Mr. Jackson, Kansas, March 5, 1912, Judiciary: "Prohibiting inter-State commerce, etc." Mr. Hobson, Alabama, July 11, 1912, Rules: "Making S. 5461—District of Columbia License Bill-privileged." Mr. Culberson, Texas, December 12, 1911, Judiciary: "Prohibiting inter-State commerce in liquors, etc." Mr. Kenyon, Iowa, December 21, 1911, Judiciary: "Prohibiting interState commerce in liquors, etc." Mr. Davis, Arkansas, January 3, 1912, Finance: "Concerning Federal Liquor Tax Receipts." Mr. Works, California, February 26, 1912, District of Columbia: “To better regulate the traffic in intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia." Mr. Gronna, North Dakota, April 29, 1912, Pacific Islands and Porto Rico: "Prohibition for Hawaiian Islands." Mr. Sanders, July 13, 1912, Judiciary: "Prohibiting inter-State commerce in liquors, etc." (All of these bills are pending and will be considered at the third session of the Sixty-second Congress, which convenes on the first Monday in December next.) The bill introduced by Senator Kenyon of Iowa, which practically prohibits the inter-State shipment of liquors, was reported favorably by the Senate Judiciary Committee, in July, but serious opposition to its consideration prevented a vote on it during the session just closed, and it was made a special order to be considered by the Senate in December next, when Congress reconvenes. similar bill to the Kenyon Bill in the House of Representatives, known as the Webb Bill, is still pending before a Sub-Committee of the House Judiciary Committee. Α A bill which would have the effect of preventing the sale of liquors except in a few places in the District of Columbia, introduced by Senator Works of California, passed the Senate, but is still pending before the Committee on the District of Columbia in the House. This bill will be considered by this Committee in December next. The Hobson Resolution providing for National Prohibition is also still pending before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. It is unnecessary to make any comment upon the grave importance of this proposed legislation. BREWING SCHOLARSHIP. The Free Seat in the United States Brewers' Academy (Anton Schwartz, founder), for the term 1912-1913, has been awarded to Mr. William J. Guenther, of Irvington, New Jersey. Respectfully submitted, JACOB RUPPERT, JR., President and Chairman Board of Trustees. WILLIAM HAMM, First Vice-President, ANTON C. G. HUPFEL, Treasurer, HUGH F. FOX, Secretary. AUGUST GOEBEL, JR., LAWRENCE FABACHER, JOHN GARDINER, E. A. FAUST, LOUIS J. HAUCK, EDWARD RUHL, RUDOLF BRAND, ALBERT CARRY, CHARLES WIEDEMANN, JULIUS LIEBMANN, AUGUST W. WOEBKEN, PERCY ANDREAE, ANTHONY SCHREIBER, AUGUST FITGER, General Counsel. THE PRESIDENT:-Gentlemen, you have heard the report of the Board of Trustees; what is your pleasure? On motion, the report was adopted as submitted. THE PRESIDENT:-Next in order is the report of the Advisory Committee. THE SECRETARY:-Mr. President, the report of the Advisory Committee is in the hands of the members, printed in full, and unless it is desired that it should be read, I suggest that it be submitted in its printed form. THE PRESIDENT:-Gentlemen, you have heard the report as to the Advisory Committee. On motion the report was adopted as printed. Here follows the report in full: REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The Advisory Committee has maintained a constant correspondence with the members of the Association in regard to such matters as beer labels, transportation questions, railroad rates, treasury decisions, pure food laws, advertisements, and other technical matters. The Committee is now preparing a digest of the laws of the various States relating to labeling, which will be submitted to you in due course. The label laws of several of the States are in conflict in regard to their requirements, and unification is greatly needed. THE QUESTION OF A BEER STANDARD. The Board of Food and Drug Inspection is still considering the subject of beer, and has recently sent its representatives on a visit of inspection to the breweries in different parts of the country, for the purpose of studying the materials and methods employed by the brewers. Such investigations are most cordially welcomed by our members, and brewers generally are glad to throw their plants open to the public at all working hours. The brewers' case was fully stated in the brief which was submitted last year to the Board of Food and Drug Inspection, which will be found in our Year Book for 1911. BARLEY AND HOPS. The Committee has been relieved of its duties in relation to the barley and hop crops, by the appointment of the Crop Improvement Committee, whose report will be submitted to you. PATENTS AND TRADE MARKS. Our Annual Report, with a list of patents relating to the brewing and kindred industries and registered trade-marks, will be published as a separate document and sent to our members. THE MINIATURE BREWERY. The use and disposition of the Miniature Brewery has been referred to the Advisory Committee, and a number of arrangements have been made for exhibiting it. The New Jersey State Brewers' Association borrowed it for the Newark Industrial Exposition in May, and arranged to have the working of the plant demonstrated in a popular manner. The exhibit was a great success and attracted the interest and attention of a very large number of people. Your special attention is invited to the exhibit of the Miniature Brewery and of raw materials, and the work of the Crop Improvement Committee, which will be found in the Institute of Technology during this Convention. We believe that such exhibits are of immense educational value as illustrating the hygienic methods of manufacture which the brewer employs, the sanitary condition of the plant, the food value and wholesomeness of his materials, and the special appeal that beer makes to moderate drinkers as a true temperance beverage. Arrangements may be made for the exhibition of the Miniature Brewery by local and State brewers' associations, who, however, will be expected to pay the cost of transportation, installing, exhibiting, and demonstrating, and of the return of the Model in good order to the point from which it was shipped. THE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. In this connection we are glad to note the interest of the Institute of Technology in the manufacturing side of our business. From a mechanical side the beer business is becoming more highly developed year by year, and the technique of the conversion of our raw materials into the finished product is only a part now of the brewing craft. A brewer today must deal with all the problems involved in bottling his product, and in its distribution, transportation, storage and serving under all sorts of difficult conditions. The future development of the beer business is largely a matter of administrative efficiency. The possibilities of expansion in the bottled beer business are enormous. The problem is how to enable the man earning a moderate wage to get and serve beer to his family at his own table in bottles, at so slight a cost that he can afford to buy it regularly. THE INTERNATIONAL CHEMISTS' CONGRESS. The Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemistry has just held its first meeting on American soil. In the section on fermentation, presided over by Dr. Francis Wyatt, a number of valuable papers were presented. THE PRESIDENT:-I now call for the Report of the Publication Committee. THE SECRETARY:-The Chairman of the Publication Committee, Mr. President, has submitted the report of his Committee, which has been printed and is in the hands of the members. THE PRESIDENT:-Gentlemen, you have heard the report on the Publication Committee. What is your pleasure? On motion, the report was adopted in its printed form, as follows: REPORT OF THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. GENTLEMEN:-In the year that has elapsed since our last Convention there has been no marked falling off in the output of literature on the drink question. While notable treatises or articles have been fewer than in the year preceding, there has been no let-up in quantity. If the popular magazines devote less space to it than formerly, so far as concerns leading articles, the subject still bulks large in the newspapers and even the ardors of a presidential campaign have only partially eclipsed it. As for the prohibition press, and that specially inspired or conducted by the AntiSaloon League, it is seemingly at its highest point of virulence and activity. Your Committee's efforts to stem the mighty tide of downright falsehood or wilful misrepresentation emanating from these sources have not been slight nor we trust wholly |