Show '7'7W ' 77 u -- v': 7 7v7-- 77 ' ' : 'X'771’ THE '' HKRALD-BEPTJBIiICA- V ’ 77"- - ’j-'-i- i 7 ? &7''&'‘7’£ ' ' - v v - “ '"7 ' ! 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ed Upwards of $35000000 a year is brought lo Ogden to be distributed for supplies wages and incidentals which prior to the establishment of this business had gone to Milwaukee St Louis and eastern points -- 7 Out of this sum not including special taxes the United States government takes $150 as beer tax oil each barrel 7 of beer manufactured and sold alone To repre- The above figures represent-Ogde' sent the browery investments in thev State of Utah they should be multiplied hy three 7 This indicates the- -' establishment! of" a partnership be- tween! the government and the manufacturer of beer and men to abrogate this partnership : surely all settlement will agree that 7thereshould bea partnership ' ' it and proper compensation A 77: 7 77 7" On this point we desire to call - your attention to the 7 old-fashion- ed ' Barrel of Beer Cootalaa 31 prolloaa jaad urelgha I eoutoluat Airohol by weight) 92 pounds (or 34 per rent) WVo Mftlt Si9I ( Sin pound o a o ' ed - VV " : - According to the latent and moot approved uactbodM of catlmatlng FOOD VALUES one quart of beer will generate la the human economy 'approximately BttO CALORIES and wrlll therefore fnrniah aa a heat proth ducer of the Reqalremeata' of the total dally diet ot a healthy working adult Beer eoatalaa no amall a percentage of alcohol an to render It abaolately harmleoa when taken In moderation yet It doea contain alcohol aufflelent to produce that mild form of stimulation and exhilaration which the human aystem eravea Beer la absolutely pure' being entirely free' from germs so frequently found in milk and water it la the one beverage that cannot be adulterated or tampered with from the time It: leavea tkd manu' V" facturer until it reaches the consumer"' r i ed y w- - ’ 7 ' - ft j w 7 if- t'-7? 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' in hla decree Judge Brewer hag held that "‘the State can prohibit' the defendant from brewing but before it '7cau do so ltmuat pay the value of the property destroyed the in 1889 Judge' Brewer was appointed to a place onc Al-’-' bench of the ''Supreme Court of the United States 7' though he had been reversed by the highest tribunal of 77 which he was iowa member Justice Brewer reaffirmed" ' 7 7 his opinions when! speaking before the Yale School in l891 hesaid: “l am here to say to you in no spirit of obnoxious or unpleasant criticism upon the decision of 7 "7 any tribunal or Judge that the demands of nboalnte and 7 7 ' 7? eternal Justice forbid that any private property legally' acquired and legally held should be spoliated or destroyed jj 7 the lutereats of PUBLIC HEALTH MORALS OR WEL- 77 7 FARE WITHOUT COMPEL 8ATION" 7177" 7 77 f “‘V Oae-alx- T" i1 a: ‘ - - ! ! & - c - s ' t - h" ! well-brew- V ' s fair-mind- - Malt Dfitrheg U5 Albuminous! Ilodlea Add ooeaeoeoeeae sOa39 India IKnp DerlwntlTen 045 OoM Mineral Salts CCbleflx Phosphates) 9 - Den- fomia for all time to come” ' ‘t Not only are we concerned in the destruction of vested property lights without compensation but also as to the welfare of our 100 employees "many of them who have ' been with the company since its inception and many of them skilled in their avocation homeowners and tax-- " r payers who are unskilled in any other line of work 7V 777 j 7 There are many sincere and well meaning prohibition- ists and with these good people we have no quarrel They' : believe as we do in temperance and we only differ as to the best means to bring it aboyt But we do not believe ' thattlie best results can be obtained through paid agitators: who Have seized upon! the temperance question as a convenient political hobby without any regard for facts or common justice ' 7 - 7 7 - 4 : CONSTITUENTS OF BEER (I f 't - : r A- - ’ ‘ bl h1 - Forty per cent of the company’s output is shipped to the neighboring states of Wyoming Nevada and Montana The annual pay roll is upwards of $11500000 : old-fasliion- - i - - £ mark' and in France recently where prohibition of the stronger liquors has been brought about (all of these countries permitting the sale of light beer and light wines) in every instance proper compensation hats been made r valueless by these new laws made foy the property '"V' V'V The statement 'recently made that the brewery owners would be compensated by an extension of time to August 1 is so manifestly ridiculous as to scarcely require mentioning 7 In a manufacturing plant that must purchase its supply of barley a year in advance which operates at a nom- inal profit only with a heavy investment in real estate buildings arid machinery equipped for the one especial purpose of the manufacture of beer it is scarcely reasonable to 'suppose that in six months’ time there could be any sort of compensation or even adjustment ' Some years ago the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in a signed resolution made this brief statement: ‘The confiscation of the property of the vineyardists and brewers without proper compensation is dishonest J v v - In England Canada Australia Switzerland and -- t h LAWS OF OTHER NATIONS From a small beginning tlie plant mid buildings were enlarged new and modem machinery was added until at' theS’ present time the investment of the company repre- sents approximately a million dollars representing one Qfv the most modem brewing and malting plants west of' - S 7 v - t law-abidi- ng ' site'"'-- r I citizens we must bow to tlie laws of the state even though we may feel that they are at times unjust At the same time we feel justified in protesting against any law Jthat means confiscation ofi property without due compensation As -- bo out of place inasmuch as there lias been sS Nowthat’the incoming administration of the State of Utah is about to enact a prohibition law which will forbid the manufacture and sale of beer it may be timely to call attention to how other enlightened nations have re- : - r s ’ f t f’‘“ !? ' X y OGDEN HISTORY OF BREWING IN ' s ' v r ' j ’ r' The following is a history of this company since it first established itself in business in Ogden Utah' 27 years ago : With a capital investment of less than $7500000 the founders of this company organizeid and began business in the year l890 haying come: ’to Ogden ‘from: Winona v ':V V-- : V'Ti' :'V" 'A- MinnVV Mon and women who believe as we do in temperance law and order and who believe that the enjoyment of a 4 Mi per cent of alcohol is lass of beer containing not over v: a question of personal privilege "and a lesson in true tem- - 3 ’ - 77-7- 7 s i ’ - ''7 7"'J ' 7" - - ' J-- - - ' - ' - ''7s ’ ’ v- - ' N |