The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-29
INVASION OF
lNALIENADLE RIGHTS.
BULLETIN NO. s.

Or Monday next, March ?, the public
hearing for and against the Crosby
local option bill is to be had before the
of the Legislature. If the in
stigators of this bill will give veracity
its due they win admit that their agi-
tation is principally aimed against the
brewing industry. From what motives,
today may remain undiscussed. PERTH
nent seems, however. in advance OF
that hearing to recall to the minds of
the gentlemen Of the Legislature a few
facts concerning the economic momen-
~tousness of the brewing industry in this
countryi with the request that, after
having listened to the speeches of the
advocates and the opponents Of that
bin, they also weigh these facts in their
deliberations and decision upon the
measure.
In the brewing and the distilling in
dustry of the United States are used
and consumed every year:
&c. s6l .s75 bushels Of corn, costing. s27. ga, 20s
60. 100000 bushels Of barley. costing c2,l60,000
., 595. 600 bushels of rye, costing. 3.9l6,SS9
Sugar products, hops and assorted
grain lh,ooo.uVu
Hence. of farm products alone .sl1O, 800. 097
In addition thereto Is used:
Lumber, rubber goods. steam en-
gines, machinery. tools. steam
fittings, plumbers supplies,
wagons, harnesses, glass. chem
ical. supplies. paint and v%afnish,
brushes, advertising signs, etcr
costing ........... Slo9,VV0,VV0
And coal and other fuel, costing. 5000, o0)
-
Hence, of farm and other In
dustry products together. ......... .S265,3f9,os
Besides. there Is paid to labor
producers only). ................ .So4,540,WO
Fire insurance premiums, ....,..... l5,0J0,OD0
express -. 100000
Making n total paid to producing
sources In this country. ,...:.... $3.50, S&9,cof
That by far the greater part Of this
sum is paid by the brewing industry Is
known, and that a considerable portion
of that industry is domiciled in our
State is surely not unknown to our
lawmakers. Is it not advisable for
these gentlemen TO keep in view
what the Gripping of that portion of
the industry, which inevitably would
follow the local option law, would mean
to the other industries of our State?
For Federal and State license the
brewing and the distilling industry
yearly pay SOS, S75,465; of internal eve
nue. taxes they paid in the last fiscal
Iyear $20S, 295, 449, OF local taxes $780,
900, 900. a total of $347, 17O, 914. OF this
sum also. the greater part is paid by
the brewing industry. Anf . be added
to that sum are the local license fees,
which here in Newark yielded 5000, 06C
for the year 1907, and in the other cities
and towns proportionate sums. The
aggregate in the State will probably be
found 20 We exceeded 80, SOC, 900. A
very great portion of THIS revenue
would surely pass away after enact
ment of the local option bill. And sc
would a considerable portion of the
local tax income now derived from the
real and personal property of breweries
and of saloon landlords and tenants. II
consequence of depreciation of tina
property by the Gripping OF the brew.
ing industry and the suppression Of. TIN
Saloon business. Also would TIL
Federal treasury sustain a large loss.
How are these losses to the Fedora
and the local treasures to be retrieved
Is ii not advisable for the gentlemen O.
the Legislature also to keep in view
this matter when they, listen to the
song of the advocates of tie local op.
ton bill?
Press Bureau German American Cen.
trail Alliance, Newark, N. J..