New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
MORE MONEY FROM LIQUOR
REPUBLICAN LEADERS PLANNING TO
RAISE EXCISE TAN
IN THIS WAY THE STATES REVENUES
WOULD BE INCREASED SEVEN OR EIGHT
MILLIONS-STRONG DEMOCRATIC OP-
POSITION LIKELY-HOW 1T WOULD
AFFECT THIS CITY.
AFFECT THIS CITY.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

{ By TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.1
Albany, Nov. 29.-The Republican leaders 1t
was stated upon good authority to-day. are
considering proposition to increase the tax on
the sale of liquor in this State. and il
ported that the Governor may make such
recommendation in his message. The increase
would be designed to be sufficiently large to In
crease the net receipts under the Liquor Tax
law from St10O0OO0 as at present to $4,000
600 or $19O000O0 yearly. The net revenue un-
der the Liquor Tax law for the year ending
April 80, 1901, $11, 724, I55, and the States
share of this revenue was So 900, 662 10 The
remaining sum went to the localities collecting
the tax.
The State receives one-third of the amount
collected net revenue Of $1SOO0OO0 from
the Liquor Tax law would therefore give the
State an income of $6,000000 from the law
The submission of a proposition to the legis-
lature to increase the liquor tax would doubt
less lead to hot conflict in that body, and since
the Republican party has only twenty-eight
Senators and it requires twenty-six votes to
pass bill in the Senate the conflict would be
a hot one in that body. for there would be
strong Democratic opposition
If a biI modifying the Liquor Tax law is In
troduced Senator Raines will present 1t. The de-
sign is said TO be to increase the liquor tax all
over the STATE. In New-York City the tax would
the various boroughs to a uniform rate Of
81 900. At present the rate in the Borough OF
Manhattan and in The Bronx, except in the an
nexed part of The Bronx. is $500; in the an
nexed district of The Bronx, $3.50; in Kings
County $500: in Long Island City. $3.50; in Far
Rockaway, 5000 The liquor dealers. it is pro-
posed shall pay a uniform rate of 81 900 in all
parts of the territory of greater New-York.
1t is said a good many liquor dealers favor
foo RING hat
will lessen competition in their trade 1t is also
proposed to increase the liquor tax of hotels to
uniform rate of 81 800. There would be two
objects in this increase. At present the hotels
pay the same license fee as a liquor store. and
yet they sell liquor seven days in the week.
while the liquor dealers can sell only six days
in the week.
1t is also felt that an increase in the liquor
tax imposed upon hotels would have the effect
of decreasing the number of fake hotels. In
MAY 1901 there were S32 hotels in Kings Coun-
~ which paid $J4O,SO0 liquor tax. If taxed
$500 each they would pay $1,24S.UO. The re
port of the excise commissioner Tor the year
1901 states that there were 2,lOl hotels In
Greater New-York that year At Sl9oo each
they would pay. under such an amendment OF
the liquor law as is proposed, the sum of S5'2Jo-
800
\ similar increase in proportion of the hotel
liquor tax in the interior cities and villages Is
also suggested An increase of the tax of the
liquor dealer in the interior of the State would,
of course, bc adopted if those in Greater New
York have their taxation increased. The rates
of the liquor tax upon each liquor store in the
interior cities are: Buffalo. 500; Rochester.
5000; Binghamton. $3.50, OIean. $500; Auburn,
$3.50; Albany. 5000: jamestown, $50; Elmira.
$50; Hudson. $500: Utica. 500; Niagara Falls.
$3.50; Newburgh $500 OsweSo $50, Troy
5000; OGdensburg. $500; Ithaca. $3.50; Kings
ton, S30O Gens Falls. $50; Yonkers. $50
Patrick W. Cullinan, the State Excise Com
missioner. went to New-York this afternoon
He Will confer with the Republican leaders II
Is said. about this proposed increase OF &ihe
liquor tax. Mr.. Cullinan IS known favor al
Increase Of the taxation OF the hotels of the
State. II the liquor dealers in Boston can pay
a minimum license fee OF $1,000. the LIQUOR
dealers in greater New York II is believed can
afford easily 10 pay a maximum fee OF that
amount.