New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-21
SS322.I64
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HOW MUCH HO THE SALOONS PAY?

HOW MUCH no THE SALOONS PAY ?
In 1887 there were in this State 3i,00l retail
Iiquor-dealers, as shown by United States Revenue
statistics, proportion of one saloon to every IS
Inhabitants, estimating the population of the
state at 5,7O9,069 More than twice as many in
proportion as there are in all The rest Of the
COUNTRY. They paid, an an average for liquor
license $50, and for beer hcerse s23. Stats
ties furnished by Boards of Excise and Excise
Commissioners of three -hunired cities, towns and
yillages mot including New-York City and Brook
mi, large and SMALL i'll all parts of the State
i've as the actual total receipts from licenses
or the year s254,3 Al There are go cities
owns and villages. In about 25 per cent of
.lese licenses not issued. Estimated on this
asis, the total amount of excise fees collected
tst year in all the cities, towns and villages
the State Except New-Yorll and Brooklyn
here licenses are issued was s593,194 90 Add
o this, for NevfYork City actual figures
sl,lsS,7sO' and or Brooklyn actual figures
.315, 3OO and "a have as the grand total paid
" the Saloons s2,O95,2 24 20. In other words
he saloons paid into the public treasury in 1887
bout two million dollars, and they took out
the public treasury at least twenty million
ollarS.
WHAT THE SALOON WOULD PAY, BUT FOR GOV
ERNOR HILLS VETO.
The Crosby IIigh-Lcense bill of sSs fixed the
minimum rate for a liquor license at $500, and
r beer license at slO0. What would have
cen the effect of the BILL if Governor Hill had
OF vetoed it? In 1887, the total amount OF
cense fees paid by the saloons was So, O95 PA 20.
,ow take the same number of saloons, charge
sch liquor saloon $500, the lowest possible
nder the Crosby bill and each beer saloon 81 90,
re lowest rate, and what is the result?
1907, 7O2 in license fees paid into the treas
sies of the cities, towns and villages of the
tate; S7,707,702 more TO meet the cost of aims
ouses, prisons and police; s7,7O7,7 ZOE less of
Instead of this, only 81, 095, ga 30 is col
cted In a single year Governor HIPS veto of
ne Crosby bill deprives the people of the State
"a S4G12,477 IL income and adds that much to
&c burden of taxation.
That THE SALOONS NOW PAY ANNUALLY AND
WHAT THEY WOULD PAY IF GOVERNOR
HILL HAD NOT VETOED THE HIGHLICENsE
BILL
'a sGsr 9 sSS d Pay bin they saO''2a' %
large Governor Hill with
tne uilietchcc S1,ol2,4f' II
THE FIRST HIGHLICENsE LAW.
IN 1854 the saloons of New-York City, 5000 in
lmber paid license fees amounting only to
e,45o. In 1865 they paid but 50, $50. In
ril. 1906, the fist High-Licensc law was
.,sed. Under this the fees were fixed at $3.50
liquor license and 500 for "a beer license
C very next report of the Excise Board shows
. the number Of saloons had been reduced to
.03, and that there had been collected for license
IS s993,379.
In 1868 there 5,S41 saloons, and the license
IS amounted to Sl,1O2,2T. Within thirty
cnths after the law went into effect the Board
Excise collected over 100000.
HOW TWEED ROBBED THE CITY
In the next year the Tweed Ring came into
ger, and one of their first acts was TO repeal
IIigh-License law and put back the fees TO
old rates. at which they have ever since re-
ned The fetal amount of license fees col
ed by the city since the repeal of the law is
,l30,520 If the High-License law had con-
lued in force at the same average rate with the
average increase in the number of saloons,
L city would have received from licenses during
is period s26,496, 900.
BY repeating the High License law Tweed robbed !