Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
LIQUOR TRADE CENTER
BUSINESS LAST YEAR GREATEST
EVER RECORDED.
Growth shown by the Big Increase
In the Receipts of the Internal
Revenue Ofice-Hany New
Firms Established

While the vine. beer and liquor trade o..
Kansas City Will amount TO aIuset Sam"-
10 fer the past year. that does 70, i-LlsI .
that the city is inclined TO cveruss Of re
stock handled. Indeed L : doubtful y -ry
city OF equal population and by.-iEs>- G
the goods with less damage 70 iJss.t tals:
is done here. for drunkenness on The s---
is something that has been reduced % -
minimum.
The past year has been The bcsc tEe -.ql0-
trade has ever enjoyed. There has ben -
increased output from The 5rewe-=s -
the product. the brewers agents here lav-
pushed their trade up 4 socJ ugTr5v- :
notcheS and the Wholesalers and ICuo- Io--
bers have seen their business expand g,.-e
in keeping with the progress il C-A.- t.--4
OF trade Kansas Ctty = now = -eeCSlz1
liquor market and the product %: tn u---
distilleries in the land Is stored Eere Ior
sale all over the very VIDE territory -Cv-
cred from this point
sale all over the very Wide ,srT5io- covered
Until five years ago Kansas Ci-y VS.
not rated as a liquor market of any import
ance. but the establishment o. q bo5t5i
warehouse here gave the liquor ;-ICs a
big impetus and afforded an identity 20 -
market that the deale;s we've quick 10 -
a~dvantageously.
There is a very large territory tributary
to the city for the trade both 20 Te-
tail dealers and amoHS jobbsrS in >r-ai--r
places. The men who lead in the whv-sslt-
trade here are fun OF enterprise. have
ample capital and have directed their err
deavors along lines that have proGucei
splendid results. They carry ample stocks
of all the fancy and plain Srad-S OF goods
and meet the strongest competition VIA
credit to themselves The city now has n
the wholesale stocks and in the warehouse
as generous Z quantity ard - much -
superb quality As can b. found IN any o.h-r
NeStern market The dealers have cE- zsi-
vantage not only OF . v-ry liberal Io-li
trade. but an extensive ana growing d.
mand from the Southwest. where the popu-
Iation IS increasing 80 rapidly The bus
ness has ilr more than rr=aInrd al I.~
lost during the long period OF CUmmercIfl
depression. and the future promises much
OF value.
The estimated value OF the ruuor trade
for the year is S.s-.o.1-
The Beer Trade.
The beer trade has enjoyed IN increase
in proportion TO the srcwth Of the I,quor
trade. There are three brewerieS in opsr-
alton. two Of them being large on~. and
T the output for the past year has been
about 25t.1c barrels Will about @acz3 bar
relS have been handled by the agencies -
Chicago. ST. Louis and Milwaukee brew
cries. There has been a generous growth
in the local trade. but the increase OF most
Importance has been in she trade demands
from the tributary territory
The brewery property Of Kansas CITY
possesses n big value IL dollars NssOtil-
tons for the purchase % all the brewery
property failed during the year because the
owners asked u fancy price. which an In
glish syndicate refused to pay The pric-
was based on its earning powers.
The very marked Increase in the i.Suo-
trade has produce its results in the CO..
lection of revenues for the government and
the monthly business Is now more Ihar.
four times what IL WIS a year ago. Th-
government has been very largely "A gamer
by the trade. as will be seen by the follow
ing internal revenue collections for the
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