New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-02
GAYNOR'SP OLICYO.K
BREWERS BACK PLAN
State association Presderi
Urges Back Room" Sundav.

Rudolph J. Schaefer. PRESIDENT y th- Ns,
York state Brewers Association md a A,
rector OF the United States Brewers A.
ISOLATION. said in an interview last nz-f
that Mayor Gayn6r knew what b wa
doing. and that 10 his new policy vou.d
solve the question OF graft IN the sx-iss
system he was confident his colleagues an
ali the better element among the saloon
Keepers would give q their hearty SUPPORT
But lfr Schaefcr wants new legislation a7
the subject.
What would Ike % see IN New Tort.r
he went on. and believe have the SID
port of large majority % the citizens q.
this, is license law thst would give -
Sunday opening in the large cities p
SUNDAY opening do not mean a viz
open Sunday. would advocate a law tha.
would eliminate the entire hotel fear'lrs.
take down the partition and gre the prfvi-
1ege 10 all restaurants az properly squ.ppss
and conducted as such) 20 sell between ~
hours OF and II p m on sunday. a n
advocated By the Committee Of Fogrtes1.
If this plan should NOT b found prsc.'-
cable. change the Law 70 permit the saloons
70 sell on Sunday afternoon and evening.
but allow them 70 serve drinks only ~
their rear rooms which must be exposed
and permit no drinking at ths bar. In this
way we should be able 20 close the RAINS
law hotels. many o. which are disoTdsrly;
we could regulate the traffc. eliminate d.
graceful surroundings wherever they exiss.
bring about the return % the real
family resort and establish IN perfect form
the real clubhouse OF the workinzman
Il would also Ike TO see q law limiting
saloons TO one to every five hundred %
population. Should such a law be enacted
I am confident that with the cooperation
OF Mayor Gaynor and District Attornsr
Whitman We could place the business 81
such plane that the liquor question
would become thing OF the past"
Not only the New York state Brewery
Association. bur the Wine. Beer and Liquor
Dealers Association. TO which a large per-
csntage OF the saloonkeeper5 in New To-x
City belong. are interested in the speedy
passage OF a bill IegaIizing the sale OF liquor
on Sunday between l and Il p. II. The Liquor
Dealers Association Includes in It's me7r-
bership many prOprietors OF Railss Iav
hotels. which form about - per cent o.
the thousands of saloons in the city. Thsss
men, though now legally able 20 sell ii4uor
on Sundays under certain restrictions. ara
backing Up the saloonkeeper5 in the fight.
Peter IcHugh, vice-presIdsnt OF ths
Liquor Dealers Association. who keeps
hotel a. New Brighton. Staten Island. sad
last night that the organization was vtcaliv
interested in the passage OF such bill ard
was working toward that END lie said sls7
that the reputable sai0cnksepers IN ia
CITY would sea 70 IL that ali saloons vers
closed on SUNDAY except during the hours
specified in the proposed new law.
And We caE 90 it. too he addsd
Another officer OF the Liquor Dealers
Association, who didn't care 20 be quoted.
said that a bill embOdyins the views %
Ir. Schaefer. and prs- ally Identical VITA
the one fathered By "a COMMITTEES OF four-
teen last year. was now IN course %
preparation for Introduction a. Albany IN
the near future. The brewers and his o.
ganization. he said. were working n per-
feet harmony in TIRE matter. even 70 -
clause restricting the proportion q sa-oo-z
to population Asked il the activity IN this
direction at this time had anything 70 %
with the Mayors PRONUNCIATION Of his neF
policy. he said that l. was mere Colnci-
derce. that the association hadn't even haf
a meeting since Jhe publication Of the
Mayors letter 10 COMMISSIONS Baker
Mr. Schaefer vas also anxious % CORE
the report that hts association hal he'd q
meeting 70 DISCUSS -siSJ u u. -
and as result was bent on rushing -as
legislation he proposes through tns L-s.s-
latLrs-
..-rr,a b-sr-sr= 81 New York" said -.
haze held ", meeting. and viii hold none.
to discuss Mayor GaynO-'s acton as t--'
80 a1srv- confidence in the Mayors abf-
a., - ~ sincerity OF purpose. They VII
-. go AZ AL .f1,sz ready ard willing -
=, ,,,crs+s with MAYOR CIayucr IN accom-
,Ifshing the best results for all concerned