The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-12-26
Kenosha Retail Liquor Deal
ers Give Their Support to
Proposed Laws.
PLAN COOPERATIVE BREWERY
Power of the Brewing Trust in Man
agenlent Of Saloons to be Broken by
United Action on Part of the Saloon
Men of the State.

Members Of the Kenosha Retail Lii
quor Dealers took the first steps
toward the signing OF the new
declaration Of independence at meet
ing held on Monday afternoon al
Eagles hall when fifty Of the leaders
of the business in Kenosha pledged
their endorsement of bills to be pre-
sented to the coming session of the
state legislature. These bills have fol-
their purpose the elimination of the
brewery from the retail business. The
meeting was attended not only by the
saloon men, but by Mayor Dan O.
Head and several of the officials OF
the city. 1t was public meeting and
the leaders of the association declar.
ed that in the future the greatest pub.
Lefty would be sought for all matters
pertaining to the business of the as
ISOLATION. President John Orth of the
local association, called the meeting to
order after which John F. Langan
president of the state organization
presided. Not only were the plans for
new legislation presented at the meet.
ing, but the plan for the establishment
of a mutual brewery for the saloon
men of the state eager to break from
the control of the brewers was dis
cussed at length.
Prominent among the speakers at
the meeting were Edward Hunt, presi-
dent Of the Milwaukee Association; p
II. Nolan, publicity agent of the
United States Liquor Dealers Asso.
citation; Mayor Dan. o. Head, County
Judge George w Taylor and members
of the local association.
In opening the meeting President
Langan declared that the brewers and
the retail dealers had come to the
parting of the ways and that the re-
tailers must fight for themselves in
order to be permitted to carry on this
business in manner that would make
it profitable and at the same time in
keeping with the provision of the
laws. He spoke of bills to force the
brewers to get out of the practice of
holding licenses for retail business.
The law which is known to the dealers
as the divorce law makes it pun.
ishable with a heavy fine for a brew.
cry to take a retail license or make a
lease to retailer which handicaps
him in business by demanding the sale
of a certain beer. The second law
proposed provided for the issuance of
licenses to the Individual rather than
to the building in which the saloon
was located. A third was a law civ.
ing the liquor man the right to use the
garnishee in the collection of debts
against his customers.
President Hunt of the Milwaukee
association landed on the brewers
without gloves, declaring that they
had double crossed the retail dealers
at the last session of the legislature
and had prevented the enactment Of
the individual license bill. Mr.. Hunt
has been prominent in the work of the
lnC los og
and he is regarded as one Of the best
posted men in the state on the provi-
sions Of the excise law. He made a
strong plea for the observance of the
present laws by the saloon men and
urged all to cooperate with the as
ISOLATION in the securing of legislation
which would make it possible to cut
the letters of the brewery.
The question of the mutual brewery
proved most interesting to the mem
bers of the local association. Mutual
breweries are now being maintained
in New York, Pittsburg, st. Louis and
other cities and it is declared that thew
are paying big profits to the retailer
and besides this they are breaking
bonds that have been most hateful to
the independent men in the business.
John +. Langan is chairman of the
committee in charge of the effecting
of the cooperative brewery for Wis
consin and many dealers in the state
have already taken stock in it.
The entire plan for the br every was
outlined at the meeting and it is GER
tain that many of the Kenosha mem
bers Of the retailers assoc ation will
be represented among the stockholders.
It was declared that sufficient stock
had already been subscribed to make
certain the carrying out Of the plan.
The police of the city are working
along the right tracks when they be-
gin to break up some of the clubs
among the boys. The best club for a