saloon betterment in the United States, which is dealt with in the report of the Board of Trustees of the U. S. Brewers' Association; and the chapter on the "Economic Importance of the Liquor Industry." This is the first time that any attempt has been made to deal with this subject comprehensively. The investigation has been conducted with great care, and we believe that it is thoroughly reliable. The totals show that the amount of capital invested in the liquor industry in the United States reaches the huge sum of $1,294,583, 426.00. The annual disbursements other than for wages are $1,121, 696,097.36 and the annual disbursements for wages are $453,872, 553.00, making a gross total in capital and disbursements of $2,870,152,076.36. These sums are so large as to defy comprehension by the ordinary mind, but the report dissolves them into their component parts so that their meaning may be realized. The report shows the sum of the money values which would disappear under national prohibition of the commercial manufacture and sale of all alcoholic beverages. The Year Book is intended to serve as a reference book for editors, statesmen, instructors and publicists generally, and for all who are studying in a scientific spirit the questions with which it deals. United States Brewers' Association 50 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES BOARD OF TRUSTEES President and Chairman Board of Trustees, EDWARD A. SCHMIDT.. GUSTAVE PABST... LOUIS B. SCHRAM. JOHN GARDINER. GUSTAV W. LEMBECK.. HUGH F. Fox... ROBERT CRAIN.. JULIUS STROH.... HENRY VAHLKAMP. EDWARD RUHL... STEPHEN B. FLEMING. CHARLES WIEDEMANN. JULIUS LIEBMANN. GUSTAVUS W. BERGNER. EDWARD LANDSBERG. JOHN F. NAgel.. AUGUST FITGER. HENRY GUND.. .275 E. Elizabeth St., Detroit, Mich. .13th & Cherokee Sts., St. Louis, Mo. .420 E. Green St., Louisville, Ky. 19th St. & Lincoln Ave., Ogden, Utah Berghoff Brewing Co., Fort Wayne, Ind. .38 Hawley St., Boston, Mass. Oliver Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa. .325 East North St., Danville, Ill. .716 Conti St., New Orleans, La. 114 East 51st St., New York City. .623 Columbia St., Newport, Ky. .36 Forrest St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Thompson & 32nd Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 1422 First Nat'l Bank Bldg., Chicago, Ill. CARL S. PLAUT. .965 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. 538 East Superior St., Duluth, Minn. .9th St. & Mormon Coulee Rd., La Crosse, Wis. 26th & Chestnut Sts., Oakland, Cal. Chairman Finance Committee, JACOB RUPPERT, JR.. CARL J. HOSTER. .1639 Third Ave., New York City 1915 Chairman Federal Relations Committee, .435 South Front St., Columbus, Ohio 1915 JAMES R. NICHOLSON. WALTER A. CARL. LOUIS B. SCHRAM. C. W. FEIGENSPAN... G. A. KUSTERER.. OTTO HUBER. Chairman Advisory Committee, .45 Commercial Wharf, Boston, Mass. 1915 Chairman Vigilance Committee, ..1250 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass. 1915 Chairman Labor Committee, .60 Hamilton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 1915 Chairman Publication Committee, .2 Freeman St., Newark, N. J. 1915 Chairman Membership Committee, .E. Bridge & Ionia Sts., Grand Rapids, Mich. 1915 Chairman Crop Improvement Committee, .Rock Island Brewing Co., Rock Island, Ill. 1915 Chairman Committee on Transportation and Rates, EBERHARD ANHEUSER..........9th & Pestalozzi Sts., St. Louis, Mo. 1915 JOHN A. MCDERMOTT.. ORGANIZATION BUREAU Manager, .50 Union Square, New York City FINANCE COMMITTEE JACOB RUPPERT, JR., Chairman. 1639 Third Ave., New York City .417 East 55th St., New York City . Canalport Ave. & 18th St., Chicago, Ill. COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL RELATIONS G. A. KUSTERER, Chairman. .E. Bridge & Ionia Sts., Grand Rapids, Mich. COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND RATES EBERHARD ANHEUSER, Chairman.. HUGH F. Fox.. ...9th & Pestalozzi Sts., St. Louis, Mo. .13th & Cherokee Sts., St. Louis, Mo. ...2019 Elm St., Cincinnati, Ohio 3rd & Galena Sts., Milwaukee, Wis. .7th & Sycamore Sts., Evansville, Ind. Secretary, 50 Union Square, New York City NOMINATING COMMITTEE C. W. FEIGENSPAN, Chairman.. ARTHUR ALLEY.. AUGUST FITGER.. HUGH F. Fox.. .2 Freeman St., Newark, N. J. .28th St. & Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, Ill. Jefferson & Decatur Sts., New Orleans, La. .38 Hawley St., Boston, Mass. 538 E. Superior St., Duluth, Minn. .934 Pierce Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. 235 East 92nd St., New York City 128 Lake View Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. .2014 Freeman Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 31st & Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. .35 Jackson St., Providence, R. I. .9th St. & Mormon Coulee Rd., La Crosse, Wis. ..26th & Chestnut Sts., Oakland, Cal. Secretary, 50 Union Square, New York City CONVENTION COMMITTEE UNITED STATES BREWERS' ASSOCIATION MEMBERS OF THE EDWARD LANDSBERG. THOMAS F. KEELEY. GUSTAVE PABST.. 1422 First National Bank Bldg., Chicago, Ill. .28th St. & Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, Ill. .....917 Chestnut St., Milwaukee, Wis. (This Committee consists of three brewers, and three members of the National Association of Commerce and Labor.) |