The Washington times., 1912-05-24
WHAT WAS SAID
ABOUT THE TRADE:
IN "GROWLERS'
Testimony From Both Sides
/ Before the Senate
7 Committee.
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In the very midst Of this old lIell's Eot-
tom, which seems to be getting back it's
old name.
Women go ad buy 10 cents worth Of
peer by the wholesale. think that the
subterfuGes of this kind. If women
must have liquor. think It ought to be
t"1nined 70 the saloons"
Seventh street line, said:
Il have had young men and especially
one young girl whom to the best of my
judgment do not believe to be over
Seventh and K streets so drunk that she
could not stand by herself. When she
got off at Seventh and Pennsylvania
avenue 1 assisted her. and she stag
tgered across Pennsylvania avenue.
4, II tell you 1t went to my heart, for 1
have daughter.
regard to liquor here. / will tell you
from my observation Of LIQUOR of what
Is known as the bucket trade in wash
ington, that is the worst Of all the traf-
.ic in LIQUOR. for 10 cents worth Of heer
Will cause more trouble in an alley than
so spent in a saloon. have been on
district here ae aed Save had those things
coming under my observation
Buckets and Alleys.
Rev. J. Milton Waldron, president of
the Washington Alley Improvement As
tsociation. said:
II live just opposite an alley on v
street, between Thirteenth and Four
teenth and between V and w streets. 1t
Is one of the worst alleys in the city
Chester court l have held open-air
meetings there, Sunday schools and
temperance meetings, and what not, for
two years.
Just across, on Fourteenth street. in
one block, there are three liquor places,
and from about 6 o'clock at night until
the saloons are supposed to close there
10 q string Of buckets brought by men
and women and persons who seem to us
q large part of them. Whether or not
they are. we have not been able to dis
cover.
They all claim to be twenty-one
this alley, and they drink 1t in their
homes. And they drink it on the street
They stop in front of my home. They
drink in the alleys and they drink along
bucket they go back and get another
bucket before they again return to the
alleys where they live. give that SIM
ply as one sample of how things go on
In most of these alleys in this city.
According to the reports of the Pres
ident's Housing Commission, there are
In the city OF Washington 1900 people
who live in the alleys and back streets
Unfortunately for our city numerous
saloons are within easy reach of most
of those alleys, and strong drink is
easily obtainable by the denizens OF
saloons by them, but Is taken into their
homes, to be drunk in the presence of
and shared with children and women.
. THE alleys and court of our city are
the plague spots of this beautiful town,
and the places where much of the crime,
poverty, and disease are originated. The
welfare of the Is, 900 alley inhabitants as
well as that of the entire city, demand
that everything possible be done by
Congress to make it difficult for these
people to secure strong drink, and also
public streets and alleys Of the city,"
Selling to Minors.
The Rev. Harrison Boyer, pastor Of
the Baptist Church and a leader in the
Peoples Mission organization. testified
Another thing about the liquor
traffic We talk about not selling to
minors. I think one of the most ef-
fective ways to eliminate the selling to
minors is to stop the bucket trade
what is known as the 'growler' trade
see 1t all over this city. I go all over
this city in my work. and l see men
go and buy liquor in buckets and take
1t back to the alley or to some side
street. Then you see boys and girls.
fourteen and fifteen years of age, drink
1t. That is where they get their first
taste of liquor. I do not believe many
of our saloonkeepers are selling directly
to the minors but they are indirectly
doing 1t by selling in buckets. selling to
men and women who go out and give 1t
to the minors
1T have been interested in the ques-
ton Of poverty among these people.
My wife and I have investigated cases
and have found that most Of 1t could
be traced to liquor"
In answer to these points and allega-
tions Mr.. Harvey, representative OF the
liquor interests, said:
Mr.. Harvey's Comment.
1.-THE so-callea growler trade. so far as
the dealer goes. is an Objectionable busi-
ness from a financial point of view. A
good many people desire draft beer;
they want 1t in a pitcher or a bucket.
In other words, all people do not care
for bottled beer. A man will come home
in the evening from his work and will
send some one out with pitcher to get
some beer. AS a rule, the amount of
beer that goes into that pitcher costs
the dealer as much as he receives for It.
I'm other words, when a man brings
in large pitcher or a large bucket, In
order to make 1t look, like something
has been put in it, in nine cases out
of ten the dealer will give as much beer
at that retail sale as he can buy at
wholesale. So there is no profit. Not
withstanding this, however, 1t is done
out of consideration to the people living
In the neighborhood.
I'VE are on record, as you will see,
as opposed to the sale of beer in 'growl-
ers" promiscuously, or in buckets OF
pitchers to such men as come along
in teams who live in one part of the
city. and, passing a saloon in another
part, take a bucket, go in the saloon.
come out with the beer, and drink It,
Our association is on record as opposing
the sale to those people. but to at all
times accommodate the people living In
the neighborhood. the housekeepers, re-
gardless of whether or not there is any
profit in it.
IT only mention this in passing be-
cause it is a business that is not profit
able to the saloon keeper, but it is done
as a matter of accommodation to the
people living in the vicinity: and, OF
course, others living in other sections
OF the city and passing by take advan
tage OF that. 1t is pretty difficult
matter in which to discriminate"
Wholesalers Also Sell.
Mr.. Shoemaker-Much of the bucket
trade is carried on by the wholesalers
is it not?
Mr.. Harvey-I am informed that some
of the wholesalers here sell beer in the