The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-21
Philadelphia Liquor Men Seek
to Quit Business Before
Temperance Wave Hits.
PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS
ARE USED BY BROKER
More Than One Thousand Sa-
looms in Brotherly Love City
Are on Ragged Edge, and
Proprietors Are Looking for
Purchasers.

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 20.-Two
hundred and forty saloonkeepers in
Philadelphia are ready to quit busi-
ness before the tidal temperance wave
which is sweeping the country puts
them out.
throughout the State are likewise on
the ragged edge. seeking a purchaser
who IL willing to risk his money on
the chance that the whiskey trust and
the brewers may save the day for
them.
Real estate brokers making a spec
iaHy OF handling this class of proper
ties have been loaded down with
commissioners to sell during the last
few months The lists continue to
grow. while the purchasers are be-
coming fewer in number than ever
before.
David Lowenstein, a broker, at 1901
Chestnut Street, who enjoys a large
share OF this brokerage, has moro
than 200 city properties. which may
be bought at any price ranging from
few hundred dollars and a brew
err mortgage, to big, downtown sa-
looms quoted at large figures.
Hard Fight Necessary.
Other business brokers are stocked
with similar commissions, and while
they insist that the volume OF saloons
for sale at this time has no relation
to the growing local option senti-
ment, they admit that hard fight
will be necessary during the coming
election to passage Of local option
law.
Lowenstein, in advertising some OF
his properties, makes this significant
reference, Philadelphia In the safest
and best LIQUOR town in America"
He admitted that there Is danger
of Pennsylvania enacting local option
legislation which might jeopardtze his
broadly Haunted advertising catch
phrase. He said:
"Of course. there are persons in the
business who want to quit. There
are others who have not been sue
qualifications. We are not going to
have much trouble. because the large
cities. like Philadelphia. Pittsburg.
Scranton. York and others, will all
60 wet and save the day. They will
more than overcome the country dis
tricts."
Here ia one of Broker Lowen-
STEMS most persuasive advertise
ments:
saloon near Baldw1n's Locomo-
tive Works. doing $500 to $500, but
should do 1900 weekly. Wonderful
chance for live business man. Price,
$4,000. Have over hundred sa-
looms on my list and can locate any
man who means business"
Out in the forty seventh ward
Lowenstein has another place which
he offers for the modest sum of 322,-
900. He advertises it as one of the
incest and best paying little stands
in the northwestern section: owner
retiring: reason for retiring not
given.
The liquor mems slush fund IL
growing rapidly. The IS and $40
books of Discount" stamps are being
generally used In the payment of all
bills, but the full effect Of this tax OF
one cent on every dollar which is paid
out will not he realized until bills for
the week will be generally paid
throughout the city. BY arrangement
with the Philadelphia Liquor Dealers
Association all payments of any vol
ume have been deferred until that
time.
When the bills are presented they
will be decorated with a neat little
war stamp, representing a saving
OF one cent on every dollar called for.
The man collecting the bill will be
rendered a check in payment for the
balance, after the discount has been
deducted The proceeds of this ! per
cent discount will 20 into the liquor
mems war chest to fight local option.