Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05


where suit has been brought by trust
or corporation against the vendors oi
properties to these organizations to
prevent such vendors going into business
in the same line IN competition with the
purchasers Of their properties, to the
effect that such actions. even the agree
me nts or contracts on which they. were
based, being "in restraint OF trade
could not be sustained. A decision to
this effect by Vice Chancellor Grey OF
the Chancery Court of the State OF New
Jersey, in suit brought by trust to
compel the vendors of one of the prop
critics it had absorbed to stay out OF
business, has recently been reversed by
the New Jersey Court of Errors
and Appeals. That this is a most
important decision, which may seriously
affect the future Of many trusts, COM
binations and consultations, is fully
recognized and it will be carried TO the
United States Supreme Court for final
adjudication. Should the Court OF
Errors and Appeals be sustained, a
serious blow will have been struck at
the prosperity OF some Of the more
important industrial trusts in the United
States, whose future success in large
measure depend on their elimination
OF all competition.
The Park Commissioners of Mil
10. hat aeaFTHEHn
Of late in regard to their arraignment by
the alleged Temperance" people for
violating a city ordinance prohibiting
the sale of intoxicants IN the public
parks, by allowing weiss beer to be sold
at the refreshment stands. They
appealed to the Collector of Internal
Revenue, who informed them that the
United States Government taxed the
brewers OF weiss beer as manufacturers
of iermenteil liquors, regarding their
product as an alcoholic beverage within
the meaning OF the law. The sale OF
weiss beer has consequently been
interdicted in Milwaukee's parks.
Nearly year ago lin September 1899
the United States Attorney General at
Washington, d. c., decided that the
collection, under the decision Of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, OF
the war tax Of one dollar per barrel on
malt liquors, imposed by the War
r .venue Bill Of June I3. 1893, was ille-
gal as applied to malt liquors contained
in retailers cellars prior to the enact
meht of said law; a subsequent decision
directed the reiunding of the money so
collected, on presentation, through the
Collectors OF Internal Revenue, of duly
authenticated claims. Many such claims
were presented Immediately alter the
decision was announced, but. so far we
have yet to hear Of the first payment
made under them. Applicants for in
formation as to their disposition are
politely informed that the Internal
Revenue Bureau is unusually busy, but
would attend to the matter as soon as
possible.
A crusade has commenced against
the large number of grocers in Kansas
City and vicinity who sell malt and
otherliquors by the bottle without having
taken out county license, which costs
$500 and must be renewed every six
months. 1t is said that nearly every
grocer in the county sells liquors and
that only ID very few instances have
they taken out licenses.
Attorney General Monett, OF Ohio,
has decided that where breweries have
shipped beer into other counties aud
placed it in cold storage there, pending
the call of the purchaser--the sales
having been made at the home Office
and kept fully distinct and separate
there was no necessity for taking out a
Dow tax for the cold storage establish
ment. The decision was brought by
brewers in several of the smaller cities,
N view of the action OF the Attorney
General in compelling brewers 10 pay
the Dow tax on depots maintained by
them in different counties,
Leisy Brewing Co., Peoria, H., are
making extensive Improvements in their
establishment. An entirely new brew
house Of 400 barrels capacity, with
suitable storage accommodations, will
be built, with a reirigerating plant
comprising three large machines-on the
lower floor, the main building being
AAx66 feet and four stories high. Fred.
Rautert, architect ana engineer, Chicago,
has prepared the plans and will supervise
the work.
Extensive alterations will be made in
the p, Lieber Brewing Co. branch OF
the Indianapolis Breweries, Indianapo-
lis. The new buildings, which will
stand on a plot OF FIVE acres, will be oi
the most substantial construction. and
will cost, with their equipment, about
$67S 900.
The handsome building erectedb by the
Baltimore Brewers Exchange IN that
city has been purchased by the Maryland
Brewing Co., the consideration being
reported as $ss,ooo. When the company
absorbed all but one Of the brewerIes
constituting the exchange, the organi-
cation was disbanded and the company
will establish its headquarters in the
building.
Deafness
cannot be cured by local applications as
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