Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-06-27

Liquor Dealers Association was effected |
at meeting held in German Hall yes
terday afternoon week. The meeting was |
called by the New Castle county asso- |
citation and attended by nearly 100 per-
sons. jeremiah Sullivan presided and |
Frank NJ. Sewer served as secretary,
Officers as follows, to serve until the
permanent organization is effected, were
selected: President. jeremiah Sullivan;
Vice-presidents, F. W. Heiss and John
McGowan; Recording Secretary, Frank
M. SEWER; Financial Secretary, j. A.
North; Treasurer, Henry Blouth.
A committee composed of James
McGrath, Frank NJ. Sewer, J. A. North,
Jeremiah Sullivan, Harry Schnepf, John
MCGOWAN, Mr.. Newman of Harrington,
Mr.. Whitlock of Clayton, Mr.. Pennng.
ton of Seaford and Mr.. johnson OF
Lewes was appointed to arrange for
State convention, which will be held
soon, when the permanent organization
will be effected.
p H. Nolan of New York, the ma.
tionsl associations organizer for the
States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
New York and Connecticut, stated the
benefits to be derived from such an
organization. He said the Pennsylvania
association was organized in March last
Z at Harrisburg, and its convention was
attended by 800 delegates. During the
six hours the convention was in session
not a word was uttered at which any
body could take offence. He claimed
4 that this illustrated that the liquor
dealers are as respectable as any other
class of business men, and that it rests
with the dealers to make their business
respectable. He declared that their bust
ness is as respectable and lawful as any
other business, and that they pay more
tax than any other class of business men.
He detested liquor dealer who is
ashamed of his business.
He said there are 5000 saloons in Con-
necticut and asserted that the Liquor
Dealers Association In that State had
saved to the trade half million dollars
The liquor men, he continued, need
local and national legislation. He didn't
doubt the New Castle county associa-
ton had done good but he did not think
it could go to the Legislature in body
and ask the members to support bill.
Anyhow it couldn'td do as well as it could
if there were similar organizations ia the
other two counties. Show the members
'ef the Legislature that the liquor dealers
are thoroughly alive and organized, he
urged, and if they do not do as you de.
sire let them know that they will not be
returned to the Legislature, no matter
what their political utilization is. Not
one liquor dealer in Delaware, he re.
marked, had gone to Washington to
protest against increasing the tax on
whisky. The increased tax, he con.
tended, was saddled on the retailer. The
present tax is $1.10 per gallon, an in.
crease of 20 cents per gallon. If liquor
men had not gone to Washington and
protested the tax might have been put
up to $3.50 or $1.60 per gallon. He
stated. that the liquor dealers pay q
national tax, u State tax, real estate
tax and in some places municipal tax
and asserted that increasing the tax OIL
whisky was vicious legislation.
During the late session Of Congress
he said, an effort was made to increase
the tax on beer 81 per barrel, bu
through the efforts of the Brewers
Association and the National Retailers
Association the scheme was smothereC
incommittee. He stated that 81, 900, 0Ot
barrels of beer were sold last year an(
by preventing an increase of the tax Of
the beverage the two associations has
saved $32 100000 to the trad, Tn,
national association, he added is an Or
ganization that appeals to the inteli
Pence and judgment of every man. HI
thought it is necessary for every re
Il spectable liquor dealer 70 Join the $3.50
citation.
He dwelt upon the relation Of tn
retail dealers to the wholesalers an
brewers and said the association is 30
organized to fight anybody. lie declare
that it simply wants to impress upo
the liquor dealers and the punljg thg
the liquor men are as good as any othg
body of men.
aF Ii ministers and law and order s6cic
ties attempt to reform the business, h
continued nothing will be accomplished
liquor dealers association, rrUuerl
conducted, will reform the bushes
He deplOred the sale OF liquor Il
brewers and bottlers to clubs, al
stated that the retail trade invari4bl
gets tine blame for such sales, WhrA III
brewers and bottcrs should be ccnsurc,
A reform in this direction, hc elaine
can be effected BY a liquor dealers 4
ISOLATION, whereas the ministers al
temperance societies can not effect it
10000 years.
lie suggested that the state assoc
ton in Delaware be organized With
two weeks and that it he made bran
of the national association. lie al
suggested that associate mcmJer.h
tickets be issued TO the cigar, meat al
pretZel dealers who SCH 10 the .Igu
trade and that the members If the as.
citation report the names Of the rttru
who are indebted 10 them FIR ali q
M reasonable period so that they Cstu