New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-07

England, the bartender will do tho
pouring. That will mean that the man
who wants hooker must pay for t.
LIQUORS, in fine. so il is proposed, shall
be sold by exact weight and not by tho
drink.
October I will see 80 per cent OF
The New York saloons, and maybe 40
per cent. going oct Of business said
President McClenahsn last night. They
simply can't stand the glf.
"Thc big reason is that there isn't
any such thing rs credit nowadays
The brewers say ;hey won't help any,
body get his license this year, and
they're not putting more money into
mortgages. From now on they viii SIT
tight
hts the same with the Wholesalers
No credit. They can't afford IT, be-
cause they can't get any credit them
selves. The new tax is the big thinS'
and the government won't wait for its
money Every time n gallon Of whisky
or Gin goes out of bond $40 must be
plsnked down on the spot. Now, sup
rose tho wholesalers did take chance.
Suppose they gave a saloon keeper
credit for one barrel Of whiskey. That
would cost more than 500 right now
Supposc he'd sell the barrel, drink by
drink and square up. Still he'd want
credit for a new barrel. and another
after that. and another. When whiskey
has got 20 where it's going, before long
he'd be getting credit for $500 instead
Of Sl0O, and the wholesaler SIMPLY
couldn't carry him
Since 1894 the federal tax on Wills
kew has been S110 a gallon. as against
a manufacturing cost ranging between
80 and 80 cents. Although the new
tax trebles this the pending bill IN
which the higher rate is provided is
not being opposed TO any great extent
by liquor interests.
Bill Not Opposed
$50 far as know there has been no
opposition whatever TO The BILL said
MIR. Strasser, speaking foI the whole
salers. "If the government has to have
the money and wants to get 1t that way,
that's the end of II.
alt means there won't be any more
cheap whiskey. The worst stuff dis
titled must bring 20 cents drink
while a nickel or dime more viii buy
the best. The wholesale cost is now
somewhere between $t.10 and Si.50 a
gallon, without counting in the tax.
II is bound to go higher as the stock
dwindles. That's the way 1t always
works.
"Ihe tendency will be TO decrease
consumption. We recognize that. and
it makes US more certain that liquor
won't run out before the war is over.
h.
when an American who wants drink
and has the price will have to go with
out, for the diStilleries aren't closed
forever. There isn't any doubt in my
mind, nor in the minds of the members
of the association, that the balance OF
public sentiment is on our side. and
that the wars end will see the return
of business as usual 70 US
II is the retailers of New York City
and state who are most vitally affected
by the Federal stop order. There are
only four distilleries in the state. and
of these only two are in or near the
city. The upstate distilleries are OF
little consequence, but the others nearer
home rank with the biggest in the coun-
try.
Plants Put TO Use
IN Brooklyn the Columbus Distillinc
Company employs several hundred
workers This plant, controlled by the
United States Industrial Alcohol Com
pany, will continue to operate as a
producer of industrial spirits.
The Fleischmann Manufacturing
Company, with a big plant at Peeks-
kill. has been making yeast, vinegar
and its own brands of WHISTLES and
gins, as well as supplying the spirits
which are the base of Gordon gin
II is the intention TO close down en-
tirely those sections of the plant which
have been devoted TO the cistillatior
of beverage liquors.
II was John VI. Chapman. head Of the
company which controls Gordon who
supplied the gin figures TO The Trib'
une-t the first which have been pub
lished.
There is M excuse for the present
prices Of GIN he said. Speculation
has put them up. so that our product
is now bringing S35 Z case by the time
it gets into the retailers hands. II
should be about $3.50 a case, on the
basis Of the price at which we sell, and
the bottle at retail should not cost
more than Sl.75. Instead, 1t is in the
neighbOrhood of SO. We are sending
out 100000 postal cards and planning
an immediate advertising campaign tc
let the trade and the public know the
facts.
"Our own price is based on the &C
tual cost Of the spirits. That has
been extremely high, for in the last
eight weeks following the passage OF
The food bill, we had to buy raw ma
terials to keep the plant working
twcnty-four hours a day. BY doing
that and By paying the price we have
stock enough to last year
DR.. Moxom Found