Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1917 — BREWERIES MAKE FRUIT JUICE [ARTICLE]

BREWERIES MAKE FRUIT JUICE

When Washington and Oregon went dry the brewery industry was the one industry hard hit. One of the largest plants closed was at Olympia, Washington. This enterprise, with subsidiary plants at Bellingham, Washington, and Salem, c. Oregon, founded by the late Leopold Schmidt, one of the pioneer brewers of the country, was worth considerably more than $1,000,000. What to do with this property to keep it in use was the big problem to be solved. It was seen that people still became thirsty and drank as usual; only the character of the drink was changed. Various smaller plants had begun making fruit juices with some degree of success. This year the large plant at Olympia was added. ’ Today it is the largest apple juice plant in the world and 'the fame of its new product promises to rival that of the beer it formerly made. ' Tn the plant at Olympia, working night and day, there are 200 »employes, sixty women and 140 men, The plant will handle 250/ cars of apples of twenty tons ehch this year. The success of the product can be seen from the fact that ten dealers

took last ye'ar's entire product of the Salem plant. Thia year the company . has had inquiries from all over the United States for its oduct. To bottl? and ship the product the company has contracted i Eastern and California glass actoriea for 300' carloads of bottle?. —Kansas City Star; *