The sun., 1919-06-26
NEW YORK TO
CONTINUE WET
AFTER MONDAY
Dealers Get Underground
Tip That President
Will Act.
OFFICIALS MUCH IN AIR
Lack of Enforcement Law
Seen as Obstacle to Pro-
hibition Here.
OFFICIALS MUCH IN AIR


New York city will not be dry next
Tuesday.
The pail Of prohibition win not fall
upon the metropolis like mantle at
midnight next Monday and in Man
haitian alone there will be probably 600
places on Tuesday morning where
pick-me-u with a kick In it will be
obtainable.
While individuals affected would not
discuss their own plans for publica-
ton, information came to THE SUN
yesterday from reliable sources to the
effect that there would be 600 or more
thirst emporiums open and anxious to
do business Tuesday, July /. in every
brand Of alcoholic refreshment. There
may be individual iapses--those most
interested in the traffic use the term
'cold feet"-but the word has gone out
to go ahead and sell everything in
stock next Tuesday whether or no.
learned last night on the implied as
surance that Presidential proclamA-
ton raising the ban on war time prohibit
ton would be received on Saturday or
not later than Monday. In the event
that no such message is received from
president Wilson before Monday at mid
night the retail dealers have been ad-
vised to open up on Tuesday Just AZ Y
nothing like the food stimulation law or
war time prohibition ever was heard Of
Although this action had been decided
upon some weeks ago by the brewing
and distilling interests the matter was
|, all talked over yesterday afternoon at
meeting Of the Lager Beer Brewers
Board Of Trade at 100 East Fiftieth
street. and a decision reached to stick
to this policy.
1T Is a situation that requires game
| ness and we propose to meet It," That
was the way one OF the representatives
OF the brewing interests summed up
! the situation at tho close OF the meeting.
VIII Fight In Courts.
The six hundred or more individual
dealers who. 1t was said last night had
agreed to follow the advice OF the dis
tillers and brewers. have been told to
accept arrest or any legal procedure that
[ may follow, and have been advised
! further that all the resources OF the
combined organizations will be at their
disposal to fight the Issue in the courts.
| In addition THE suns information II
| that similar advice, although not con-
| veying the monetary assurances. has
| been sent out by the Association Op-
posed to National Prohibitions This
| organization processes to embrace in its
membership no person In any way con-
| nected with the liquor traffic. and Its
chief object Is announced to be the
preservation OF personal liberty.
| II was estimated yesterday that there
would be on Tuesday approximately
500 900 gallons of hard liquor in bond
| throughout the country. This of course
will be under the control of the Federal
authorities and II wartime prohibition
does become effective no Withdrawals
| from this stock will be available, But
there are hundreds Of saloon keepers in
New York city who have anywhere from
$4,000 to $4,000 worth OF stock on
hand and upon which the taxes have
been paid and these are the men who
propose to continue It's sale next week
Notwithstanding.
| How their contention may work ou,
In a court OF law these dealers are
willing to discover. It is not with any
intention of burking the law that they
propose to continue the sale of the hard
stun, but because they believe the Law
to be incomplete and questionable. They
point to tho fact that their State licenses
| run to October /. and that the Federal
| Government has issued revenue tar
stamps for the interim following July 1
: It is a fact that no enforcement leg
islation for war time prohibition was
passed during tho last session OF the
New York Legislature and Governor
| Smith declined TO include such a pro-
| posal In his call for the extra session
at which ratification of the W Ninan suf-
frags amendment was put thrc ugh. The
vets arc also fully alive to the further
fact that no penalty is provided In the
ststute TO- violation of the war time
prohibition enactment. No machinery
| for the enforcement of the law has been
provided. and no instructions along mis-
line have been received by the loca
police or the State constabulary. The
liquor men have been advised by coun.
sci that II Is a grave question whether q
New York city policeman or a State
trooper would have any authority &c
| step into ACcHseu bhioOH OF Hotol auV
attempt to prevent a sale OF liquor next
Tuesday.
1t Is argued that It would entail Q
special force OF several thousand Fed.
leral officers to compel absolute obser.
vance Of the wartime inhibitions In New
York city and this fact alone the liquor
men declare renders the operation OF
tho law impossible.
Police "Up I'm the Air."
Although nothing authoritative could
be cleaned from officiAls at headQuartsr
saloon men along Broadway. particular,
In the so-called white light district
made no secret of the fact that the,
Coattnusd On -2ssoatk updoa