New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
crTY WOULD LOSE s45O,0OO.
.vop wURsTER's OPPOSITION TO THE
RAINEs EXCISE BILL.

rxoI,NcEs THE PROPOSITION TO TURN ONE
.,r THE LIQUOR TAX OVER To THE STATE
-poIlcE FIGURES SHOWING LESS Sun
DAY ARRESTS AND BETTER ORDER
TO-DAY THAN TWO YEARS AGO
,,o,or Vurster is opposed TO the Raines Ex-
- hin and Yesterday expressed the wish to
conotor Wray that he oppose the passage Of
49, hill and do all that he could to secure its
defeat
r. Tribune reporter the Mayor said: This
,oosure IS directly opposed to the spirit of
hor,e rule in the first place. and for that rea-
.or am opposed to it, and, so far as know
,,e authorities IN every city in the State are
onnosed TO the bill We have at present about
.our thousand liquor saloons in the city. and
.h.se nav a revenue for licenses amounting to
about 100000 1t IS estimated that, under the
paines bill the number Of saloons could be re-
drccd 10 about fifteen hundred, but with the
license fee fixed at $500, the revenue would be
practically the same as al present.
LOSS OF $4,000 TO THE CITY.
"Tbe Raines bill however, provides that one
,aN Of the license fees should be turned over TO
,ho State That means that Brooklyn would
lose s45OO0O in revenue. which would have TO
be nut in the budget and come out OF the
nockets Of taxpayers. l have not as yet seen
orv adequate reason for such q radical chahse
IN the law Brooklyn needs every dollar II can
r,,se and II cannot afford to give away this
sum Of money. A par; Of the money goes |"
charities but only a small part
Another why am opposed to the piil
is that think the city authorities should have
tho mower to decide on the location of saloons
within the city limits.
NO SALOONS IN HOME STREETS.
This much l have determined on: shall
be opposed to the granting of any new licenses
for saloons in residential streets Hereafter
new licenses will be granted for saloons on only
business streets, and only then when there IS
sufficient reason shown for the granting or such
licenses Furthermore. ] shall oppose the grant
ing of a renewal Of a license for any saloon
where il Is shown that the place is disorderlY'
Is the resort of people Of bad character, or Is
IN any other way q detriment TO the nelghpor-
hood.
.As to the question of the renewal of licenses
for saloons located within 200 feet of any church
or school, this is subject on which VIII nave
10 consult with the Corporation Counsel. AS
yet l know nothing officially of any apple ation
for the renewal Of any such licenses, or OF FhE
opposition TO the renewal of the licenses OF any
such saloons You may say that l nav
formed the resolution that l VIII aosoIntsM ,5;,
the prescribed limit Of 200 feet from schoo Cr
church building.
SUNDAY ARRESTS FALLING OFF
"I have received some data from the Police De-
partment relative tc arrests in this city wnirh
would seem to controvert some OF the state
ments made by the advocates OF the stern en-
forcement of the Sunday closing laws. The IN
formation furnished me shows that in the TWO
wears of Mayor Schierens term the number of
arrests on Sundays for intoxicaton was much
smaller then for the preceding two years Ihe
statistics are as follows: Arrests on SUNDAYS
for intoxication in the years 1892 and 1893. 1888
IN the years 1894 and 1895. 1884.
OTHER POLICE FIGURES.
81 have received more figures from the Pcice
DEPARTMENT showing that the arrests for VIOLA
ton of the excise law last year were l3o. They
were disposed Of in this way: Discharged by
the police sergeant at the desk g. discharged by
the court 1903: found guilty and sentenced, ~
found guilty and sentences suspended, z; cases
still pending g. All these cases are tried te-
fore iuries, and think the data | have gwen
Won show that the law has been more strin-
gently enforced, that II is more closely observed
by liouor dealers, and that the law and order
OF the city are better to-day than they were two
years ago.