, 1874-02-19
Turner Hall Rosounds with Their
Lamentations,
They Sign tho Solemn Pledge and
Covenant.
they Will Not Pay $12 a Barrel.
And They Insist on the Lawful Number
Of Gallons.
II tho Brewers Hold Ont They VIII Im-
port Their Deer.

From 400 to 600 saloon-koopora assembled at
tho North sido Turner Hall Yesterday afternoon
for tho purpose Of expressing thoir indignation
ut tho action Of tho brewers u raising tho price
Of laEcr boor from 30 10 913 barrel and to
provide moaaaros to successfully oppose suoh nj,
increase.
RETROSPECTIVE ORGANIZATION.
The meeting was called to order by Nfr. G. A.
Toon tho President Of tho Society Of Liberal
Minded Citizona, who anid TINT this was tho
second time maBs- meeting Ind boon called by
the Executive Committee Of tho Liboral-
was hold at the sanlo plnce Inst summer
WHOM thoir liberties woro at stake a;
but, although TINT meeting was just aa largely
attended, ~ this ono, thoro were but fow that
many bitter words OF rerroach had been cast
against the organization, it still survived, and
was now, as thon. battling for tho riglta Of
Bnloon-koepors. That their Society was 1oooa-
shown by tho fact thai, although they hnd won
I'LL immense victory ut tho polls, tho Sunday
ordinance was still On tho statute book, and had
not yot boon repealed.
THE rREsEST.
And now q now question Ind arlBen far moro
Important than the one they battlcd against
:laat l!.sn.,s summer aud full for. while lint
thoir livelihood, for. Il tic price of lager was
raised to 912 barrel they would DO nnab1o to
mako Expenses Ut a time like this. To .proyont
such calamity thoy would hayo to stand by ono
enemy. Unity alono could sayo them from
ruin, md it was therefore tho duty OF eyory
snloon-keopor IN tue city to joiu the Society Of
LibcraI-Nlinded Citizens. They had mot for tho
eencrouchmcnts Of tho brewers who lad decided
to raiso the price Of lager beer at this timo.
ACTION OF THE LInERAL-AfINuED.
air. II. Motz then read tue following minutes
OF tho last meeting Of tho Executive Committee
Of tho Liboral-htindod Citizous:
The Executive Committee Of the Bociety Of Lberal
Minded Citizens resolved at its laat meeting to tako
into consideration tho fact that tho browcrs had re-
ion such action was ted and, unjust. they
solved to call aascotlng Of nil tho saloo,.kcepcrs
measure. In thoir opinion such cctin was necc1.
sty aB tho brewors, Ut meeting hold by themselves,
for sucl, action, tor although barley was somewhat
higher than It had been, still they tho brewers) made
u59 ps thSn bv %as to IN " s %
their profits would still continue to 10 very large.
Tha brewers should have taken into consideration wat
make during lilo summer and iai and that lucy iho
brewers suffered but very little from tho llculties
IT. thai time, nud aulIorcu no loss
Toprcvent incroaso in the price Of beer the Com
utttco recommend the following measures:
DECLARATION or PRINCIPLES.
in tho actfn II I'm ohcr hrewcra in roistn1 o rrtcc
Of beon,
seeoud-Thst good beer DO procured from other
cities, and that for this purpose largo icohose bo
erected n which large Quantities Of beer could be kept
@ sucn psoceuare y Was propaole that Deer could 10
phs oa.re a. sess 'sn,,' ns'Ie ah xtV. ~
in future times, ind prevent such occurrences as tie
present.
1hird-Donds should DO issued at $50 each, and each
taloon-kecper should take Holno Of then each sgner
sro o,oim1o az % noon Is .e necessary @ eomcos
needed Mcas,rca sho aao In anen - to "ae r.u ~
brewers to marx On each barrel how MANY usons It
contans Of tho barrela contain from three to
ionr M gallons lesa than tno J lawful measure.
Ihcy also recommend that tho Executive Committee
Of tho Society bo increased from ten memlora to If
,i ~ I vy ~, roan. " ~ M u lseralo
Jug ~ 10 leu wednesday AFTERNOON.
Air. II. Alatlleu, tho nrat 6peAtOr, said that
On this day they would lay tho coruor-stone Of
lao structure IN when to celebrate tho downfall
OF tho " "mrcAors, and those who we're generally
opposed to tho righta Of saloon-koopers. TAoy
would show tho world that they could stand and
net together, and TINT t1oy were gentleman, and
not bootblacks They wero shamofully treated
and abused last fall when tho "muckorsn md
fanatics treated thom like outcaats. 10 show
the world that they had been wronged, every
saloon-kcoper in tho city should Join the
Society Of Liboral-,Iindcl Citizons who
Ind dono such noble work lust aon-
gou. md had, in great measure,
won the glorious victory OF last fall. a saloou-
keeper waa just as respectable aa my othor NOR
chant, ard most Of thom wore men OF education
and rehuoment. They wero not orators, but, nov-
ertAoleas they could express their opinions.
n1r. Emil Dietzsch wanted to know what this
lad to do with tho question before tl.em,
Tho Chairman told the speaker to koep to the