Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-14
HIGH AND Low LICENSE.
Great Differences I'm the Rates Estnb-
lishcL In the various Stntcr.

Great Differences I'm the Rntcs Estnb-
lished In the Various states.
The annual liquor license fee Is 81 200 in
Boston. $1,000 In Philadelphia, 5000 in st.
Louis. $500 in Chicago and $3.50 in New York.
says the New York sun. 1t is proposed by
the Raines bill, now pending at Albany, to
bring New York higher up in the list by
making the rate $500 and by increasing
the rate in Brooklyn to $3.50 Until last year,
Brooklyn for saloons of the first class was
$780, the same as In New Orleans. where
the arrests for drunkenness are smaller i'm
number, in proportion to the population,
than In any other large city of the United
The fixing of license fees for LIQUOR selling
being matter for the separate legislatures
In those states in which licenses of any kind
varies radically and there is no uniformity
or the question. One state favors high IL
instead of there being. as is the rule OF the
federal government in internal revenue mat
ters. single fee, increased by sales beyond
a given figure, the local authorities in most
of the counties of each state have charge of
the question Of figuring the amount of IL
the legislature-a maximum and a minimum
fee. The average license rate in Albania is
S op saes in In exeens of $40 ana
down to S. a month for the smaller places
II Colorado the ordinary license is 500. In
Georgia q country license costs 81 50O but in
the city of Atlanta what must seem to most
peTsOHS all dpsuTu eNlstS-SZ0 IOr
Wholesale LIQUOR dealers, $3.50 for beer
saloons and 900 for liquor saloons. In Idaho
the average rate is 500 a year. In Illinois
|. varies from $3.50 to $780, In Indiana the
state license fee is 500. and the local au-
thorities OF cities then add to this as much
of $3.50 additional as they desire. Iowa has a
limited license law. Kansas Is q prohibition
state In Kentucky licenses are granted by
the courts at rates varying from $50 to $50;
Maine is a. prohibition state; in Maryland
the average license fee is $3.50. Massachu-
setts Is high license state, with the rate
ranging from $1,000 to 81 500 for, liquor sa-
and the retail liquor license $500. In Mime
from 5000 to 81, ,OO0 In Missouri the state IL
cense is $500 and the local authorities add to
this from $50 to 800. In Nebraska the mini
mum license fee is 1000. in cities of the
first class. $500 in minor cities and the
country; in New Jersey the rate varies
according to localities. some cities main
tanning a high and others n low rate. the
general average in the cities of the state
being $3.50. In Ohio the tax is $3.50, in
Oregon S4c0. In Pennsylvania the cities of
Philadelphia and 'Pittsburg pay $1,000, other
Rhode Island the fee varies from $500 to Si00
In South Carolina the state controls the
liquor business. South Dakota Is prohib-
ton state; in Texas the state tax is $500 and
the county has the right to add $50 to this
and the town authorities $50 additional In
Virginia the rate varies from SIS 10 1925 and
in Wisconsin from 500 to $500. In Vermont
the manufacture as well the sale of .liq-
ucrs has been prohibited by law since 1859:
federal tax to the United States as liquor