New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-22
LIQUOR SELLING AND LIQUOR SELLERS.

lie the various in1u-t'lhi
ngs il subject Of general interest to socsy Ihs"eih
let and the biobe in tbe community ought Dot consider
the Occupation ard condition Of the lowest as beneath MS
attention r &c society like the material world composed
Of atoms the rate Of which makes just What it il
TIE p,Inve rock il certainly part OF the earth
than the dirt, deposits which lay acn. the river courses
End in ike manner the people OF Firm avenue no more Ger
,inlv se part Of the community than the rag aud bono
nil es With ..rup lie abundant filth # the metropolis
7, /. not limos BE that til. plain yer scarcely recognized
fac. may be rated according 70 the bloody arnl
Les NJ France aaf conusy ago Bat whether tbs be so
or NOT II deons,rable fact hat socaiy has IN a,erest
in every thi maker truly a. in every stock broker IN
tyre setter s well ~ in every architect in every rag
rcttrss well es in every er hari in every scsyenser
well as in every millionaire. The priest and the people the
agyer and tie clients the doctor and the patients iaT
Divers and law subtcs, editors and newtreader' ali
Issss he biebet and the lowest have interest ia vhg
tie other per les which make society are DONG. A2d
as tic rich Al high the small minority Of the whole,
ev cannot claim so much interest the workers Of all
crsd.s kinds ard conditions who me.e up the vast
jorty
1t is sado lie fair rule that Is known by it.
fru and we have hard this rule read ;hus workman
"isknown b. bis chips To show ones hSnd work il
teened the sucest recommendation o. ones business The
slotnaker fills his showsndow with elegsn, shoes and
toots Of al kinds sizes ard prices, for women and
/ y.
tonthe certificate medal which society his voted
hin for the beet boots Or shoes Merchants ia Broadway
ard Cana street in the tine arrange their cloh' n1r
uoes cslcoes shaws and aces in co1lbina'ions va ch
rleaso The pass.rg multitude and which BY -siflly I'D
iusd eas ehs at night par, Of fairy land They
have certain articles for sale which they anxious TO show
Of in order ence custom to their counters II per-
chance they may point the e GAM shawl or tasteful de-
LANES ar sweet velvet which the beautiful" Miss A.
III ov-aisf ,it1zC i.eya 500
esch Of these ladies becomes much efficient ha yker
Of merchants goods hal the miserable bust of show win
dow can be The schoolmsster is proud to point yoa to
LAWYER T. or Minister +, or Doctor G, Editor ii, or
Author ard tel you that be in his school, that
he taught the boy ic hc h0c and helped MIN 10 coa-u
Latin M Greek ard begot ia him desre for el gaa; lie,
ies and tie mental discipline necessary to emnence in the
higher ceilings Of life He is proud Of his work and has
reafonto be.
TITUS ofthe various prof ssions and cGiugs OF life as
common thing those engaged in them anxious to give
noioreiy to their business by displaying the actual things
dcne by it.
We purpose in ibis article TO apply this wholesome rule
10 tie business of liquor sellers In dong this may be
INDUCED in aIoogec remark for the course we intend
to follow We have watched this business the city and
in tie country the LoIth and a the south ut the east
ard atihe west in gorgeous palace lite hotels and in Low
dtns aud find TIE genus Of liquor sellers TO be the ne
arerded with seine gtrerc fruits He who GELS liquor 70
persors of vicious appetite for shilling glass will GER
tply be made personally in the md as il he took
an humber den and sold bad liquor at tdree cents drink
TIE pr cIe is PLAIN one and is this the mos! lily i'm
crtc delicate lady will certainly dirty her fingers she
engage il dirty work the verest niger Dirty work
will IL qualities to those who engage in
IT, 10 how they do it, nor where fths be general
law Of all localities. the shall pursue in his
80 a. Ntpy
liquor selling and quorseers in part, ular bcatynot
be worst 10 be named by great DEAL the index to the
business ard liz agepis everywhere.
We wish also n say that we have occasion 10 deal in
fcon st al since the facts sufficiently horrible without
psntI The east Exoggeraon nearly out of the ques
ton in Ibis case and tie only for fiction must be
found in stating facts less DIRE adu than they actually
Let us 20 the work;
Tie locaiiy We shal describe is the township Of Rum
aon and should We succeed in describing It's liquor selling
and lquor sellers doubt not the hundreds OF thousands
Of TRIBUNE resders will select at least thousand places
in different parts Of the country tie place described In
very general terms then, We may soy that Rumston has /
great natural facilities for t10rdng lis population good
living and in connection with industry and economy to
make he most OF taxable male inhabitants free hodsrs
The land lot so priced to preclude any ndusr
and economical family from residing in their own house
end posurjng at least ore their globe The |
such fair Iices that, extraordinary calanies
cepted these workers ought to something and
above the expense OF good food and clothes and place in
the school for 1.-THE BARNS And yet the prices of labor
and the cost living SUCH that TO live comfortably and
yet something for "a rainy day" will require an
egIe on all e1travaga1t and unnecessary ouigoes Any
habit for instance which viii lead the aboIer to lose
day in week will use up the profits of that week. and
should close Or three days the week. bis living Tor
that week will have cost him than his labor has
brought in While this is true Of the laboring population
Run s.on the hiss been proved several times that
the waher classes not rich enough bearup agains
any very protracted Extravaganza Their gall ant ship may
tail longer with leak in her hull than the poor mans
cookie shell but the time when the leak sinks her
This accurate description Of the capitalists and 10
bore,s of the community Of Rums'on and imagine its
utbiunessis adapted to thousand other places in all
parts Of the country
In hsown of come three thousand sou there about
fifteen lqrorsetrs Of whom four licensed inn Keepers
The proportion is seller every hundred peo
pie but only four licensed 70 sell in measure. smaller
than quart The county treasury receives jus. forty dol
lars year from these gentlemen being the fee of ten DO!
lars each which the four tavern keepers pay annually for
the renewal o. their licenses The remaining eleven pay
nothing except the general proper! /, i. not eIag
geraiiOn to say that these fifteen quorelers pay not
arthDg forty dollars year toe tax on their egi
mate business to deay the general expenses OF society
such sustaining jail ard poor house expenses those of
criminal prosecution salari OF ocers expenses
ard forth Some of them taysbe property and pay
rroporonaiely but the most of them are without much
more property than place 10 put liquor in and OF
them own nothing.
U.re We have one sid of the balance sheet Let ook