The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-10
TIE rNDLSERTED vILLAGE
The Real Eject OF Licensing tho Liquor
TrnnlC In Ilusning.

The President Of Flushing village, l.. | .
Mr.. A. X. r. bennett. said yesterday that he
could speak the average resident concerning
the talk Of Flushing being q deserted village.
II had been said that the action Of tho Law and
Order Association toward shutting up the
drinking saloons and public bars on sundays
has resulted in prostration ot business. lic
had not much to say relative 10 that association.
for he was not a member OF IT, yet on that very
account and hccuuse he held an Office that
compelled him 10 keep close watch Of the inter
csts Of the village. ana lived and carried on
business there ho felt certain that he could
como as near the truth rs any one in speaking
81 the prosperity Of Flushing. Ii has 1900 in .
habiiants. Of whom about thrcc- iourths transact
business in NV York ri,y. The population Is
about the same as in 1875. Mr.. bennett attr-
buted the stagnation TO the same causes that
have brought dulncss 20 all the suburban towns
of New York city. Business men in the metro
polls are not making enough money to allo
them to buy country residences. They stay in
the city. and live in apartments. Meanwhile the
Younger general On mature and - out Of the
NlUaE'' 90 -tHE il"fr fortunes. A. 10 the tr1rr-
tinu of tho village 10y q" gAN troitlng horses dash
ing through Ja 'k~nu avenue on SUNDAY. and
hy "grhOCmcu ownlu.: last horses. T." he said.
nnpigtt ally that 4 j. true and every resident
who waits ~ enjoy with his family "A ,uict walk
could tuke from lu-inrs- H. glad OF n. Why
h" asked should the town hr ilInd AMI she ma.
lority Oi the resi- irui- pn that day be- disturbed
10y u roting SIT of fast men and women. all 90
them drinking and many disturbing tine Inarr
on the prinripa. streetsf A, to business inter
e-ts suffering Flushing is not a business val
Hge. There have lf'rn NO larg" failures, hr-
cause thcls arc no nfse Interests there. So far
"a hr knew. thrro has boon no opposition to th.
building OF iaforlos The business i- 10 sup
ply the wants oi th" r sidrnt1, and np
more storekerper- have iali.d thhn IN oiher
villages of tho same size. The huelnos- that
suii rs most. he added. IL th" liquor dealers
and the taxpayers and h"st mindc cd citizens ure
glad of II. II any One should complain Of the
want IT pros peritY. II should be the real estate
owners. vino would sufler in IN" natural de-
crrjlSe ia value OF land; hut the ia't Is that
Fiu,l ing !sa paradise compared with its former
condition.
MIR Gr0rge T. Porine. Secretary Of the Law
and Order Asso iatlon said that the object Of
thHt organization is simply 10 enforce the law
like DR.. Howard CroshyIs society for the pro-
vcution Of crime. Through the efforts of tho
Association an Excise board WAS elected, when
the present system OF granting licenses first
went into operation. There was tremendous
fght. but the association trumphed through
their hiring u stranger to sample the liquor
sold on sundays. Dealers were lined $50 each
The deloAted dealers would have mOhbed the
spy had not the clti2 n7 stood by 70 defend him
during the trials. Some oi Ia" dealers are sell
ing liquor Slyly even now. but We have "a man
Watching them, and, before long. We arc 10
bounce upon tnpin.'