Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-20

expense accounts ana nave TeCelpteu
bills for every cent they pay out.
Tho Rent Bill First.
The item of rent is itself big one.
Some of the saloonists pay $3.50 a
month for the rooms they occupy and
| the cheapest is said to be $50 month.
but the general average is placed at
$3.50. which makes u grand total OF
$4,000 for twelve months.
Each of the thirty two saloons will
average four barkeepers and their
wages eat up big sum. Cedar Rap
ids pays her barmen larger wages than
any city in the country twice her size
] it is said. The cheapest wage is $50
and the highest $35 n week, but a fair
average is said to be SIS a week, or
$3.50. 400 for 12S barmen for 1.-TWO
weeks.
i Each saloon hires at least one por-
ter at an average wage of SIS a, week.
which produces $24,960 annually.
The matter Of lighting is one of the
smallest items of expense that the
saloonist is called on to pay. His light
bills average around SIS month,
which brings u total of $3.50 an
nually.
| The mulct tax of $4,000 a year causes
the thirty-two grog shops to pay out
$73.600 annually.
$1,000 a Year For Ice.
| Ice is another expense that amounts
! to big money during the course of a
year The general average for each
saloon is said to be $340.64 annually,
which brings the gross up to SlO.-
90O.4S
Each saloon is compelled TO pay a
certain amount of freight charges each
year on whisky and wines that are
shipped into the city. The average
has been placed at $3.50 each, making
a grand total of $4,000 year.
Cigars are a big item of expense to
the saloon keepers. and one man eX-
hibited receipts yesterday sho wing that
he had paid out $l5,002.34 for cigars
in 1914; but several saloonists were
visited and they produced receipts to
show that their bills for cigars aver
aged around $4,000. Outlying sa-
looms do not sell large number of
cigars and the general average for
each saloon was placed at $4,000 a
year, which makes grand total OF
| 100000.
| Subscriptions to charity. the buying
Of tickets and other incidentals where
, lue saloon Indu SOeS uoWH ihto iiiA
| pocket and gives his cash is another
I! item of considerable importance, and a
general average of 500 year for
| each saloon was said to be about cor
/ rect. This will produce $4,000.
| The water bills average 81 a month
or sS4 a year, or a grand total OF
| S2.6SS.
The average saloon carries stock
ut tn
saloon man said that a general aver
age of $4,000 would he very near cor
rect, which gives $4,000 invested in
the business. The general average OF
the fixtures is $4,000, producing an
other $4,000.
The pop and gingerale bills will av-
erage $40 each or $40 month for
| each saloon making total for the
year of sl4.360.
Total Not Including Beer.
The grand total of the amount of
money laid out during year is $685.
SOS.4S, which does not include the beer
used, great deal of which is bought
in this city One saloonist produced
F! his beer receipts for last year, which
showed that he had paid Sl4,400 for
beer He said the saloons of the city
would average fifty half barrels each
a week, which at 81 half barrel
would mean an outlay of $332,So0 an
nually. This added to the other ex-
penses produce total of $S49,60S.4S
and If to this is added the value OF
| stocks OF wines. WHISTLES. gins, cor
dials and other liquors which have not
been included another $4,000 is added
to the total, producing a grand total OF
| $913,60S.4S. and if the value of the
| fixtures are added to these figures we
have total of 1917 COS.
| There are other incidentals such as
repairs, which have not been added
but if it were possible to obtain cor
rect figures in every instance it is be-
lieved that the saloons of the city pay
out close to $1,OO0.0oO annually Di-
vide this among each of The thirty
! two saloonkeepers and the expense to
each Is $31,25O annually, or a little
more than $50 a day each. which
means that saloon must do consider
able more than 500 day business il
| the proprietor expects to make any
| thing. Figuring $50 open days dur
| ing year and 500 day receipts the
gross for the year would reach sl.12O.-
! 600, leaving a net profit OF about $4,000
year to each one. But it is a vel
known fact that some of the saloon
keepers make an average profit oil
$1,000 month. or $4,000 year
which means that their receipts are
| considerably more than 500 day, anC
it would not be surprising il the granC
total of money spent in Cedar Rapids
for intoxicants. cigars and soft drinks
in the thirty two saloons reaches
$4,000 a year.