The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-07
JERSEY ROADHOUSE
PROVES REAL OASIS
Motorists Find Vinous and
Spirituous Liquor at Many
q Wayside Inn.
SCARCER IN THE CITIES
Manhattanese Who Visit Hud-
son Bars Find Only Near
Beer Available.
sCARCER IN THE CITIES

Like the camel toward the oasis over
the burning sands many New York au-
tomobile piled It's way yesterday along
hot and dusty New Jersey roads to Sc
cluded and shaded wayside inns. For In
many of these resorts there still reisned.
despite war time enactments and anti
saloon leagues, the spirituous product OF
the grape and tho grain. There. far
from Department Of Justice agents and
Secret Service men, the highball was In
It's glory, although according TO those
who knew its price was higher than ever
before in It's history.
1t was said that many Of the road
house men were doing altogether too
good a business in the forbidden spirits
to surrender easily. Even though the
Federal authorities did deal summarily
with the saloon keepers Of Atlantic City
who openly disobeyed the law, the road
house violators, II was said. feel fairly
afe In their seclusion. and the rates gen.
orally charged are large enough to COM
pensate them for the chance they take
While automobilists found solace In
this manner. pedestrians were less for
tunate. as most of the city liquor dealers
in New Jersey are said to be abiding by
the advice Of their association to sell
nothing except ais beer. Also, the
threat made on Saturday that saloons
would keep open on Sunday was not gen
orally observed.
City Saloons Mostly Closed.
Jersey City. Newark and other thickly
populated districts. were ostensibly Al
tightly closed in the front as they ever
had been on a Sunday. and large num-
bers OF suffering Manhattanites who vis'
tied those places in the hopes of findine
the strings OF the law looser than usual
we're disa appointed. Some saloons did re-
main open as they had said they would
selling 2.75 beer over the bar. As far
as 10 known no action was taken by the
authorities. In Union Hill two saloons
at least transacted business with the
front doors wide open, and many Others
did the usual back room business such
as was also carried on by the saloons
in the larger cities in compliance with
established custom.
Passaic saloons are still conducting
unlicensed sales Of 2.75 beer without In
reference from the authorities. Tit
fact that this beer is asserted to be un
Intoxicating by all who drink II ant
that the United States Government hal
decided to await the result OF ties
case before declaring It to be intoxicat
ing has put the New Jersey authoritie
| in a Quandary. The saloonkeepers VIII
sell It on Sunday and without licens
contend that 1t Is not Intoxicating an,
that there is therefore no reason 70
curtailing its distribution
Local Authoritses Indifferent.
| The local authorities feel that II tn
Federal officials are uncertain as to tn
status of the feeble product they ma,
we'll withhold action themselves. TIL
Passaic liquor licenses all expired las
Monday. but this uncertainty as to tn
exact legal staus OF 2.75 beer has en-
abled the dealers to continue its sale.
Efforts in Jersey City and Newar
by pilgrims from Manhattan to &c
something containing more than tx pc
cent. JOY met generally with no NOR
success than II applied In their ow
borough While certain Jerseyttes toll
stories of bootlegging these tales wer
not substantiated by investigation. Boot
leggers evidently were not taking an
| chance with strangers
| One New Yorker with parched throa
approached a brotherly looking strange
near the Exchange Place station in Jer
| sey City and asked, do you know wher
can get a real drink around herer'
The stranger replied. 81 don't know
I'm from New York and I'm looking 70
| some myself"
So II was that many a Manhattanit
who journeyed by tube or ferry to tn
ne!ghboring State in quest OF relief cam
back by tube or ferry last night JUS
as dry and far moro dissatisfied wit
life than when be started on his pilgrim
| age.