The sun., 1901-04-28
ASALOONKEEPER' PLANT.
TIE BUSINESS NOT THE HL0NDIKE
PEOPLE THINK. RE SAYS.
Most Of the Pront Goes to Brewers-signs Of
Prosperity That Goes with snS week
Some Cheap saloons That Pay Well.

Prosperity That Goes with snS . week
Some Cheap saloons That Pay Well.
Il, would tickle the W C. T. U, half to
death 70 know what hard shedding New York
saloonkeepers have nowadays
The speaker wa. the proprietor Of Q sue
cessfnl downtown cafe. and prosperity en-
yeIoped him a. a mantle, 40 his preface 10 a
tale Of woe moved the reporter only TO a
smile The saloon man resented the smile.
That's straight" he said I'm making
good money. but I'm playing In big luck
and thers are mighty few sitting In the game
With me | mean that In proportion to the
total number Of saloons in the city the number
OF those that pay we'll Is precious small. II
you think every New York saloon full OF plate
glass. electric light and customers Is a Klon-
dixie. that's all you know about IL The only
Klondike about the saloon business Ia the
climate TN freeze man out quicker than
most things.
How do they run II they don't pay'"
Bless your innocent heartl they do pay
the brewers. The brewers run them. On
fair sstimste ss per cent. OF the saloons In
New York and Brooklyn are pr actically owned
by the brewers The nominal owners or
saloo nix eepers are hardly squeezing q living
out Of most Of them. Tho other s per cent
Of the saloons are owned by the mon who
run them or are backed by some one who
doesn't care to have his name appear. but
who sives the nominal proprietor fair share
oi .ns p'one 'nioae' :" sn AoS.~,
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ne %" ~ " IN,
money eno.sn 40 my .n' 'us Us S',
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saloon keeper. oooy anu soui pu' uon
hno" 'nao T" any niole ,ii"n ian ho pIVo
up 1ne money ana @s.S 'ne ..a .o l.o
worm oi nA'ures nto saioon' anu u "o
CLOSED the place and those fixtures were torn
out and sold they probably wouldn't bring
$50 ,b,n ,ro q, ,hrss bundrsd dollars
H"Ir IMAM '"o VI 'ico uuh"ie eu "o''
But It's a cold proposition for the saloon
k..per. all the same He can't say HE soul Is
h,s own He agrees 70 sell his brewers beer
exclusively. II ne tried 70 sell any other ne
couldn't do H. for the brewers have an agree
ment among themselves. and one will not
sell to another's saloon. ~ the saloon man
fsIls and has TO go out Of business no other
brNwer VIII 'ouoh MN un',l nc mas ee'''eu W
the last cent with the last brewer
Now lust look at the expenses the ordinary
saloon man must meet FRS, he must nav
his rent, and that's big In this town, even
when the place Ia outside Of the best neighbor-
h"oos' ihen ne pays ilo'n DO W 30 rnon' Il
for lighting In some swell saloons the
electric light bill runs up to 500 a month.
r,talkino about the av,r,s. little saloon
p"'i hl'a'h'ns aoou. wv 'oi"so '''"' "''' u
pow. There's the internal revenue TAX oi
s25 year. and about si2 a year for water
Hnn rom sA' W GOV a HIo"'n 'o'
The free lunch that every saloon mas 70
set ND now costs about 81 60 q day The bar
tehuers are paiu rom CIV 70 30 NeA ne
stock must be bought and the war tax OF 81
n barrel on beer paid First and foremost
=, al ,baro ia tho Ueeklv sa,tIamept with
vs. ~ ~" ~ y,
the brewer. lhat account lsn allowed
to run moro than week WITHOUT payment
on IN" license apd on the beer Inc average
sal0onkeeper plunks down rom 500 10 300
TO the brewer every week oI ms NE
man GOV 70 nave big trace 70 pie up
money AT thdt rate Not one out ol a nun
dred saves 2nythlns " course tue RalhrS
law made thlng@ "a goou ueal worse lot IN
saloon man " increased W" license from
5000 20 $500 ana then, IN order 10 AVOID the
SUNDAY pronlhtloil' me Sdloohkrcper hdl
TO INCREASE ms rent ny hlrnE property enough
10 I'll the hotel meaSurementS About 20
law went lnlo erect ne rest K'pt RolnE'
but found II hard WORK ana poor pay, n"
saloon man who made say 81 800 year before
the halncs law was passed now lnhhes yust
about what he pays each oi ms blrtenders
Almost any saloon pald 81 900 or s9O'o wear
before 1895. It's mighty good saloon now
that clears 81 900 a year for It's owner
that looks hkc u pig bun'h q prosperity.
u has more plate glass ana glldlng ana cleo
trio light 70 the square men than any oth"r
place in ms quarter here are I'VE ndT-
tenders,, ana the saloon Is u'ualy wen nlIed
No | know posltlvelN thAt the nominal
ov ner of that place never clears more thhn
So week over ana above eNpenSeH ne
makes SIS a week tor me support oi nImsrI
end his family what 90 YOU thnk OF thatf
The best paying bars are hose IN the
legitimate hoteIS ana w" swell btohuWnE
saloons heN poh Neu nluCn bNeI, anu
hcei - thr m3Si ulpTMi'able lqupT nav =
man can handle NhlNhey hhu fplru1 oI
all klndS arc iur thlhs~ on Whitn lhe @tI.on
gets l'S blg prom'~. .lpu pay = ghlnh l"I
"hi-k@N ana soil " St W, cents drInk ana
w