The San Francisco call., 1896-01-21
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Text of a Petition That Has
Been Prepared for
Circulation.
MAss.MEETING TO BE CALLED.
Organizing to Defeat the Order Pro-
hibiting Rebate and Treating
by Any One.

The recent action OF number of the
brewers of this City in regulating the price
of beer and prohibiting treating has
aroused a great deal of feeling among
many of the retail dealers who are affected
by this action, and movement has been
started looking toward fight against the
brewers.
The man who has come to the front in
this movement is Frank Marty, the pro-
prietor of a saloon at 3015 Mission street.
He has published a notice calling upon all
engaged in selling beer to join him in or
ganizing q movement to defeat those brew
ers who are in the com mbine.
1.-THE cause of this movement" said Mr..
Marty yesterday, sis this" and he pro-
duced a circular which is in the following
words:
To the Trade Beginning Monday, January
Is, 1886, the price OF steam beer to all dealers
will be as follows: Five dollars for each whole
barrel, 81 90 for each half barrel, 81 70 for
each third of a barrel and 81 for each sixth of
a barrel. Lager beer not less than SS per bar.
rel, net, without any rebate or allowance of
any nature or kind and without spending
money by proprietors, managers, employees or
drivers.
These prices have been fixed in the interests
of the dealer as we'll as IN the interests OF the
brewer. Low price for beer only increases the
number of dealers, and gives TO those OF the
liquor traffic good argument in favor of Sun
day closing, high license and separation OF
grocery from saloon.
In their own interest we ask all dealers to as
sist the Brewers, Protective Association in
keeping the prices or any concession or allow
M q n Thppo
II these prices are strictly adhered to it will
lessen competition and prevent discrimina-
ton
American, Albany, Bavaria, Broadway, Bui-
falo, Chicago, California, Enterprise, Freder-
icksburg, Hibernia, Hayes Valley, John Vie
land, Jackson, Milwaukee, National, Railroad,
S. F. Stock, san Francisco, Union, United,
Washington, Willows and S. F. Breweries
Qimited).
I'VE cannot understand what the brew
ers mean in this matter-but the saloon
men, that is all who sell beer, and there
are some 5000 of them, including grocers,
who sell malt liquor, know that it means
the loss of great many dollars to them
every month and in the course of year it
amounts to very large sum.
Here is Mr.. Marrelo, who can explain
what is to be done better than l can, +" and
the reporter was presented to the party
named.
Here is copy of petition that has
been drawn up and is now being circulated
for signatures" and he unfolded a paper
of which the following is copy:
On behalf OF all interested in our movement
and especially saloon-keepers and grocerymen,
1, Frank Marty of 30I5 Mission street, call
upon all to help me in the fight / and my
friends are making against the syndicate that
has issued q circular (ostensibly IN our inter-
est, but it is not) wherein it con templates to
perpetrate an outrage against our interests in
forbidding its 'proprietors, managers, en-
ployes or drivers" to spend any money over
the bar or to make any rebate.
| have friends who will supply all the beer
we need for the trade, and of the best quality
in the City, at the same price as the syndicate
now sells, allowing all rebates, and permission
to the "proprietors, managers, employees or
drivers" to spend money over the bar when
and how they please.
Those who are in favor of breaking up this
obnoxious scheme in the manifesto, which
means the draining of half million of dol
lars from our pockets annually, will please
sign their names below.
"This movement. in which Mr.. Marty, so
far, is the only one figuring, is being con-
Quoted quietly and secretly. The reason
for this is obvious. If we make known
who is back of Mr.. Marty before we are
prepared to do so the syndicate will get its
work in and defeat our work. There are
some eight thousand people directly inter
ested in this movement, and each is af-
fected to the extent of from 81 to Sc a
month. That means nearly half a million
dollars year, which these people formerly
received over their counters. We want
that amount OF money retained in this
City, circulated among the people and not
sent out of the country, as it viii be.
"You can say that as soon as we get a
number of names to this petition a mass
meeting in some central hail will be called
and the whole subject fully discussed.
You can also say that there are some very
prominent men in this movement, but I
am not at liberty at this time to name
them.
"What breweries will furnish the beer
on the conditions named in the petition2
Well, those cannot be named at this t ime
either, for the parties who are moving do
not want them to be approached by the
syndicate. The movement, you can say,
is not limited to San Francisco, but that
assistance will be forthcoming from out
side the City limits, and that the supply
of beer will be unlimited"