The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-20
BREWERS TO PROTEST
Representatives Of Breweries
Want Changes in the Law
to Limit the Saloons
IS APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
on Saloon Limiting Ordinance.
But Will Act at Adjourned
Meeting Next Monday

The law for the purpose Of limiting
| the number of saloons in the city to
one for each five hundred inhabitants
is not to the liking of the big breweries
of Chicago and Milwaukee doing
business in Kenosha and the repre-
sertatives of these breweries will ask
for some notable changes in the
ordinance before it becomes law. At
the meeting of the Council Monday
night it was expected that the ordi-
nance would come up for some action
and representatives. of the Pabst and
and Schlitz Brewing companies were
on hand to protest against the pas
sage of the ordinance. However, the
brewery representatives did not speak
before the Council as it was decided to
lay the matter over to an adjourned
meeting on next Monday and at that
time the Council will also take action
on the applications for saloon licenses.
The representative of the brew
cries in stating their side Of the case
declare that the ordinance would be
an injustice to them in its present
form. The brewery agents are united
on the proposition. They hold that
under the present law itwould be pos
sible for saloon man to make value
less property on which the breweries
have spent thousands of dollars and
they insist that the licenses should
either be granted for the place in
which the intoxicants are to be sold or
should be granted to the brewing com
panies. Under the law as it now
reads the licenses would be granted to
individuals and the individual would
have the right to transfer his business
from one building to another with the
permission of the Council. The
breweries claim that there are build
ings in the city on which they have
spent thousands of dollars and that
should the keepers of these saloons be
given the right to move out and take
the license with them the places
would become practically worthless to
the breweries. One of the leading
agents in the city when seen this
morning said: ut is just this. We can
not run the risk of being thrown into
the air. by some irresponsible saloon
keeper. We have spent our money
building buildings in Kenosha and we
have built them to sell beer IN. Now
under the proposed law should a
license be issued to the man renting
one of our buildings and he should
get sore at the brewery month after
the license is issued he could move
out of the building taking the license
with him and the brewing company
would be forced to wait till 1850 be-
fore the place could be re-opened.
The representatives of all the
breweries are aware Of the fact that
there are saloons enough in Kenosha,
and we are willing to have the num-
Der limited to one for five hundred,
but we must insist that there be a
clause in this ordinance which will
protect u.s.
The Council has takenIthis matter
into consideration, but it is certain
that the saloon men who have indi-
vidual licenses will contest the stand
taken by the brewers. They claim
that such clause in the ordinance
will throw them into the complete
control of the brewers, and that the
brewing companies will be placed in a
position where they can throw the
saloon men out of business and allow
them no chance to get another license.
The matter is to be threshed out on
next Monday evening, and by that
time the breweries will probably have
assubstitute ordinance prepared which
will embody their views on the. sub
ject.
It was so hot Monday night that the
aldermen did not attempt to do great
deal Of business, and most of the
routine work was laid over until the
next regular session. Eighty-six APP
plications for saloon licenses were re-
ceived and it is expected that FIVE or
six more will come in during the pres
ent week. The brewing companies
have asked for less than dozen Ii.
censes, but it is possible that at the
next melting the breweries will ask
for licenses for all the places where
their beer is now being sold. There
were ten applications for pharmacists
licenses.
The only other business Of import
ance to come before the Council was
the reading of the ordinance to fix the
grade of the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railway tracks on West Main
street, and the ordinance will take les
usual course. It seems pretty certain
thee the ordinance will be passed, as
lie members of the Council seem to
be anxious to secure the pavement Of