The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-04
BREWERS AWAKE
TO THE SITUATION
Realize That Worst Enemies
To the Business Are With
in Own Ranks.
A CRUSADE Is PLANNED.
AT MEETING IN MILWAUKEE MA.
TIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST
THE OISORDERLY SALOON WILL
BE STARTED.

Milwaukee. Wis. May 4.-Plans for
a national campaign which is 70 in
clude every state in the union for ele
waiting the standard OF the saloon bust
ness of the country. will be launched
at the convention of the United States
Brewers association here June to %,
The association includes nearly every
brewer in America and all the influen-
tial members have agreed that disOr-
derby and disreputable saloons must
be eliminated. With this end in
view. it is believed a good part Of the
time of the convention will be given up
for the discussion of this important
subject.
In a small way the crusade against
dive saloons has already been begun
by the brewers in various parts of the
country. but the plan is to extend this
movement and during the next year
many undesirable saloon men will be
driven ont Of business. In number
of cities This work is now under way
and has resulted in such good cOndi-
lions that the national association has
decided to take hold of the subject and
extend the house cleaning.
This spirit of inquiry which has been
started by the Anti-Saloon agitation
has brought the brewers and the rep
utable saloon men throughout the
country to realize that their worst enc
mics are within their own ranks. For
some years efforts have been made
here and there to rid the saloon bust
ness Of its disorderly and law defying
element In Massachusetts and in
PENNSYLVANIA this has been pretty
thoroughly accomplished by wise leg
islation. In other states the laws
themselves have invited and stimulated
over competition. which has proved
disastrous to the morals of the bust
ness. Individual brewers in every
center have done what they could as
individuals to improve the situation,
but without much result. and 1t be-
came evident that the work must be
done in an organized way by the
brewers and the retail liquor dealers as
a body. if any lasting benefit was to be
had.
The Texas brewers two years ago en-
ployed their own lawyers and secured
their own evidence. and forced the
hands of the police and prosecutors
and have rid the state of two thousand
gambling and other joints, which were
annexes to the saloons. The brewers
of the board of trade of New York
have now undertaken to do the same
thing in cooperation with the commit
tee of fourteen (OrganiZed to regulate
the Raines Law hotel eviD and the
bonding companies which bond the Ii
censees. AS a result of this arrange
ment. it is expected that $50 disOrderly
places will be put out of business
through their inability to secure new
licenses.
The Buffalo brewers have already
done the same thing and it is expect
ed that similar resolutions Will follow
in Rochester, Syracuse and other up
state cities.
The West Virginia Brewers associa-
ton has, ssszt q, cfrcaIar1etter to liquor
dealers Insisting upon their rigid COM
pliance with the law In every particu-
lar The New Jersey Brewers passed
resolutions to the same effect a few
months ago: and the Ohio brewers have
taken similar action.
The Minnesota brewers are also in
line: and the Milwaukee brewers are
now taking the matter up. 1t is ex-
peCted that a wholesale house cleaning
will take place in the retail liquor
trade in every CITY of jmDOrtancp