The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-17

. hifh@bf OF Recommendations "
harder 10 get your name onto that
list than n h 10 break into q Black
Bay club. No man can set a
bottle Of whisky from me. n he's
not on my list. unless ha IL penon'
ally vouehed for by AN old Gus,
toner IN good standing.
And even n be comes 10 me with
apparently perfect recommendation
l don't sell 10 him until have
made personal Investigation.
Fer instance. as u frequently the
ease. ! may act q card. something
like this. This will introduce Mr..
John blank. who's o. X. Treat
him right" n viii be signed by
ono OF my beat clients.
You might think that I'D cell
him anything he wanted on tho
strength u thsi--bus l don't.
lie can't da any bustps~s with
me- until I've gone To tise phone
called mp tho man who veuehesi
for him and assured myself that
everything was NIL riSht--te-
cause. In tho frat place. tho
card might be . forgery. and
secondly. 10 might have fallen
Into the hands Of somsons
other than tho man TO when
II w~s originally issued.
Some boo;iexrcrs-ths "joinss.- IN
particusHr--aren't a. careful about
this an arm. Hut it's pretty safe
10 bet that all OF them spend q
period each year la the hcoasso~
Tho good. conservative BOOTLEG.
Tsr IL Who'll. 10; moro chsry about
accepting a now customer than the
average department stors IA about
sxssnding credit.
Ths manner of businssA II care
fully followed. makes n simoxt I'm.
possibis Tor . bootlesssr 70 sell
LIQUOR - officers or sfoo,plxsona.
but thsrs's the additional riak Of
bsins picked w whils making .
delivery.
oevsoussy. sAs greatest danssr
u encountered In the immsdiass
vicinity Of ths hootisggers cAcha.
go the patrolsnsn on the beat WHARF
the cache u located 10 invariably
fired" FRY dollars . month 10
tho usual amount raid for this kind
Of protection II It's handed out In
the form Of cash--two botsi~x a
week. u wet payments are made.
OF course. this u tho amount
paid only by bossis-resaiferr. OTHER
classes Of bootlegEers- Joints
and tho who!esaier.--have 60 pay
n lot more
Possibly hare done an inr
Justice 10 the Seattle police
force IN this connection. In
Justice 10 the force. I should
sAy that there may be- some
patroimcn In town who can't he
fixed. Hut, n there are I've
never had the pleasure Of meet
Ing them--And ] can ssy with
assurance that none Of them
arc pounding beata In bootleg.
sing districts.
As for tho prevalence Of this pro.
lection system. I may gay thera Il
'"" DN~e ~ c'"tts@-tus pootteEknfe
curb exchange"--which IL worth
several thousand dollars a month
to tho pasrolmsn who have IL A
policeman who n lucky enough 10 be
assigned 10 this district can easily
clean UP in q couple OF weeks M
much a. HIS city pay amounts "a
IN year---so II II any wonder that
he faiis7
This high cost Of protection has
brought about one rather amusing
situation. When a patroiman on
such lucrative beat IL shifted else.
whcrc--on tho commendable theory
that such changes make IL irnposxl.
bio for ths officers 70 be "fixed"---
he goes TO his successor and says:
Look here. now. This IL a nice
beat---but You don't know the ropes.
And. unless I show you tho ropes. q
lot OF cheap bootieKKcrs win try 10
keep from coming thru until you get
onto them--and you'll lose n couple
OF grand or so. But II youfn split
ON tho first months income IN
take you around and INTRODUCES you
to the trade"
And 70 we have the ridiculous pic
ture Of a policeman actually selling
his beat to a man who has been
officially ordered to that territory
To get back--cven tho he exer.