The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-19
APPEAL IS MADE
TO THE RETAILER
Hotel and Restaurant Men Oper.
ating Bars Would Resume
Sunday Sales.
No Definite Action Taken by
Retailers at the Meeting
Today.

The first move of the recently organ
lied Hotel & Restaurant Keepers as
ISOLATION was made today, when repro
sentatives of that Organization, aP-
peared before a special meeting OF tho
Minneapolis Retailers association to
request that body to go to the front
for it in the hope of securing modlf-
cation of the present Sunday-closing
policy. The hotel and restaurant men,
thru thei1 organization, are behind q
movement to allow restaurants running
bars to open at pm. Sundays Tor the
accommodation of those who wish to
dine downtown. All the restaurants
represented in the new organization
are in this class.
No action was taken on the petition
of the association today by the Retail
ers association. The reason gwen was
the small attendance of retailers, only
eleven Of the total membership BENG
present. Following a presentation OF
their case by, the hotel and restaurant
interests, the retailers present held
short discussion with the result that
the petition was carried over until the
next meeting, which will be held the
second Tuesday in January.
Fifteen in Delegation.
There were fifteen in the delegation
from the Hotel and Restaurant assocla-
ticn. Different members explained the
situation by asserting that the rigid en-
forcement of the Sunday closing rule
was forcing them to stand considera
BILE loss. 1t was asserted that the Sum
day closing has affected the business OF
the entire week to such an extent that
some relief was imperative. 10 lndI-
cate the community Of interests that ex-
lists, members of the delegation ex Il.
planned that they had been obliged to
cancel orders for supplies placed with
cause of the falling off in business. The
retailers were requested to assist the
hotel and restaurant interests in secur-
ing permission from the mayor to sell
liquor at least part of the day.
Members of the Retailers associa.
tion, after leaving the executive session
following the appearance of the delega-
corning the probable future action of
the retailers association.
Labor Assembly Stood Pat.
While the meeting today was not
promoted by the Liquor Dealers assoc
citation, it is part Of the general plan
l>of the liquor interests of the, city, to
ing rule. Other business associations
| are being appealed to for assistance.
At the meeting of the Trades and
Labor assembly lately, a set of resolu-
tions opposing Sunday closing was in
formally turned down. The question
before the meeting and discussed. At
ter feeling the ground over by putting
the question up to individual delegates,
the promoters of the resolution decided
to make no mention of it in the for
NAL meeting, fearing that it would not
go thru. In explaining this today,
prominent labor man said:
"The Trades and Labor assembly has
other matters and problems of its own
| to consider that are OF greater 1mpor-
lance than the resolution that was sug-
gested but never proposed in open meet
ing. The proposition was discussed be-
fore and after the meeting and the
majority favored a hands-of policy,
Club Plan Proposed.
How to kill two birds with one stone,
or how to sell liquor without paying
ST. 900 license and do it on Sunday also.
is said to be new secret formulated by
a number of everyday thirst satisfers
who feel that their liberties have been
4 curtailed by the Sunday closing ruling
of the mayor. The answer is, Have a
club.'' ''.
Tt is reported that the dry ones have
about decided that they are up against
a stone wall and that not being able to
90 thru or around it the best way is to
60 over it. By incorporating a benev-
client club, liquor may be retailed to
members without city license, the fed
eral license being sufficient. The plan
is, according to reports. to organize sew
eral clubs under careful management
and give demonstrations Of how to
evade the law.
Membership need not necessarily be
confined to small number nor will 1t be
necessary to charge dues that will be
burdensome. just have club with q
few hundred members, confine sales to
members only, turn the saloon into a
clubhouse. avoid paying $1,000 year
to the city, and there It is.
Once the club plan gets started, it Is
maintained that there will be rush to
carry out the idea and that a number
of downtown saloons that are feeling the
strong right arm of the law will hasten
to become clubs. In order to get the
Sunday business via the club route 1t
will be necessary to keep on on the same
1 track thruout the week. There is NO
law tho, that will not allow the club to
take into it's fold all the regular GUS
ttomers of the place and as many more
as may wish to join.
A trial will test the practicability OF
the scheme and time will demonstrate
it's success or failure. Those evolving
the scheme have every confidence In It
and say that it will put Sunday closing
to the bad as soon as tried. Saloons
that do not become clubs will be UP
against it and will start revolution, so
they say The clubs would have to be
: conducted on strict lines for members
; only.