pilsener again, with cases full Of
bottles.
Ready for Action
The citys only prospective brew
cry at the present time on New
York street promises foamy fluid
with pep as soon as congress legal
ICES it.
We'll have it April fools day if
We don't get fooled by congress and
held up by Huey Long officials OF
the Indiana Brewers say.
Brew from the citys own watts
will take a little longer, for the
New York street firm is completing
construction work on the new
brewery, in a structure that for
merly housed the old Mauss works,
Sacks of malt and hops are piled
high, waiting to be poured into the
fermenting watts.
More Men Hired
The brewery has hired twenty
five employees to date and this force
will be doubled as distribution of
local beer begins.
The other seven beer distribut-
ing agencies of the city will in
crease their pay rolls appreciably.
It is estimated that between $50
and 300 workers will be placed on
the pay roll at the first notes of
the swan song for prohibition.
Later, as the brewers are able to
gauge the demand for the product,
additional help will be needed.
Beer will be here as soon as it is
Iegalized. VIII take on fifteen men,
reported C. A. Bublitz, manager of
the Schlitz Brewing Company's
agency.
Shipped From Ohio
"Well need about twenty more
men for trucks and clerical work.
The beer will be shipped in by cases
from the August Wagner Products
Company, Columbus, o." declared
William G. Kreis, manager of the
Agustiner brand.
Five or six men at first and
more later will be needed. We're
shipping by case and will be ready
to sell as soon as legalized," re-
ported Jack Lyons of the Edelweiss
Distributing Company.
Within forty eight hours after it
is legal, we'll have beer ready to sell.
About ten or fifteen new men will
be employed by us at first" said c..
j. Horeth of the Prima Beverage
Company.
Other agencies reported similar
plans for sale of the beverage. in
Indiana.
The Blatz Brewing Company
plans to begin case shipments and
later to ship beer from its MilWau-
kee plant in glass-lined tank cars.
Malt Prices Drop
Sales of kegs and malt at reduced
prices was beginning in the stores
that have served as bulwarks of the
home brewers of the city.
The malt store operators are Won
dering about the effect of the legal
ization Of beer on their sales and
planning efforts to combat the bot
tied variety with lower prices as an
inducement to make and bottle
your own
The Indiana beer control plan will
be put into, effect by Governor Paul
V. McNutt as soon as the national
act is signed by President Roosevelt.
The state will be wet to the fol-
lowing degree; Twenty-one brew
cries will be allowed to operate.
Hotels, restaurants, cafes and clubs
may serve three pints of beer with
meals. Twenty-four twelve ounce
bottles CAN be purchased at one
time for home use.
Feeney in Charge
Kpg or draught beer is banned.
Al G. Feeney, Indianapolis, is excise
director, 10 serve temporarily as di-
rector in administering the law.
The federal beer bill comedies
with the Hoosier state act in per-
centage of alcohol set at 80 per
cent.
Possibility of two other breweries
in the city in addition to the New
York street plant is reported by j.
Duane DUNCAN, manager of the
Polk Milk Company, and John
Byers, owner of the old Indian
apolis Brewing Company's plant at
1880 Madison avenue.
Option in Cleveland
DUNCAN said a group of local men
has an option on the plant of the
old Capitol City Brewing Company
1850 South West street.
Byers says a Cleveland syndicate
plans to come here within three OF
four days to take up its option on
the Madison avenue structure. The
Cleveland firms option closes
May 5.
IF they don't take it some one
else will Byers asserted.
Realty firms reported inquiries be-
ing made for choice restaurant To-
cations in various sections of the
city, for the purpose of selling the
beverage with meals.
Information regarding licenses to
sell beer flood Feeney'S office at the
statehouse.
The horned lizard does not drink
water, but absorbs it when it is
Sprinkled on its skin.