New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-07


OF the Board of Excise for the past two years
him that High License Is the most pressing neea o
hour that this bill Ia absolutely practcai ahu WI"
accomplish its OBJECT in restricting the evils Oh .uo
lqusr moderate increase OF Ice TOT
liquor els to $500 made BY the present o'
has in nine mouths reduced the hquoe saioohs "
city 200 TO 52ooi that this bill Will rennee 'ne
lilo saloons half and that as regards New.
York every made the opponents oil the Dill pes
fore the Excise COMMITTED Albany last week is reuted BY
he records OF the Board OF Excise In this city
THE SENTIMENT OF THE MEETING.
| Mr. Pine also read these resolution. which were
| unanimously adopted:
The citizens Il New-York in mass-meeting assem-
blod for tho purpose o. sv,ng eAp1sion 90
of the liquor traffic, submit for the oi
1 nayer and yos the foil wing statement
the liquor traffic in the CITY OF new ,Uth am tio
great and increasing evils which " eh'a'i' uP'" ''0
The number of places in this city licensed to SCI
~ e ~ ahou every twcnty-seven Voters over the
entire island. In many districts 'hcro 10 "' H"''
/ ouc saloon TO every ten voters.
TO watch these saloons, compel them to observe
the law arrest thelr drunken ana olI0r"o r Jus
TONERS 10 the number of $4,000 annu NV. requires
most of the attention of police force oil -SOo men,
nf ss4i5o55. II /, proved by statistics that by
far the greater proportion OF the CRIME, y"
beso Saloons ana upon them rests the responsibility
for large of the burdeh OF taxation imposed
upon the city for the support of the department of
Charities and Correction, for the police courts Tor Inc
District Attorneys Office. and for a large PROPORTION
of the expense of main aiming many aSyIums anu re-
formaiorics. -...
which has under its charge constant population OF
1900 cOnvicts, paupcrs, insane ana SEX men ana
mcn boys and girls the sum OF S2 IT, nss
recently been appropriated for thc ponce cou.s'
Courts of General and Special sessions, ana ne DIS
trct Attorneys office, the appropriation for 1893 Is
S42l,1s0 For the support of nearly loco children
I'm asylunS. relOImatOrics and charitable institutions,
INT The 1s" total expense thus imposed upon The city
amounts in all ,322,7G9 a. As against this,
asi year fmE "4y ad 81 smd si this sum IS
largely in of the amount collected for licenses
The moral injury which these saloons innct upon
the city cannot be estimated ana II Is a'tS ro VI
cried on m Side Of bad men for bad government,
against good men and good government. has become
controlling power in the politics and adminsira-
In 1866, law was passed by the Legislature Of
this state fixing license fees for New-Y or cry and
Brooklyn follows For liquor license not ess nan
$3.50, and for beer license. not less Than Siuo-
rates Il an fourfod what had ever Iciore been
lccicd for license fees in NewYork City under tho
old law, although there were nearly 5000 licensed
places in The city, During the first eicycn months
in which the law in operation the nuibcr
w Wai ectcd for license fees During The FIRST three
years more than s"00o,000 was collected In license
The good effects of the system in preserving
order and diminishing drnnhenn,ss ana CRIME con,
years matters of public record They declare
that The places suppressed were Of the worst class:
and that The better order secured aud the diminished
in,oxication had lesscned the number OF Sunday
and in report made tie end of 1869, just before
another Excise Law enacted at the instlgalon OF
the Tweed Ring, they reported that The high license
system had been cmincntly successful as a measure
Of finance and powerful rcini9cement OF all the
clemeufs which Contribute TO public sOhrIcty order
and virtue" The experience of other states wherc
high license has been adopcd-Such as Illinois. Min
nesote, Nebraska. Missouri and Pcnrsylvania-as
evidenced by actual stat sites. prove that II has re-
has almost totally suppressed the worst class Of
looms; has tended 10 secure better enforcement: OF
9S ITGise i2 ns c,,m nna has diminished s
And we do hereby adopt thr following resolutions
Resolved. That is of vital importance 10 the good
morals and good government OF This city that tho
fSe sense Of tbs meeting that The most direct and
practicable means Of supprcs.ins this greatest %
d of comnc n n 70 ,esct III law IS by The
establishment of the now well recognized and thor
O'T FesoTed Fha he @caI S now cfor the Lexis
laure known as the High License PHI; IS I1SI 3h "a
accomplishing Of those results and OF forcing tie
reimbusing the community for the vast expenses
Of which they are 1hc principal cause and ..., 49,,
to the Governor Of the state OF NowYoh 70 make this
High License bin High License Law: and w.,
License now constituted. be requested to main
tain rs examination as CEe,'niing nt g., m 1,d
date enactment Of a High License law.
RINGING wokD- FROM DR.. OK sBY.
The Pew. Dir. F.. Winchester Douald spoke briefly
and closed with au applicable war story, when
lOuQ ana general utiHtnu rom All piitS VI 'u'
honse caled the Rev. nr. Howard Crosby to the
footli ghs. Dr. Crosby sad
late. friends, for speech from me- but will
make Just one remark principle upon wlich have
entered that going 0do what we can,
that going 10 do what we can't IGreat
applause
received certified statement showing the con
Of things in the Town Of Bangor which lies in the
centre the Maine Its town OF only 1900 IT,"
habiiants small IL is IL has 22j 0peB saloons
tLaughterl prohibition after thirty years
trial take OF town 81
peope the of sne, low long wilt be be-
take cot NewYok CITY Win population OF
2OODOJOl rTumultu0us lau liter and applauscl
The chairman anuOuuc d that the audience
would find printed forms of petition at tie CoOr
aud urged friends high license to interest them
selves IN obtaining signatures for forwarding TO
the Legislature at Albany. The meeting. winch
was entnu .iaStic thrOIg nj, then adjourned with
cheers for the Props d law.