Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-05
BREWERS AS WHOLESALERS
Get Licenses on Estelle's Decision to
Do Jobbing Trade.
NO DELIVERY TO PRIVATE HOMES
Case Carrying Business Is Done Away
With-Anti-sRIOOn League Pro-
testants VIII Appeal to
Supreme Court.

Local and outside brAweries doing bust
ness in Omaha have been granted licenses
for wholesale traffic, but not retail. These
licenses were issued Tuesday morning by
the Board of Fire and Police Commission
ers on the basis of the decision of Judge
Z Estelle OF the district court Monday even
ing in the Metz test case, holding that the
brewers could have licenses. Under the
new order of things the profitable trade of
selling directly to the private homes is done
away with, except as the traffic may be
carried on through agents, as has been
done in some instances in the past.
After a bunch of attorneys for the differ
ent breweries had reached and recorded a
stipulated state of facts before the Board
of Fire and Police Commissioner these
home and outside brewers were granted
licenses to do a wholesale business:
Storz Brewing company, KTug Brewing
company, Willow Springs Brewing com.
pany, Gund Brewing company, Schlitz
Brewing company, Pabst Brewing company,
Blatz Brewing company, Gettleman Brew
ing company, Lemp Brewing company, An
heuser-Busch Brewing company.
A. Minardi was granted a retail license.
L. d. Holiness, for the A~nti-Saloon league,
did not give immediate notice of appeal
from Judge Estelle's decision, but reserved
the right to appeal later If he so desires.
One stipulation for ALI.
Following is the stipulation agreed to in
the storz case. the first taken UP, and the
same applies to every licenses granted:
The applicant, Storz Brewing company
of Nebraska admits that during the year
1903, II sold lager beer of its manufacture
in sealed and unbroken packages, con-
and tnat such cases were so sold not
TO be opened or consumed on the premises
Of the brewery, nor by it's employees else
where; that these sales were to consumers
as well as to dealers in liquors, and that
said cases were sold 10 consumers at whole
sale prices, the same as when sold to
dealers; that sales so made in such case
lots has been the practice and custom Of
said applicant and other brewers for
ing the month of December, 1903.
For protestant, Rev. ]. M. Leidy. Mr..
Holmes withdrew certain paragraphs of the
protest, and TO one paragraph added the
following:
And because said applicant has been
guilty OF selling beer at retail during 1853
contrary to the provisions OF the Slocumb
liquor law and the Gibson law.
The board then proceeded to override
the protest and granted the various
licenses, at the same time approving the
bonds, To which action protestant took
an exception.
Professionals attorney also asked that the
transcript of the record in each case be
made up and delivered to him, which the
board ordered done.
Then John o. Yelser stepped up and gave
notice that he will file a~ffidavits that the
license to ]. ]. Philbln for the Schlltz
hotel bar was procured by fraud, in that
the petition for said license was signed
in blank. lie promised to have affidavits
presented to the board this evening, and
said he will ask for the recall of the
SchlitE hotel license.
For the first time in several days smoke
poured forth Tuesday afternoon from the
chimneys of the several breweries Of
Omaha.