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TJiJS COMMEltOIAL GAZETTE. CINCINNATI. TUESDAY. JULY1893—SIXTEEN PAGES.P'tion the cooling off can be effected witfc extreme rapidity. I *V-|The advantages of mechanical refrigeration. appear fron^ the moment the beer leaves the kettle. The wort exposed for a long time on The cool ship is a prey to wild yeasts and the hurtful bacteria always present In the air, and furnishes. In its warm state, a fertile ground for the rapid development of their sinistter activity. Acetic fermentation, especially in warm weather, is very liable to be established* but all these dangers are a Voided byrepld cooling, for the cokl wort is no longer editable a feeding ground for these hurtfiH growths, and,| moreover, in any* case, the time of exposurebeing very much shortened, the number ofbacteria entering the wort will be diminished,and the keeping quality of the product thereby Improved. Again, in the actual fermentation! process, the perfect control of temperature given by mechanical refrigeration Insures the continued purity of the ■———CINCINNATI’S VAST BREWING INDUSTRY.on the market of beer of the very best quality soon gained for the firm an enviablereputation. / • V - /•The Wlndisch and Muhlhauser boys arewell known over the entire country andState. Being young men, always ready to help a friend In distress, it did not take long to build up for them a lucrative trade. Today the brewery is one of the largest In the country, manufacturing no less than five brands of beer; The Lager, the Pilsener, the Standard, the Lion Brew and the Lion Export, the latter being bottled beer only;The brewery, the product of which is ehip-pd into ten different States, Is situated on Liberty, Wade and Fifteenth streets, having a frontage of 1,100 feet on both sides of the canal. Mr. Conrad Wlndisch was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1824. Being an ex-sstance, handle more than 2,500 carloads of present location was chosen for enlargement freight, raw material and finished product, | 0f capacity, by Sandman Lackman. In a year, and other breweries of the, city in (1S68 the tiftje became Herman Lackman, and proportion. This shows to what advantageim im the present company, with $600,000 capl-nA ir?r ■ tal stock, was incorporated. * .-*f In 1855 the sales were 2,000 barrels. In 1870 ‘ 10,000 barrels, in 1880 80,000 barrels# in 1890 45,000 barrels, and in 1893, with the increasedkinds of industrial establishments in thecity.r. Henry Muhlhauser, jr., son of Gottlieb Muhlhauser, was bom in Cincinnati In 1858. Re attended the public schools, add completed his education at Chickering Academy. He has handled the finances of the fibm ever since y!874, and is well thought of by all hla bu»i-Mr. Chrles F. Windlsch, son of ConradSecretary. They are all well and favorably j put Is many times greater than any other* known. They are all efficient officers, and! institution; their methods and special'the interests of the brewerv omiid nnt I machinery are exclusively their own, which.interests or tne Drewery could not be in together With many years experience, enablesbetter hands. *-7 ' ’.?'' PThe capacity of the brewery, if la stated, is 500,000 barrels a year. - --Il-V ‘evThe machinery 4s of the most modern pattern, and no money has been spared to make everything as convenient as possible.In the last twelve years a great*lt; • :$-• manythem to turn out work unequaled in uniformity and wearing qualities.*‘We refer now to the Cincinnati Cooperage Company, of Cincinnati, O., who are most favorably known, and deservedly, as makers of serviceable and reliable cooperage.”—FOSS-SCHNEIDER BREWING COMPANY#facilities described, the output was 60,000 bar- ehan^ have been made in^the way of erect-.rels, or 240,000 kegs—the results of the merits of the goods alone and as rapid an increase as the company desire, being what is considered legitimate or about ten per cent, increase per annum. The founder’s methodsbeen re-Windisch, was born in Cincinnati. He was t^ines^\4T-jricrh Mp'Virvrvi srifi I ligiouslj' followed. There Iedueftie^at' Si Woodward High School, and ! iowoweo. Tnere has been nothinlater attended the Cincinnati University. He but pure barley, malted at the brewery, an ira th« IxSor of hia father's estate the bops used—all, with commendable patriotism, handMn# Is a purchased in the United States. Well waterbusiness man of no small caliber. fh°m wells on the premises is used toMr. Wm A. Wlndisch is a native of Cin- the process of manufacture. With no rice, cinnaU. From 1888 to 1890 he studied at the Mo corn-in fact.^io substitutes or adultera-Teehnical Schools of Germany, and in 1891 hereturned to thiw countrymany, , andever since has....——■—£■ing buildings, cellars, msecond largest refrigerating machine plant to the United States can be seett heri*a part of it being illustrated to^hls issue.“Moerleto’s National Export” la tbe name of a famous brand of beef that is manufactured by this concern. It is drunk by a greatmany families, and can be had in every hotel saloon in this city. A great many cases are shipped to foreign countries. It la bottled In a building on 'toe east side of Elm street, a few doors from the brewery proper. It Is a delicious drink, and the best testimonial Is the large sale It has acquired. ‘Five other brands of beer are sold at this brewery. They are the Old Lager, the Wiener, the Culmbach-er, the Doppel and the Old:Jug Lager.Mr. Christian Moeriein, in an Interview with a reporter for the Commercial Gazette, told a lot of Interesting things. He said:I believe Cincinnati, through producingThe Development of One of the Oldtaf£% Breweries la the City.tions whatever, the goods have marketedthen^dlves. The consequences have been no drummers, no spending account, no chattel mortgages from the retail dealers or leases carried for them.And all this purity of method the Government records will show.The model character of the brewery plant is carried into the discipline and administra-tipn of the business. No immoderate use even of the pure product of the brewery is permitted, and though it is not measured to the men, all seem to understand the rule, .and the eocample of the officers—abuse of privilege, means “quit.” The “tone” of the establishment is throughout good.Though it is not the intention of this article to go into personalities, a sketch of those who made such an institution possible isWMr!U /h*HrUSandman?**havl njr retired from i May 1* 1891» is 1254-848* the toereas#over that ( been of the very^ highest standard, possessing‘ The commanding position which the Foss«* Schneider Brewing Company occupies in Cin-* cinnatl is owing to mokt daring enterprise. Uo«wn to toe minutest details of business# with ample capital, unimpeachable credit, integrity tested-by the trial of years, tireless and trained brains controlling and directing it is no wonder that they have pushed to the front, and are now ranked among tho leading brewers of the country.Three kinds of beer are manufactured bythe Foss-Schneider Brewing Company—Nonpareil, Capitod and Pllseuer—’the demand fon each being about the same. The company, 18 is claimed, covers the United States la its operations, and also ships to many foreign points. V tThis house has done its part In placing Cin*lager beer, Is destined to play a still more j cinnnati beer prominently before the peoplaa9 *,a tomperance factor, of the States, and their huge success Is In nn Why, said the gentleman, with great em- sm.j] -‘♦v. lt;-phasis, “here are 23 lager beer breweries, smaT ™*asure due to the quality of thei*and the output for the fiscal year ending goods. he output from the very start hasthe business in 1868, died in 1872, with the respect of ail who knew him. Mr. Herman Lackman conducted the business alone, and, as said, became the real founder of the resent company. He was born in Germany n 1826, on a farm, and came to this eouctry, landing in Baltimore in 1848. He soon aiter-wrard chose Cincinnnati as his home, and began life’s work in earnest.His first brewery work was' with Foss Schneider, where his wonderful energy and strength, backed by giant-like stature and unfailing good nature; made itself felt, and, as shown, he was soon a proprietor himself. He became prominent in city affairs, and served with honor in thd School Board, as President of the * German Orphans’Asylum, as President of the Third German Reformed Church, as Trustee of the Bodmann’s Widows’ Home, Director of the Sun Mutual Insurance Company, Major of the Militia, and President of the Cincinnati Brewers’ Association—which position his son Albert now so worthily fills. Open-hearted and charitable, thoroughly believing that his life work was one of real practical temperance reform. His death, just as he was beginning extensive improvements to his business, was a public bereavement. He left four sons to take up his work where he left it off, one of them since deceased, as men-tlgaiA.♦ ■ ?J v'i *L-Mr. Albert Lackman, President of the company, and also of the Brewers’ Association of Cincinnati, Covington and Newport (which has a membership of twenty-six without the Aurora, and an output this year of about a million and a half of barrels)’, was born in . . .this city in 1855, and is therefore just as old ^ having been 139,795 barrels. By theseCHRISTIAN MOERLEIN.as the brewery business of which he is the head. Tall and commanding in ‘stature, he does not run to adipose, perhaps because beer does no-t agree with him, and he has preferred other stimulants in moderation for the last fifteen years. Tie is one of the few of the big brewers who are frequently onfigures Cincinnati ranks seventh in the United States as a beer brewing center.The population of Cincinnati is 296,309. Baltimofe numbers in inhabitants 433,547, and brews 540,951 barrels; Boston has a population of 448,477, and its output is 865,416 barrels. San Francisco numbers 297,990 inhabitants and has an out-Change, and takes a keen interest in public ptof 509.234: barrels. Chicago with a population of 1,099,576, brews 2,034,696 barrels. New ____ ____ ____________ ______ _______York City with 1,513,501 inhabitants, has anM. Clements, and in the office of that con- J output of 4,488,314 barrels;.Philadelphia, whosereceived a sound financial education. to-?aTRcants number 1,044,891, manufacturesaffairs. After a business education he entered the iron arcMtecturai iron works ofoernIn 1884 he Jotned his father in business, and s* these figures are favor-has since been (there a controlling influence. a^le as a brewing center. Why, 'He is a man of affairs, ’being a Director of ejaculated Mr. Moerlein, look at New York,the Atlas National Bank, and has served In Tv* ^ P^Pu‘ation of more than five timesthe Town Council of Glendale, where he f“at: °*^ Cincinnati, and having more Germansin it than any other city in the world, save Berlin and Vienna, brewing but 3 3-4 barrels more than the Queen City. The other fig-'makes his home, and active in* other enterprises than that which commands Shis immediate attention. He is a believer in ath- , ... T . . . . ,letie sports, and a lover of horses, driving H! , have given teach a similar lesson.all the qualities of strength and flavor, purity and aroma which are so desirable. The breW from this house is under the immediate su« pervislon of Mr. Charles Scheidel, one of the ablest brewers in the country, and whose experience was gained with Moerlein and Gerke. While this company’s ambition has been satisfied in combining with purity quality unsurpassed for delicacy of flavor andi ’ rare medicinal qualities, the indorsement alsocomes from chemists, physicians, families ami by the whqie trade In general, which has been a source of gratification to the firm.The plant is located on Freeman avenue, frum 2lt;a to 297, and is about 200 feet square, with a fronta'ge of 250 feet on Freeman avenue. The structure is an Imposing one and never fails to arrest the attention of the passer-by. The front is of pressed brick, trimmed with decorations of cut stone and terra cotta. Three hundred and fifty barrels per day is about the average production, though no less than 40,000 barrels can always » be found on the premises in various states. The bottling department was added to tha brew'ery in 1879, and the building is located on Fillmore street, or just north of. the main building, and has proved a complete success since the innovation was started.The Foss-Schneider Brewing Co. Is one ofl the oldest enterprises In its line in this city, having been started in 1849, on Augusta! street, between John and Smith, and removed to the present site in 1863. SInco then fherc have been four firm titles, namely j The Louis Schneider Breyvdng Co., Foss#Sc-hneidejr Brenner, Foss Schneider, and the present one, the Foss-Schnaide«t : 1some of the best of stock himself.On the relation of beer to temperance, Mr. Albert Lackman may be quoted as saying:“Honestly having faith, as I do in lager beer as a temperance agent, driving out the stronger stimulants. I feed that I am engaged in a business which, while it commands the respect of unprejudiced people, will, in a few years, be acknowledged by even temperance fanatics as a most powerful lever towards the reform not only of the individuals but ofWe brewers understand the position, and weare determined to make the most of it. If the world exists a million years a more popular and healthier drink will never bedevised by man. I believe lager beer isas near perfection as it ever will be, and can not toe Improved unless the quality of our toarley and the hops which are yearly »becoming more acclimated, give us better material to work on. Lager beer,” continued the gentleman, “has become such* 7.nations. I assert that it may be taken as a a temperance factor that Intoxication is year-rule that alcohol and ardent spirits are consumed in the greatest quantities in localities where lager beer is not commonly us?d. And that the evil consequences of inebriety are felt most bitterly in localities where ardent splrls are the common drink of the people. If these assertions are truisms, certainly the first step that will be taken by the Government, when the people fully understand this great question, will be to remove tax burdens from wholesale stimulants, finch means the manufacture of lager beer J’ree of tax.ly becoming more and more disgraceful. Why, It was not so many years ago, and I can remember it well, when the great man of the occasion was the ‘Four Bottle Man,’ and the principal figure or hero at a drinking bout wras the individual who could ‘put allJOHN H. FOSS.*t* 4Brewing Co., which wras taken in 1884, whet*drunken man at table Is not even sympathized with or applauded and commended. His company is not desired thereafter, and is universally tabooed. Lager beer has done this and nothing else. It contains the small-Statistics show that in GermaAy, in those est possible percentage of alcohol (4 or 4.5the others under the table.* To-day the the company was incorporated with a capi-flistricts where the consumption of malt liquors is the greatest, there is the least abuse of ardent spirits among the lowrer classes.to 6.50 per cent.), and it is almost an impossibility# unless one is very Immoderate, to become Intoxicated. It is fast taking the placeThe National Brewers’ Association’s meeting | of • all other stimulants. I understand that at Boston, at which I was a aelegate, wasone of great harmony. Those present represented as fine a body of men as ever camemany persons have never drank laget* beer, because while believing in its health-giving properties, they have been scared by the asunder my observation, And men who had thelsertions that the brewery use strychnine, to-iHPttgQV aloes, quassia.A 220-TON refrigerating machi(CONDENSERSIN A MODEL CINCINNATI BREWERY.ROOM OVERHEAD.)yeast, since the destruction of growths in- pert brewer he came to the United States ■ filled responsible positions in the office of thelmlcal to pure yeast can be effected by suitable variations in the temperature.One great advantage of the method of artificial cooling used in breweries Is the increased cleanliness* and'the substitution, of a dry atmosphere for a clammy, humid condition incidental to the use of ice. A|»art from the obvious increase in comfort Inbest interests of this country at heart, and with the immense wealth represented In their body how could it be otherwise? The ideas advanced were logical, to the point, and in every case advantageous, In my opinion to the masses, over whom as temperance agents the brewers are now wielding stieh a tremendous influence. On taqmerance, it was the most level-headed bodyever summoned, and I could have wished tltat some of the leading temperance lights j of this country eould have been present /and observed the business-like, eommon-afense way in which_the great question'was tr/ated.”Mr. Henry F. Lackman, Vice/ Presidentin 1848, and became associated in the brewing business with Mr. Moerlein. He retired from that firm in 1867, and the firm of Windisch-Muhlhauser Brothers was then formed. He ibrewerMr. Edward Muhlhauser was born in this city. He attended the colleges at Munich, and when he returned to the Queen City indied in 1887. In the first year 20,000 barrels \ 1891 hie was made brew-master. The beer1 C£K? OA RfiG Lr.Mi.Aln 4m 100A 1 Art thaTHE HERMAN LACKMAN BREWING CO.were brewed, in 1868 30,000 barrels, in, 1880 100,- 1 that he brews speaks for itself.000 barrels, and in 1892 17T1‘,000 barrels.Mr. Gottlieb Muhlhauser ds President of the company; Henry Muhlhauser, Vice President;Henry Muhlhauser, jr., Treasurer; Charles F.Wlndisch, Secretary; TVilliam A. Windisch,Assistant Secretary, and Edward Muhlhauser,Brew Master.Mr. Gottlieb Muhlhauser was bom in Ger-means sotne'Eine mnro th«n m^re ahsenoe of ’man?’ 1834- He wa» brought to this coun- f Geniu* In lt« Management,means something more than mere absence or , tpy by hjs fat,her four yeara later who ]o_cated on a farm near Portsmouth O. In 1846 the elder Muhlhauser came to Cincinnati and 1 opened a grocery at Elm and McMicken avenue. He died two years later. Gottlieb, whowas then fourteen years old, assisted hisworking in dry cellars, the brewer finds a financial advantage in the preservation of his casks and vats. Cleanliness to the brewerof the company, was borrf in Qhcinnati in | afford to adulterate.” 1860. He finished his education abroad, spending two years at the technical colleges in, Munich, and on returning entered actively |nto the management of the brewery. Likebicarbonate of soda, bicarbonate of lime and other poisons and drugs in making beer. In answer to this I woifla state that in 1885 the State Board of Health of New York, under authority of law, cadsed 476 samples of malj liquors to be analyzed, and all of them w^Le found to be free and pure from any deleterious substances whatever. I point with pride to the output of my brewerv. and am anxious for chemical analysis at any time, and I am positive that the breweries of Cincinnati are as free from adulteration as those of any named city in the United States. In such a critical city as this they could nottal stock of $600,000, all of which has been paid up. The growhh of the business has been sure and steady.In 1883 the output was but 5,000 barrels a year. In ' 1879 20,000barrels were manufactured; fn 1880 this had increased to 40,000, and in 1890 it had reached 80,000. Since then the Increase in the output has been remarkable, and it is How estimated to be no less than 130.000 barrelsper year.Of the five Directors of the concern, Mr# John H. Foss is President, A. Foss Vice President, and P. W. Schneider Secretary*and Treasurer.Since the reorganization in 1884 all the latests and most modern devices that Ingenuitycouid construct have been placed in thebrewery, and to-day it stands forth second to none in the country. The present Directors and officers of the concern are able and conscientious mdn, and its finances andproduction could not be placed in safes hands. J 'Wy•*rHENRY E. DECKEBACH.iTHE GREATEST IN THE WORLD.One of the Oldest and Largest of thd City’s Copper and Brass Works.Signs of the Industrial Boom. jThe Model Plant of One of Cincinnati’s Famous Firms. *he re«t of the Lackmans, he is feig-heartedand a hard worker. He is an expert brewer | The Cincinnati Cooperage Company andand a power in the Association of Brewers.Its Immense Business.nmuss-- it means. If not absolute immunity from hurtful bacteria, at least a very considerable check upon their operations, forthe ever-present consideration with the brew-master is the careful feeding of his true yeast and the keeping out of all intruders.The advantages to the brewTer both tirmn-. ;- Veially and scientifically, have been referredto, but the consumer comes in for his share. Naturally the beer-drinker profits by all the ctrcumstanbes which enable the brewer to manufacture precisely the class of beverage to suiti his taste. Artificial refrigeration has rendered it possible to furnish him a beer lighter in alcohol, and yet full-mou'thed!, and the brewer is able to accomplish this wdfh less extract per pound of wort since he can stop the attenuation at any point. The kegs are thoroughly cooled before thq beer is put in, and a larger percentage of carbonic acid remains dissolved in the beer, w’hich reaches the consTtmer in a condition more uniformly pleasant to 'the taste, and healthful to the body, than could be possible without the aid of miechanieal refrigiera/-tion. All the Cincinnati breweries are thoroughly equipped with refrigerating machines,the Moerleins having the second largest refrigerating plant in the world, the installation consisting of'Delavergne machines ag-eapablaNo property is more familiar to the student of .Cincinnati’s prosperity and of the factors thereof than that of the Herman——1 heestablished a mineral water factory at 724rgregating 630 tons,1,360,000 pounds of Ice dailyof producingWHERE THE BEER GOES.In Germany the Consumption I« FortyGallons Per Capita Per Year.■W,1000*f -L*i. t ;-si36.00 26.2720.00 14.14 11.658.467.106.365.875.214.203.170.S49*18In these days when so much attention Is paid in all countries to the consumption of malt liquor the following table, showing the consumption (In gallons) of beer per head in the important beer-drinking countries of the world may not be out of place:v V'C Y Pa^t^ticiKy^Consutnptlon.mi • ’v*'i|arrels.^ifi»ls. per head.Belgium.'. 5,800,000United Kingdom.,27,500,000Orina ny......:.....25,600United States 22,000,00ftDemnajdc........... 600Holland .........900Austria-Hungary., 7,70Q,009 Norway............. 376,OoOSwitzerland.... ____440,000France............... 5,500,0®Sweden ..... 637 jWOCanada..........QmRussia.............. 2.000.0U0With reference to the above fable, It should be mentioned that In the case of Germany the figures refer to the whole German Empire. Fhe consumption varies enormously in the Afferent States, being as much as forty to fifty gallons per head in Wurtemberg.«pii i— ip ■ nu ii i iihmi —mm—mm#» _ ' :'t . ■I HE WINDISCH-Mi Hi i AUSER BREW*- ' illG COMPANY. .* *.\-v——How Th is GiantAcorn Grew.Oak fromm. Littlemother in the business, and in 1851, having Larkman nrpwlnt, Pnmmnv With n front-saved quite a little amount of money, he ^acKman brewing Company, with a frontage on Sixth street, extending from No. 503,corner Stone street, 300 feet, to No. 51S, Itruns back 209 feet to Carlisle avenue, andon the latter rises a monument, indeed, to the founder of the business, a model mill-house, brew-hpuse, engine and boiler-house, whose cap-stofie was laid three years after the founder’s death, and just that long after he had superintended the building of the foundations. Irr this building, except one small house, there is not an Inch of wood. Stone, Iron,, steel and brass are its components. It is fireproof, and enduring, like the memory of the good man who planned it, whose four sons carried out his designs.One of them, Edward H. Lackman, has since followed his father to his long rest. He was the youpgest son, an athlete and an enthusiast, like his brothers, in physical sports,but died early—not, however, before he had contributed his ponttion of loving labor to the enterprise with which the family name is Identified. , a ,In the new building all modern methods of brewing are perfected. The company does its own milling. Its malt is made from the . .. ^: ,.k. creaan of toe barley markeit. No steam arisesG. MUHLHAUSER. ,r from the brew kettle. The great «’nginesElm street. Four gaars later a flour business move without noise or smoke. The vast Icea’pawncr in the new^ent^ri!^InTse^the machines ar* Mlentljflk work. Everythin* istwo brothers, in connection with Mr. Conrad Windisch, formed £ partnership as stated above. •- * Ip f ;Mr. Henry Muhlhauser was born on ;his father’s farm at Portsmouth, O. He is too well and favorably known to need any introduction at this late day. All it Is necessary to State is that he has been a Director In the various banks, and is now one of the leading fepirits in the Old Men’s Home.Said this gentleman recently: . “The Cincinnati brewers’ sales were equal to those of the brewers in St. Louis and Milwaukee up to 1870. From that time the brewers of the two last-named cities employed traveling men and established agencies all over the country, in the East, West, North and South, which proved to be a great advantage to them, while our brewers here were too conservative and failed to keep progress with the demand of thre trade. The brewers of St. Louis and Milwaukee were thus enabled to build up larger concerns ahd take the lead in the brewing industry of the country by a great deal.But it is nevertheless a well known and generally admitted fact that the quality of our Cincinnati beer is Superior to any other in the country and stands to-day unexcelled or even reached by the product of the breweries of other cities, thoi’gh their output is larger than that of Cincinnati breweries. Another very disadvantageous fact in bur industry here is, that our railrod facilities in Cincinnati are very poor. Ail large breweries In Milwaukee and St. Louis have direct railroad cdnnections which give them great advantage in shipping.“Thb expenses for drayage for a large Cincinnati brewery amount to $25,000 a year at present, while the breweries in other large ckies save this amount, because they have side or spur tracks leading directly to theirMr. B. R. Wleman, the Secretary, is theonly member of the company not a Lackman . ,i «—but he is almost one of them, not having | * ° Barrels aud Kegs Mademissed three days from the office in twenty-stven years. ‘lie stands deservedly high in general business as well as in brewingcircles.Mr, H. E. Deekebach, a member of the well* known firm of F. C. Deekebach Sons’ Co., en-gaged in the manufacture of .copper and brass products, said, concerning that industry and Cincinnati as its center:“This is one of the oldest concerns in thaDown the Ohio River, just outside the cityMr. Herman Lackman, another member of j within the village of Riverside, is^ty engaged in this line of copper and brassthb Directory, was born Jn ISfiL „He is dpH-in robust health and lives with his venerablemothei* on the famous 300-acre farm, rear Glendale, bought by Herman Lackman, sr.,adjoin that*, of the Flelschmann dSbtillfery, andduring his life time. The venerable and ven- j on the south is the broad swefep of theerated widow lives in ease and good w’orks nhlfv R{vpr «n(1 Kpntnckv hill* It is aon the farm, and has two daughters to aid 1 om° Klver ana the KentucKy u 13 aher devoted sons in making bright her de-the vast plant of the Cincinnati Cooperage J work for distilleries, breweries, c. it is also Company. Its buildings and extensive yards Qne Q^ tbe iargest, in the city, employing sixtydining years.THE MOERLEINjust claim made without boasting that the Cincinnati Cooperage Company is the largest concern of its kind in the world, asBREWING COMPANY. | statistics will tell.So great is its business that it owns vasttracts of timber land in a dozen States, fromwhich,, is derived the stave and headingsupply. About one thousand men are keptVenerable f constantly at work in the lumber campsgetting out material ready for shipment tothe Riverside factory. As the company \1se3^ .. . „ v none but thoroughly seasoned wood, anThe Cincinnati brewery covering the larg- mous stock is kept year by year in theeat area of ground, is owned and operated by the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company.The officers of the company occupy the handsome two^story stone-front building situ-Hiatory of One of the Nation’s Greatest and Best Breweries.4|An Interview with Its Founder.yards. So enormous Is it that at the present time fully fifteen million pieces of staves and headings are stacked up in the .River-™ . side yards. Averaging the length of theseated at No. 711 Elm street, Ntoile right oppo- j of thirty inches each, they would, ifCl if A I LI 4 Vl 4 M Ynv . Y YN n ZY T'Y I A YV f ‘ IIISt V| A f* 4 O ft irT ^site is the immense plant where the beer is manufactured. * ».• - *5 \The success of the firm la due to the indefatigable efforts of Mr. Christian Moerlein, who was born in Germany in 1818. Believingplaced end to end, reach a distance of over six thousand miles, or a quarter of theearth’s circumference. ^The company owns its own barges and steamboat for the transportation of materialthat ha could better hla condition in this . tlmbw dMr|ctB whlch are accesSi-the ocean, landing in I _ \ . ^HERMAN LAC KM ANNcountry he crossed tne ocean,Ohio in 1841, with very little money. A year later he became a resident of the Queen City. He established a blacksmith shop on the west side of Elm street, near McMicken avenue, and upon the ground where many a hard stroke was made is the malt-house of l*i he well known brewery, Fortune smiled upon him. In a few years he had established a large and lucrative business, and to 1863 he concluded to go into the business at whichhe has accumulated such a deserving fortune.Very few people then thought that Mr. Moerlein, who was brewing about three barrels a day, would at this time be at the head of one of the biggest breweries In the country. .It required hard work to accomplish fhe object In view. He was a business man in every sense of the word/ Being a man of good judgment and far-seeing he took advantage of every opportunity that afforded Itself, and it was not lohg before he had acquired the reputation of being one of theshrevtdest men in his line of business. He is often sought after for advice, anlt;j is always ready and willing to lend helping hand. He hi charitably inclined, but never cai;es to telj of his many kindly acts. ^Mr. Moerlein’s first partner Was Mr. DI11-man. At his death, in 1854, Mr. Windisch be-y 1 i. C jJSpW 4 jff* _ . }. * - V* .x '* ' k A qp *0; I * jfc* x *. »*■cams associated with film, and remained amember bf the firm until 1856, when his Interests were purchased by Mr. Moerlein. jble by water, though a great deal of the wood supply comes by rail. ^Southern Indiana, Southern Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia furnish most of the stave timber; There are eight stave and heading mills located In the various forest districts owned or operated by the Cincinnati Cooperage Company. At the Riverside shops five hundred men are employed, making a total of about fourteen hundred altogether who derive tVages fromThe full manufacturing/, In 1881 the Christian Moerlein Brewing Comas neat as the parlbr of a painstaking house- pany was formed with a capital stock of wife from floor to cedling. Stone floors are 1 $1,000,000 paid in. In 1853 common beer wasbrewed; in 1856 lager beer was introduced, and in 1864 common beer was discontinued. The output in 1853 was 1.000 bartela; in 1860, 20,000ftHr.Henry M uhlliu user’s ProgressiveViews.barrels, and the steady increase since hasThe Wlndisch-Muhlhatiser Brewing Company was incorporated in 1881, with a capitalJtock of $190,000 paid In. Before this toeIrm was known as C. Windisch, Muhlhauserfc Bros., the original business having been wtabiished in 1807. ^ -The success these gentlemen have met withclean and ceilings shine. Brasses are burnished and steel glitters.“Happy la the man who loves his work,”breweries. It also has occurred many times | aay8 the phiiosooher “and the Lackman boys I barrels; in 1870, 60,000 barrels; in 1880, 100,000that the railroads discriminated against dur ’ *** . . „ 1 - *city in fnight rates and favored^ Milwaukee evidently love theirs.? They have been fortu ^and St. Louis—why this should be so we | Hate, too, in being able to Indulge that love placed this brewery as the largest one In thecould not understand—until the Freight in th. Thia urivlleirt* State of Ohio, and one of the largest In theBureau was recently established with Mr. maxing tne plant perreci, rni» privilege Rt ( ~ ... ..E. P. Wilson at the head of it, who took a they owe to the founder of the brewery, and Unitea Htatesfirm stand against it and would not consent to the 8imp5e y** effective business principles competition, and during the panics of Jbmto us being overcharged or discriminated whinh , „ tu * t . i » 1 i a«d 1873 the reputation of this house, as faragainst to the favor of o her cities. His ef- to *hleh he*adh*-red, and which he Inculcated J al_ ___ _____________ _____forts have so far met with .£r«at success. I in his sons. Ht believed in beer as an agent, . .. . ^ .believe a railroad will be the natural sue- | . tamneranre questioned. It is now on as solid a basis a®cessor of the canal, if it ever be abandoned. ’ M * a urumoter of wTOWaftC*. Het.. * ~A boulevard will never be a success anyhow, and it is manufactories and all reasonDuring all these yeans ofof good- as a promoter of temperance. . . . _held, however, that to acoomplfiih this good | ^ *ver b01*71-it must be pure made of the pure mak ofIfs astonishing but, nevertheless, deserving. ,T._. w ^v..Itrict attention to business and the placing j tereste than a boulevard. We alone, for toof much greater advantage to the city a?large and its commercial and in oust rial ln-Tho officers of the company are: ChristianPresident; John Moerlein, First1(Kr ou . aanrfmun jl t «*,!.• I »President and General Superintendent;1855, as one oc the firm of Hanaman a Lack- . . , ... __man, he leased the Schneider Brewery. At Jlt;hn Second Vice President; Jacobthis sits lie remained until IW0 when toe I Moerlein, Treasurer, and William Moerlein,this great companycapacity of the plant averages six thousand packages a day, an indication of the Immensebusiness done by the concern. f Quite naturally a great percentage of the work done is for tho Cindtnnati breweriesand distilleries* V ■*'■ 1 , J ‘But the Cincinnati Cooperage Company extends Its field of operations all over thYcoun-try, and supplies thousands of firms far from the Cincinnati territory. The claim is made for their work, and well sustained, that they { started at put out only toe best, and of the very best,material, u., c i a/ * jp-To give an idea of the high regard In w hichthe Cincinnati Cooperage Company's Work Isheld by brewers, the following editorial fromthe Washington Sentinel, the official organ ofthe American breweries, is quoted:“The rapid growth of the brewing interests of this country has, of, course, largely influenced the rise of certain other industries,notably that of the manufacture of cooperage.The consumption thereof has attained extraordinary proportions, and while the_ supplmen. W’e are increasing our facilities and introducing new machinery for more rapid production, in order to keep up with the demands of a growing business. Uur product is s4|d all ov^r4 tne United States, oecausa there is an honest universal demand for tna Cincinnati output.'* Sucn a demand exists because our product is recognized as supenoji to that of the East, or, in fact, that of any, other city. It is so recognized in the East itself. There are larger factories there in ou« line than in Cincinnati, tftougn probCbly not so numerous, s.nee it hs claimed by some that there is more copper consumed In Cincinnati than in any other city on the continent.“However that may be, it Is the quality of the product that toils, and there is always the surest market for nigh-grucie product. Cincinnati) has more distinction for such a product—not in our line alone; it is her general reputation. Nearly all her indvmrial products rank high with toe trade and witliconsumers, and that reputatloq is a good thing to build on for the luture. A city wnose product makes her the standard market for any commodity is .entitled to be considered the leading marKec, and certainly in thaS sense we may safely say that Cincinnati today is the Wading industrial center of to* continent.” V* e Mr. Deckebach’s firm makes a specialty of brass and copper w'ork for breweries, and anidea of the extensive work put out by tha firm was given by Mr. Deckaoach in the following list of breweries which have purchased their ouvflt from the 'Deekebach Company;The John Hauck Brewing Company.Tne Cincinnati Brewing Company.Indiana Brewing Company, of New Albany#Inlt;l. ’ 6 „The Knoxville Brewing Company, of Knox-Mjfppnn ; / * «The Detroit Brewing Company, of Detroit.Mich. TSSmI?- 1 jsi rThe Kling Brewery, of Detroit.The Texas Brewing Company, of ForiWorth, Tex. . ~ • ■.The Chattanooga Brewing Company, 08Chattanooga, Tenn. ,The Huntington Brewing Company, oftHuntington, W. Va-_ , ; ./The Barkeraburg Brewery, of Parkersburg#W tWL' V/'Besides completely outfitting these firms,tha company has had a remarkable Increaseof business for other brewing and distlllin*companies in this and other cities.In a further conversation with Mr. Decke-bach on Cincinnati industries, he said: “Although this is necessarily a good market for copper and brass, much of the manufactured material used by us comes from Pittsburg. We have no copper and bras* rolling mill. The first one in the West was |Pittsburg—C. G. Hussey Co. • Ttoau,was back in 1840. Just as that dty was The pioneer in rolling mill Industry, so this became the pioneer in copper and brass V,manufacture, because here was'lyi early demand by brewers and highwine men. How- i ever, I see iv# reason why there should no6 j be a copper and brass rolling mill here, non s w’hy we should not be well supplied witlK .iron rolling mills, since this is pronounced the best iron market on the continent. There ; is concentrated here, it seems; a greater va- 1 riety of pig iron than in any city of tha Union, and coal is certainly plentiful.”1 see no reason save one why the Indus-* tries of this city should have to go anywhereproportions, and while tne supply f jor any of such manufactured material. Thi# as a rule has more than ^equaled toe^ demand, f reason 1 suppose is want of local eonven-I. The soli of is here, andthe production in point of merit has been to . f industries of that kind.some extent of an inferior grade. This, in 1 ^ .g - industries of all kinds ii part, fs attributable to the disposition of ‘ tKiSls ror mau8trieH of aU Kl *able facilities for their healthy development bar'e-v and hops alone. His principles became Moerlein. that we want, and they wroula certainly be n and became port of h.a capital. In pj*emany brewers, who, without due regard quality, are tempted by cheap price* andmisled by the manufacturers, who boldlymaintain that tlretr wares are equal to the beat. Thus thd brewer unwittingly encour* age* the Indiffene** article, which is in line with, the purpose of the majority of manufacturers, as -they lack tha fprl 1 it lea and appliances for making high grade work: it follows that In order to dispose of their productsthey are compelled to sell at reduced value*; this bjrtngs thorn into competition with others in the same, class, and in the strife for patronage they are led to cheapen their work in every way possible, apparently the only aim being to offer the moot attractive prices.“Theet: remarks we do not intend to apply to all manufacturers; we know of ofte exception—a concern w hi eh stands aloof from allothers, and whichsame- unvarying;only work of toe highestj only such facilities seem lacking to complete a perfect foundation. The .expense ofa pci icv l luuiiuaiitm. *» IZj l T]manufacturing heavy I iron products without sufficient ground room for operating and tha handling of product, or track facilities forshipping It. is much larger than any difference In rata of municipal taxation between this city and the lowest thxed city on the continent. But if rate of tax is an impediment, the provision of such facilities would soon have the effect of reducing the rate oftaxation. _ . . . , a , _“The permanent remedy for high tax is tha physical growth of the city, because it i» upon real estate that cities can confidently rely for revenue. The industrial issues of the Commercial Gazette have thrown a great deal of light upon this question, and the needs of the city have been very clearly presented. It Is accomplishing a great work.ntot only In revealing what the needs of th* ity' a-*, but in arousing enthusiasm. The**
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Jul 04, 1893
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