The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-06-12

Liquor Dealers association appoint
ed 20 confer With the union roia-
tive 20 the plan Of the aaloonmen
to stop purchasing homo made
cigars
II the saloonmen decide TO carry
out their present purpose 90 buy
their cigars IN the east instead Of
in Seattle II will mean that n large
portion OF the sale OF the local
, product will be- destroyed The na-
/ ioonmen claim that they buy so
/ per cent OF the local product. "aa
favof" The olsarmakefa assert
that the amount ~ not more than
80 per cont.
[ The union men also declare that
they are not worrying great deal
over the contemplated action OF the
saloon men They think they can
easily get along without tholr pat
ronage. and that only one or two
saloon prunrietnrH have stirred up
the trouble anyway
It's Jealousy they say
A delegation of clgarmakers con
alatlng OF Joseph kokeah. q. NJ.
Crowoll aud n A Howard called
at The Star office Monday morning
and made the following statement
The members ~ the Clganmak-
era union have known - the in-
tended move Of the Retail Liquor
/ Dealers association Tor some time.
and know full we'll what Il means
20 throw Seattle made cigars out of
all the saloons IA this city
But the association was mlain-
formed when e was told that the
Cikarmakef'a union waa boycotting
the saloons that support the cigar
makers Our motto always has
been and u yet 20 patrunlEe those
Who patronire usl But n a member
OF our union has gone further than
the union has authorized BY pulling
trade Rwav from saloon that
handles unfair beer tho whole
union should not be blamed Tor his
mistake. We make this statement
because u appears that much % The
present trouble has sprung from
John Il. Brill. proprietor OF the
Summit Saloon, who feels outraged
because one Of our members pre-
vailed upon q friend 20 leave the
place and 80 % a fair saloon We
are simply refusing to drink unfair
beer.
we sympathins with the brew
cry workers. and We wlll refuse 20
drink unfair beer until their strike
is settled. We know that the brew
eFa have always smoked union
made cigars and naturally We are
/ friendly toward them.
The statement that the tobacco
trust can send union made cigars
from the cast 10 per cent cheaper
than they can be purchased % loenl
factories e Ridiculous The trust
employs women and children who
ought 70 be az school. and for this
very good reason IL uoi allowed 10
uHe the union label
The local cigar manufacturers
could furnish cigars Just a. cheaply
AZ the eastern iohtsrn bot the local
manufacturer gcts an order for only
.aa or 500 AZ a time. while the Job
Der sets an order for 900 OF 10 90
We could turn cut cigars Of equal
qaaiiiy Just e. eheapiy Il We got
iarKe ea0uxh orders.
The claim that saloon men are
buying our cigars a. favor 81
amusing Our cigars are good and
therefore high priced. For that
rsaeon the saloon owners make a
bigger percentage Of profit from
their sale. and Hence their desire 20
handle them They also like 90
/ coddle the union trade
Manager Sweeney Of the Seattle
Brewing and Mailing company. We
believe 20 Be the man behind the
1 trouble lie has already aided a
san Francisco cigar firm which
handles Chinese made cigars. and
In local saloons. which the company
i controls he haa directly dlacrimlu-
ated against local manufacturers
We arc not afraid Of any action
the association may take Saloons
do not handle more than 30 per
cent Of our product. anyway"