The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-29

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People who Derive usneat nrsn I.
Thomas Tnsser, who wrote more than 400
years ago on tho 900 Points on Good HusN
bandry,'' said. among other things: "Except
wind stands 40 never stood. H. Is an Ill wind
that turns none to good" AT the time Of the
passage Of the Raines Liquor Tax bill the num-
Der Of persons who were inclined TO concur In
the philosophical remark OF Tusser was some
want limited. but since that time the advocates
of the Rnlnes law have become emboldened. and
some OF them are now willing to admit THAI
after nil. the disad vantages and disabilities e.
tablishcd by the new Liquor Tax law are offset
to a certain extent. by some material benefits.
Under the old Excise law there were gao ho-
tells In New York. Under the new Excise law
there are, or very soon will be. about 1 1000 more,
or 1880. Tho Haines Liquor Tax law defines .
hotel, In cities of tho FIRST class, rs an establish
ment having not less than ten rooms for the
accommodation OF guests. The appurtonanoo1
OF a room in an ordinary hotel and In
one established under tho exigenoies Of
tho Raines law for tho sale OF liquor on Sunday
are not exactly the same, but in one particular
at least there Is a certain COMPLIMENTARY
room In n Raines hotel has n bed and every bed
has n mattress. As n consequence there has
been. since May /. n market for about 10000
mattresses. and some Of the mattress factories
have in consequence been working over
time. One large firm, indeed, has put
. new mattress on the market. II IL
called the "CanandaIRua." The mattress
makers. however, are not the only gamers by
the sudden and sporadic establishment of
Raines hotels, for there Ia n large demand for
hotel furniture. as we'll as for chairs and tables
suitable for transient guests who patronise
Raines hotels only on Sundays. These Raines
must be strong enough to hold. without break
ing. one or more glasses of beer; and the chairs
without breaking. Thirsty individEais Of weighs
ranging from lSOt TO 800 pounds; The stability
OF the furniture for Raines hotels Ia OF less Inn
portance than the question of cheapness. for the
wear and tear on the furniture Is not consider
Another class Of persons who find that they
have profted by some Of the peculiar provisions
New Jersey factories. Reports from Camden
indicate that the new law has been the cause Of
Gloucester county considerable more work. The
bottle makers are very busy. owing to large or.
ders from New YORK beer o1ttiers; nearly al
on beer bottles. Many factories have moro orr
ders than they can an. The decreased sale OF
led to an increased demand for bottled beor.
The custom in the retail trade is for the SALOON
beer, subject 70 a rebate on the return of the
former. II follows that there are a very large
number of bottles In use-a number materially
increased since the adoption of tho Raines law
following the Roosevelt crusade. Accordingly
pendent beer bottlers. acting apart from the
beer brewers, has been largely increased. Some
Vi II ihEkcbb uOttlc tuoiE W DooEs
but tho practice Is not universal, and conso-
Quently those saloon keepers who sell the boor
OF establishments which have no regular bot
Ting department arc compelled to give out the
work Of %bottling. to private firms. and IL 10 the
latter who have been keeping busy the Glouces.
ter county glass men.
A now and almost infant industry which has
sprung mp sinoe the passage of the Raines
bill is the trade in hotel registers. These reris-
ters are the trade mark of Raines hotels.
1t is a violation of law for any hotel keeper to
conduct business without such . register. Sa-
loon keepers. II 10 well known. have never boon
partial to bookkeeping with customers. and II 10
q we'll established rule In the retail liquor trade
that a slate and ultimate bankruptcy arc very
nearly synonymous. Under tho provisions OF
the Raines bill. however, . hotel must, OF
Of recording the names and date Of ARRIVAL
Of the guests. and as the wholesale sta
TONERS did NOS provide In advance for this
there has been lively busting TO secure hotel
registers, and the business ip Thorn has boon
brisk. A regular hotel register has usually
printed upon tho top the name Of the hotel and
tho proprietor and some Of the rules which
govern the establishment; but the proprteton
Of Raines hotels do not seom to Be particular In
this respect, for. a. one OF them SAID tho ofhm
day. any old book viii do. providedthsreas DIM
Altogether many nnes of business have bssA
doomed by tho legislation Of Raines.a and mnny
lines Of business have suffered. too.