The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-29
THURSDAY, JUNE 90. 1916.
Brewery Agent Control.


We are pretty prone to agree with re-
ports Of council committees because
most of these committees are giving
real consideration to the matter in hand
and their mature judgment In matters
which they have investigated is for the
most part an excellent thing for the
council to follow. We believe that the
license committee in charge of the issu-
ance Of saloon licenses this year has
been worthy of especial consideration.
Black eyes have been dealt out IN places
where black eyes were due and the
committee has hit straight from the
shoulder. 1t is hard however to agree
with the committee on it's proposition
that the brewery agent is worthy OF
especial consideration. There are some
excellent brewery agents and they
know their place. 1t is to sell beer and
not direct the issuance of saloon Ii
c91ses. These fellows have no clash
with the license committee Of the coun-
ell. Their business is with the saloon
men themselves and they are busy tax
ing care CT this particular business.
Then there is another class of brewery
agents. These fellows seem to hold that
it is the brewery that controls every
thing in connection with the saloon
business. They attribute to themselves
to say just what man shall sell beer
and what beer he may sellsand if he
fails to coincide with the demand and
grcvel in the dust before ellis Males
ty'' the brewery they are to be forced
out Of business. 1t is possible that a
majority of the saloons in the city are
operated for the benefit of the brew
cries and that the breweries are paying
the license fees. The sooner the city
council votes the brewery out of the
retail saloon business in Kenosha the
better it will be for the business and
for I'll who patronize it. A brewery,
for the most part is interested mostly
in the dividends that are paid the
stock holders of the brewery. Possibly
there are some brewery agents who are
high minded men, who believe in the
enforcement Of law, in the operation Of
saloons so that they are in strict keep
ing with the law even though there is
big reduction in the amount of beer
shipped to these saloons. These men
are exceptions to the rule.
Breweries selling liquor to Kenosha
saloons are located in other cities. Some
of the old time brewers have strong
friendships N Kenosha AMI they would
like to see Kenosha men succeed 9th
ers are interested in the success of Ke-
nosha men only so long as that success
SPELLS increased sales Of the particular
beer that they manufacture and sell.
The man who pays for his own license
and who owns his own building is a real
contributor to the support of the city.
The brewery pays nothing that it can
get away from. 1t has no heart for the
mar who does losing business. It be-
lleves that losing business, or a losing
beer business is sufficient call for a
new man to take the place of the old
timer regardless of investments or
friendships. The brewery is a bad
mentor for the council. The brewery
looks at saloon license as a means to
sell more beer and not as a means to
help some man do legitimate business.
Brewery control has been the most
baneful infpence in the saloon business
IN Kenosha. The brewers his ve picked
up choice corners and have driven hard
and fast bargains with men who would
go into the saloon business. They are
going to continue to drive such bar
gains and dominate the retail LIQUOR
business in Kenosha just as long as a
Common Council accepts the dictation of
the brewery agent. When the council
signs the emancipation proclamation
Which takes the control of saloons in
kenosha away from the breweries and
the brewery agents it will have taken
long step toward making this business
easier to control.
The only thing that cornell has a
right to consider in granting a saloon
license is the applicant for that license.
III he is unfit he should be denied a
license regardless of the fact that some
brewery agent stands ready to back
MN. A saloon to be a successful saloon
must be one owned by the man who
operates it. The brewery agent is not
Tor the consideration of the council.
me council is not end should not be
interested in the advancement of the
interests of any brewery. The license
'Pw is for the control of individuals
and not for the aggrandizement of the
men who are manufacturers of mo1+
liquors.