The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-09
NO MONEY FOR BE Il
MANY SALOONS FORCED ~
CLOSE THEIR DOORS
resp,c Are Too Poor THIS yea.
spend ,he Usual Amount FOR Dr""nN
In Chicago Nearly 1000 Saloons WIN
Close Up by January IL

Close Up by january 10 |
cu,c,co Dee. 1.-The beer and
,.hiskv business in Chicago is NOT
thriving. Since the closing OF the
Worlds Fair few saloonlseeperso OUTSIDE
Of tie heart of the city have made any
money. More than 500 retail liquor
dealers have been forced out al busl-
ness since Nov. !, and IL Is estimated |
thar about 200 more will go wltnln
Tho NEXT two weeks. Those best m
formed upon the subject say that there
will be fewer saloons and less Hquor
sold during the coming year than IN
any corresponding time within the last
six years.
The quarterly installment on license
money from all of the 5000 saloons III
Chicago is due to-day. The saloon,
lxecpers are allowed twenty days, by
the courtesy of the city officials, III.
which 10 pay over the money and se-'
cure n renewal for the ensuing three
months. If AZ the end of that time
they are still in default their places OF
business are closed without ceremony
by the police and suit instituted Tor
| the license money due.
| Several score of saloons will close
within the neXt few days without max
|
of them will remain open just As long
as the police will allow and then ems
deavor To escape the payment OF the
| license money due from Dec. i. lhls
game will be played with more or less
| success hv saloonkecpcrs who have
political influence behind them. Even
1 in the event of n suit they know that
the fine will only he the amount of
the license money due
These results are being made mani
f,-. in the face at the fact that beer
has fallen in price fully ~ per cent
since last summer. Some of the dealers
who paid so a barrel then are now get
ting Their supply ut Sl.25. No brcws-'
can get more than s. for his product.
! and the prices are cut much lower than
this with discounts. but the low
prices do not seem to increase the de-,
mand The business is dullcr than III
has been for many years, running fully,
- per cent behind the record of the
corrcspo ading time for last year
A number of causes have worked to-
rcther u bring aboit these results.
First, the opening Of large number
OF saloons and blind pigs" around and
. at th,tSN orld's Fair drew heavily from
the business of the uptown liquor
dealers Every bartender who could
get :: brewery to back him became at
: once independent and opened saloon
for himself in the hope of making a
fortune while the Fair lasted. The
; number of these mushroom saloons
ran well up into the thousands, and
they were nearly all backed and their
license fees paid by the big brewers on
, condition that the dealers sell only
, beer furnished 10y their particular con
Z Germs.
Fr!ces were high and the brewers
mace money. Just al this time a mum
Der of independent brewing companies
among which were the Cooke. the Man
haitian. the Citizens, ToSetti's and sew
eral others, began tn compete for III,
: trade. Prices dropped ut once. Their
the Worlds Fair closed and thirc
/, less beer was consumed. but all tn,
: while the trust brcweries and their in
:. dependent rivals were pouring out "A
- much beer as ever, and the prces tool
!, another drop from overproduction.
Il Another reason may be found in thu
;, fact that times are hard and money i
. scarce. Thousands of the best Gus
!, toners Of the saloons in the Seventh
~ and the Twenty-cighth wards are on
I. of employment and have not TIN
g money with which to buy drink. Thi
!, is especially noticeable in the vicinit,
~ of the rolling mills in South Chicago
J. which have long been closed. Tn
:. great throng of unemployed men al
- the streets are constant patrons of tn
a saloons. but their trade is invariabl.
- improbable. owing to the fact tina
~ they aim to eat enough free lunc
~ with each drink Ia supply them. The
- buy ~ drink and get dinner thrown
I. in. The slloonkeepers would willing
.. lv do away with the FIRE. lunch count
' cr IL they could all agree. but II on
ATTEMPTED it he would soon lose hi
business.
Another causc has contributed I
make saloons Improbable. Pcopl
spent all their spare money at tn
a. Worlds Fair and they are now ccon'
MIXING. This is particularly the cas
among the better class of liquor drinl
II crs those who buy the more cxpel
9. sive wines and champagnes
40 There is no doubt" said John
~ McKcough, attorney for the Liqu'
90 Dealers Protective association, 9TH;
y saloons will 90 out of business by II
IA wholesale during the coming mont
ru | know Of scores of them that can II
VI live many weeks longer. The Ircwe
ci are also suffering from great decliI
-. in prices owing principally to comp
+" tition and oversupply. II will be ha
work for good many Of them to pr
through the year 1884,"
IL wrecked by ~ Boiler Explosion.
h. MLwrkEr. Wis. Dec. One