, 1876-02-18

THIS seems to this casua. ob1esver lite IN ex-
traordinhry showing, aud it cannot bo said to bo
an unfair ono, for tho representative streosa OF
tho comparison. Putting both results togethor,
1t will bo found that cut Of 172 saloons thcre
appear to be ~ which have paid no tag. This il
nearly so por cont Of tho wholo number running,
Of tho city, sho total numbor of nupsi licenses
will climb up to \ tEtghtfnl figure. There will
be, under that aupposttfon, In tho city neatly
$500 saloons, vheIeaa only 10 per cont Of that
number, OF 2, 408. pay tax.
10 certainly tho logical result Of careful inyes
tgation) 1t Ia clear enough that the claim Of ths
ColYin party Is sufficiently dlspEoved. and It IL
not less clear that tho saloons OF tho city are by
given locality without any record OF having paid
tax does not show overly we'll for tho careful
administration OF tho ctJ's Government.
Having considered Colvin's rohson for the fall
Ing OF 10 tito saloon licenses, 1t may be well to
glance ut what Ia everYwherc understood to be
THE TRUE REASON.
Tho aaloon.keepese arc tho head and front OF
tlIa party which elected Colvin, aud which now
supports him in al ho doea with unwavertug
s I'm Is n9t to b. that these 70
oas!or than for the heads Of tho party to wink
at tho derolletions of thor friends, Every ga
loon that is allowcd to run without. paying tho
license.foo ia drawing penslon Of $50 year
rortns @ the presont oily DO dovelnnons. ; @ I. S Is
common boast among saloon-keepern who pay
no l!cense that they won't hayo to ~ long nj
they "kape tho byea straight for the ould man, -
aud no doubt they oarn their money-tlosr &63
year which tho Taxpayers hhvc TO mako up.
This IL tho credible reason for tho pEeaont
sthte Of the license busipeah In Chicago.
THE EFFECT
Of the present Bystom Of non-collectlon Is easy
to SEQ, and II shows nowhere to boktor Adsan.
tage than in tho ComptFolet's annuR! ret,orta.
Looking up the receipts from licenses {oyer half
OF which for any yoar ARC from saloona), 1t ID
found that tho city took In FROM that sousce In
1879, &222, 16l .9i. During Mayor Bonds admin
latratioD, tho following year was good ono for
Chicago, and $23a. .G99.50 wero collec.cd-A gain
Of &ll,648.25. Next year came Coiyin and hla
party, and tho license zecatptH felt It once, and
ahrauk to &2la. 9u8.80 clear loss to tho city OF
$l9, 0.D3 or near enough to @20, 900 to ahow
that something had come upon tho city. For tho
present yoar tho full reaut cannot b yet
reached, but enough 10 Known 10 promise IL
pretty aurely. The receipts for 1lcenses for
nine mouths Of tho year wore $l71, ,65227, and,
inksmuch as those ulno montha covered the Pc
Rod In which nearly all tho collections are made
ills liberal to tho 0olytn standardization to add
al6.0o0 to that SUM to represent tho receipts fol
proach that aum unless somethlng different ID
done It once. II, however the receipts ahould
reach SlB0. 600. tho result would yet be unpleas.
ant to contemplate, lnaamuch a. Il wonld ahoW
| falling on OF over s5o,0o0 from Mayor Doad'i
| year.
Gentlemen taxpayers, hon 10 you like sht
prospect OF having your revenues collected by
II. D. ColYin aud his assistants for two years
m0loa