New-York tribune., 1909-08-24
ASK AID OF BREWERS
SURETY COMPANIES JOIN.
Committee of Fourteen Seeks to
Curb Raines Lac Hotels.

In its on the so-calTed Raines law hotels tho
Committee of Fourteen. of which the Rev. John T.
Peters is chairman. has called into cooperation
with it the Brewers Board of Trade. OF which
Colonel Jacob Rupert. tr. "a president. and the
presidents Of twenty-five surety companies. with
out whose bond other greatly restricted private
securitys no saloons can he conducted When tho
Brough bill defeated. in the last session OF
the Legislature. the committee started to work on
new lines. and the result of this the subject
of statement issued yesterday. the day the Excise
Department began to receive applications for
licenses. 10 date from October 1. These spplica-
tlons will come under the cooperation outlined by
Mr.. Peters
The defeat OF the Brough bill seemed to he
severe blow 70 Mr.. Peters and his companions
the committee. but the result hoped for through
legislation may. according Mr. Peters. be
oomplished largely through the aid of the brewers
and the companies whose surety is required by the
saloonkeepers. The statement says:
MANY citizen annoyed by a gross and fagrant
appealed 10 the excise department to refuse the
law which created hotels denied scretonaTy
91wrT re its officials with which TO the
hSauI or the abuse of that power by the former
possible onX as part 1day M III, The dena OF license is
tb bbsuiilng ing IN suit in the Supreme Court Thus
session continues to he nine points OF the faw.
LLtsery delay which clever counsel obtain is to
Keepers, the committee says that there viii be but
ntteen applications for licenses refused in Man
hattan or October when the excise board acts
ana this, II is said, after unusual wear of ac-
'lV''V on the part OF the Police Department which
oo-operated with the excise department in closing
the worst dives in the Bowery and Chatham
square The statement continues
,Dscause of the lack of ofHciaI discretion the
sHnTrag 70 1I fourteen, which organized
Empress Ip Raines law hotels. has sought 10 accom-
9Sr 9seto tne same result by establishing unocisI
6ne ~ i 20 De exercised by those who have power
nee. The brewer. who because OF the ma ttlre Of
IONS, IONS, and the surety companies who supply the
tohdS, winch are necessary the obtaining OF
Fourteen for this city betterment For this pur-
pose the Committee Of Fourteen has addressed
Iet'er 10 the brewers and surety companies
The letter TO Colonel Rupert president OF the
Brewers Board of Trade. follows:
There has been sent to Mr. Warner. secretary. a
list or places in this borough where conditions
saiisracJory TO this committee have been found 70
oI The surety companies. In accordance with our
provement, certain places have been marked to be
refused financial assistance by the brewer and
Gated by a cautionary mark, which should be
helped with great care. II is understood that the
hnal determination Of each case shall be made by
a joint committee Of the co-operators.
The letter signed by Mr.. Peters. and the
communication to the surety companies also signed
by him. analyses the situation orieny. It says:
In the matter OF excise bonds % he issued for the
year beginning October l. 1879: Without bond.
license cannot be secured without spurious liquors
there is need for n license. There are twenty
surety companies; there are host OF liquor
producers large and small The former are con
troled boards OF directors. leading men IN their
conmunities. the latter can only be reached
through their organizations. 70 which only part
belongs. the brewers associations or this city
have taken organized action 10 disassociate their
business from It's evil connections ,
All the surety companies but one have, In the
last years. refused 10 write the bonds or ohs-
graceful places. for the president OF one of the
leading companies saws. in letter on this suolect
We are citizens who have Ideals IN civic mat
That this year there may be exception Is the
hone OF those cooperating in this movement The
coTnnanv which for the last two years wrote the
bonds OF the dives has given positive assurance
maj n viii not again offend. New York State by
a bad Law has created disoTderB saloons ana as
signation hotels We do not consider ~ possible P
business which would be the result OF your writ
ing rhe bonds OF the vicious resorts ana houses
of shame. Excise commissioner 'iethehtS >
phrase). -,
who must possess uninCumhered real estate in the
borough only small number OF such bonds can
Sives cannot secure c6rporate bonds the ma jorty
will he forced 10 close. This Is the hope and ex-
pectation OF this committee
Mr. Peters said yesterday that the success OF the
movement depended upon the refusal Of the surety
companies WHO write the bonds 10 write any for
the dives tie said:
Home officers have sometimes been misled by
their local agents but this year n is hoped that
with the cooperation which has been established
the unfortunate lack Of discretion In the Raines
law may be overcome thus unoficialy though II
he 10 the great advantage Of the community: that
those places which a disgrace to the city may
and their proprietors forced to seek other
sources Of Livelihood"
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