New-York tribune., 1919-07-03
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80 were S54s. while the receints for
today are $6S," he said. az think thar
about 10 per cent will cover our busi-
ness across the bar. Of course, the
ouiK OF our income is derived from the
sale of food. With some other places
this is going to be mighty serious sit
uation."
In spite OF this the vast majority
OF the holders of liquor licenses IN the
city hope to weather the. latest assault
upon their business until final demobil-
lzation, or some other relief from
Washington makes it possible to re-
sumo active business. Records at the
offices of the State Excise Commits
sion show that but 1876 holders of
iiquor licenses had .urr ed them back
to obtain the cash reb; te allowed for
failure to do business for the re-
mainder of their license period.
Of these 1876 licenses surrendered,
forty-seven were for liquor stores and
the remainder were for hotel bars,
saloons and clubs. Under the pro-
visions under which bar licenses are
sold in New York the fee for an an
nual license is collected when it is
taken out, but since the fiscal year
does not end until October, it may
be surren dered at the conclusion OF
any quarter and the sum paid for the
remaining unused period rebated.
81 Places Close Here
The largest number of surrenders
were in New York County, where the
greatest number of licenses are held.
A total of ninetytwo places closed,
OF which thirty were liquor stores In
Kings County eighteen saloons and
fourteen liquor stores closed their
doors
Representatives of the Ant-Saloon
League expressed themselves as salts
fed with the situation. Prohibition,
they said; was advancing, in spite of
all the obstacles being placed in the
path of reform by liquor dealers. Al
though it was intmated that the or
ganizaton had collected considerable
evidence of violation Of the law in
New York. there was no indication
that action against liquor dealers was
contemplated.
Leonard L. Steinberg, the one VIC
tim of the desire of the Brooklyn
police to test the prohibition law, was
arralgned before Commissioner Nc
Goldrricks, charged with selling pint
OF whiskey to Patrolman Fitzsimmons.
He was held in $1,000 bonds for hear
irg July g.
Young Steinberg, whose employer is
serving a sentence for serving intox-
lcatlng liquor to uniformed men, said
the policeman entered the saloon at
lo4I Bath Avenue, and asked for pint
OF whlskey. Steinberg said he told him
tHat the liquor was not for sale The
ofhcer. however, appropriated the bot
tie and departed after leaving the
money on the counter. he said
Newark Gets Evidence.
In Newark agents for the Department
OF Justice reported that they had OBJ
tanned evidence of numerous violations
OF the dry measure, but that they
would not act against the defendants
uhtl' given more specific instructions
from Washington as to the status Of
the law
Numerous large restaurants that
have been credited with a picturesque
atmosphere usually attributed to the
sale OF liquor, announced that the cur
talllng OF their operations in this direc-
ton would have no immediate effect
upon their dining table business.
Ye Old Chop House, ct l18 Cedar
Street, issued a statement during the
day in which attention was called to
the fact that the management would
continue business just as before the
adoption of dry regulations In several
such places it was said hat the sums
expended for food yesterday were far
IN excess Of the average food check
during the days when drinks were to
be OBJ, b,ained more freely.
One of the immediate effects of pro-
hlbition, if the American Chemical
Society has its way, will be the ex-
tension of the uses of alcohol for
manufacturing purposes. demand
is to be made upon Congress that the
heavy tax on denatured alcohol be re.
moved IN order to make it possible
Tor chemists to use it in the new in
dustrles that have grown out of the
war.
Chemists Make Plea