The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20

In order that 1t may present a num-
Der of facts to its readers by means
of statistics dealing with the liquor
business in this county, The Palla-
dunn has made an investigation of q
large number of records. Every sa-
loon keeper in the county was writ
ten to and asked to state the num-
Der Of persons dependent upon his
saloon for support. the amount ex-
pended in wages of help. and the
amount paid for room rent. Two
saloonists at Cambridge City supplied
a portion of this information. The
Richmond saloonists placed the mat
ter in the hands of a committee,
which made a report. Six leading
meat dealers were written to and ask
ed the value of their annual business
with the saloons. But one replied.
Three local bakers and cracker manu-
facturers we're written to. Answers
were received from two. Six local
cigar factories were written to and
two answered. 1t was necessary to
search through records at the city
building and court house to secure
some Of the figures.
Solely for Information.
The investigation was made solely
to place this Information before the
public in an impartial way. as it is
believed by this paper that such in
formation will be regarded as valuable
just at this time. Wherever possible.
the Information was gained by a re-
porter for The Palladium at first
hand. However. in some instances 1t
became necessary to take the word
Of others. The saloonists were asked
direct for some Of this Information.
No figures were taken from any OF
the local option league campaign ma
terial It is believed that as near as
possible all figures presented are cor
rect. although no claim Is made to in
fallibility. The figures are nearly all
from the records for the year 1908.
Saloon Licenses ,ssued.
Sixty-one liquor licenses were is
sued in 1908. Fifty-two Of these icen-
ses were for saloons in Richmond.
One Of these licenses was revoked
later. Licenses we're issued to seven
saloons at Cambridge City and two at
East Germantown.
The county license il 800. An ad-
ditional IS is charged, which repre-
sents q bonding fee. The license
money goes to the local tuition fund
and is spent for the schools of the
county. The IS fee goes into the gen.
eral fund and becomes the only profit
of the county government. The tut
ton fund benefits $1,000 from the
license funds of last year. This sum
is divided about equally between the
schools Of Richmond and those Of 9TH
er parts of the county.
Corporation Liesnse Fees.
In Richmond, the city license for
each saloon is 1851. This money is
paid into the general fund. The re-
ceipts last year were $12,S01.
At Cambridge City. the seven sa-
looms paid a town license OF 800
each
At East Germantown. the town
license is $3.50. There were two sa-
looms.
The total amount expended by Rich
mond saloons for licenses was $751;
1885,, in Cambridge City $1.435: in
East Germantown $50. making a
grand total spent for licenses by all
saloons OF the county Of $20,101.
Saloon Tax Values.
AS returned for taxation. the value
of the personal property Of the sa-
looms Of the county was placed by the
owners At $17.1sS. The taxing OFF,
Gals OF the county say it is custom
airy for property owners to list their
property for taxation at from so to Is
per cent Of its true value.
Actual Property Value.
(Supplied by saloonists.)
Sale value Of saloon property $3.50 500
Sale value Of buildings. 49,. 1S5. 800
Total .. ..$375.000