New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-26


streperous.
The liquor dealers have, OF late. besn remark
All, escer 70 exhibit the immense pecuniny oss
the new Prohibitcry Bill will entail upon then
IL bs. been. over and over again. stated taas Ia
amount Of capital invested Ia the rar-trsaic' in
th,s City and neisheorboOd, is some tnIrfy MIL
lions of Gollsrs. Tais IL a most sssard 'xsZger'
alton. l, needs cutting down, We pre-u ne, ssout
four. ftths But let u. admit the sum TO be ten
millions. which must be altogether beyond the
real amount. If we go upon the supposi'ln t1r
all imports will cease; that the trade csnno' Dc
carried on il any degree, ia al Hist m,oner,
under the new law; t5at Is WAL be cut up root
and branch; AID that tbe csp'sL engaged therein
viii be tota ly tbro En out Of employment. for 40
eLtiIe yeM-tbeI hi profs OF this ten millions
will be lest for that time. To be liberal, We vii
allow that profit to be ten per cent. Tai' vii
give loss of one million TO the dealers aud all
interested, growing out Of the total destru,slon
OF the rum trade.
Nobody can pretend that it will take Ne1Y)rk
more than year to find ia employment for any
money that may be diverted fiom the channels OF
the rstsnt. But We are not at al pat sicular as
10 sums 10 entering upon sc,cal,tion OF tn's
nature. A million of dollars 10 greater sum ~
doubt than can by any possibility be lost ~ tue
destruction of the run selling busihen in this
City AID Vicinity. Blu, we are willing TO call It
almost sDy sum that can be famed 10 reason.
We can. In spy event. chow ts.s -ho gain which
tp.f a. in
mentely overbslance the loss.
In ,ho first place, the ,ums paid BY tax in tns
Free States for the supper. Of psupsri,m alone,
cam OF be less than 25 ceats per head on the
whole population. In large cities 1t is much
more AID e,peci.lly in this. Aud ii ~e add the
private alWs given to relieve the destitute 10
city like New York, it is multiplied TO far
greater txtnt. The sppropr ,tons for our
Alma House Department alone, in this City. sp-
proach haifs million. II Te add me contributions
TO our various charitable associations, ana those
bestowed for the relief of psupersm BY individual
aims, we cannot possibly reduce the annual tax
upon this City aid vicinity for thai purpose TO
lees ID 40 million fdollars Oftbs 81 u certainly
tbree-tOu tbs, aud probably mpeh larger portion,
il to be charged to insemperance, the direct
resul. of the rum.trade. Seven hundred and
fifty thousand dollars year 10 thus the cess of
sustaining the liquor traffic in this City viewed
In thi, one aspect alone This is equivalent to
dead loss of more than ten millions Of dollars Of
capital, which is sunk in msilts'piDg the paupsr
ism of this City and vicinity, growing Que Of the
rum traffic. But this is only the beginning Of the
list of Losses arising from this cause. More than
one.haf Of the entire cost Of the criminal pro
ceedipgs in our Courts may be fairly charged to
rum. One-bslf or three quarters Of the cost Of
our jsils, penitentisries and prisons may be
set down as csused by ram. A very large
proportion of the fees which 90 to sup
port our three thousand lawyers may be Sc,
down 10 the fcore Of rum. An immense propor-
ton of the sum paid to our army Of physicians
may be ,es down directly to the sane cause. OF
the robbeIies committed, vast proportion are
melted by intoxicating drinks. OF the emo nous
lorser BY nro, "'Bs~us amour, IL rra,-a,ic .,
tie cane besottipg Gauss. Carelessness aud
criminal DtfDt both conspire to swell the sggre.
gate fairly chargesbie under this head. O. she
huge peeuniary losses by ses, We have the
testimony Of Judge Mclean, that more
than one.balf are caused by the use of
.pifi,uous liquors. Here alone millions upon
millions are apnusliy engulphed through the
operation of the same a'l-pervadiDg Cause. From
these, Ind kindred causes, which we need not
ttcp to enumerae, 1t i, but too apparent! tina. the
direct annual tax upon this City and its sur
roundirgs, wing out Of the 'ale of into1ca ing
drinks is not lees than ten millions Of dollars
which is equivalent to the loss of capital Of one
hundred and fifty millions Of dollars. In com.
pari'on With this prodigious aggregate of wealth,
which has to be Get aside by this com nunity 70
sanction the rum-trsffic. what becomes of the
paltIy loss Of one mlliol or even two millions,
which 1t may coat to get lid of 80 great curse
PATENT OFFICE MATTERS.