New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Selling
Liquor Stocks
To Members
Will Provide Lockers for
Storage of ''Wet Goods
at the Owners Risk;
Orders Swamp Dealers

The clubs of the city are ready to
see that no member thirsts unneces-
sarily after July /. Most of them are
offering their liquor stocks for sale
and many have offered to provide
locker room for wet goods to be stored
at owners risk.
At the Republican Club, 80 West
Fortieth Street, it was said yesterday
that many members already had ap-
piled for their quota, availing them
selves Of the privilege of having it
temporarily stored at the club.
The Crescent Club, in Brooklyn, in
addition to offering the club stock to
members, has sent out the following
notice: "The club has excellent stor-
age facilities, and will be pleased to
store at the members risk any liquor
purchased from the clubs stock In
dividual lockers will be installed to
hold four quart bottles, and will be
charged for at the rate of $5 per an
mum, unless forbidden earlier by law
Lockers cannot be rented jointly
sublet or transferred, and will not be-
accessible until prohibition has be-
come effective, nor to any one except
the owning member. Until further
notice only such liquor as is offered
by the club for this purpose will be
accepted for storage, and no deliveries
from storage will be made prior to the
time prohibition is effected"
Mouy prov;d;rr orLo~,
Other clubs in New York which are
offering liquors for sale to members
to store up for the drought include
the Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Harvard
New York Yacht Club, University,
Columbia, Friars, Lambs, Alpha Delta
Phi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta
Theta, and many others. Many clubs
are planning a final celebration over
the last Saturday in the month, and
whatever liquor remains unconsumed
after John Barleycorn's "wake" will be
disposed of under the hammer to men,
bers at that time.
Big wholesale houses are auctioning
their stock. One firm reports sales of
S250000 in three days.
In addition to auction sales, the gen.
eral public is patronizing many of the
large retail liquor stores, which for the
last week have published large "warn-
ing" advertisements Of only ''few
days left" in which to obtain a supply.
The manager of a chain of grocery
stores doing large business in retail
wines and liquors said it was only re-
Gently that the public at large realized
the seriousness Of the situation.
Last Hour Rush Is On
"For the last week our sales have
doubled, and in some instances trebled,"
he said. "Owing to the fact that many
Of our customers have left town for
the summer, we have been deluged with
mail orders and have had to take on
additional clerks to cope with the rush.
A single customer day bought more
than $4,000 worth of champagnes and
liquors, while orders averaging be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 are a daily
occurrence"
There is another faction which has
been aroused by the prospect Of the
forthcoming prohibition, the large
restaurant and cafe owners. The So
ciety Of Restauratcurs, to which the
most prominent restaurant men in the
city belong, held a meeting yesterday
at the Offices of the society, 1451 Broad
way.
Cafe Men Confer
The meeting was called by Presiden.
John j. Cavanagh to discuss what
measures, il any, might be taken in
order to save the restaurant and cafe
trade when prohibition comes into
effect thirteen days hence. Although
Gn.k 4
the appointment Of committee to
consider the question and make a
formal report at later meeting, much
interest was cvinced in the opinions of
William II. Hrst, general counsel for
the organization.
Where others sell
Why don't you buy
LIBERTY BONDS?