Show DUMBER OF SALOONS HIGH LICENSE AND ITS EFFECT IN VARIOUS CITIES the I 1 isopod Iro pod reduction la in the nam lier tier ot Jalo oni in new lork of if saloon saloons to lol lopa lAUon llew of liquor dealer dealers WO AVO methods have been tried in ia a rious parta parts of the countr with dif fei at degrees of ni success for reducing tho the number of licensed liquor places the first and most familiar ot of these la Is th 3 application of the principle of high Ile license ense so called under which tho the rates of license fees are so far raised as to become almost prohibitory to the minor number of saloons while the local re revenue ventie Is not reduced substantially though the number of saloons Is this method which has found approval in many republican cities haa has been looked cupon upon with disfavor in new york state since the republicans at their nominating convention of 1883 1888 committed themselves specifically to ita its support frid met soon afterward a serious defeat which left the champion of high it 11 cene air miller beyond tho the breastworks as la Is well known saya says the new byork sun the highest license tee fee charged anywhere in the united states its Is at haverhill mass blass where it costa costs 2 to set get a license for a saloon i there are aro twenty eight saloons in haverhill a town of inhabitants or in the proportion of at one saloon to about eleven hundred persona persons several other towns particularly lowell new bedford springfield and worcester have the high license licence principle in operation and there la is also a elated stated license fa of 1000 in these cities tin in other parts of the country philadelphia ehla pittsburg minneapolis atlanta where the exposition now Is duluth land st joseph in boston with a license fee of 1000 there aro are fewer ithan than eight hundred ra fa loons and la in atlanta tower fewer than one hundred in the proportion of about one saloon to every thousand Inhibit inhabitants ants in st louis louts a license costa costs GOO and in denver deaver the tee fee la Is the same in chicago and detroit it la Is and all cuica cities in which that rate 1 Is exacted from saloons are put usually in the vie category of high license cities among those high license ettles chicago with more than 6 licensed places stands first and then come st louts with 2000 philadelphia with 1500 exclusive of speak tastes and detroit with 1200 1 the number of saloons to the otholo population la Is greater in detroit thin in any other largo large city of the country in which a license tec fee of la Is charged the proportion there Is 1 one saloon to of at population seven largo large cities of the united states washington providence and anew ow haven among them hae a icenho fio of A dozen largo large cities have it 11 conse tee fee of then follow fifty largo cities with a license fee of at and then coma come new york and milwaukee two towns in which the consumption of beer and liquors id Is very large with a license fee of the cost of a liquor license in this city puts it lov 1 down in the category of low dicenso I 1 cities for the few which charge as little or 1 less are nearly all of them in the south where the rate of business does not justify a much higher figure besides this many of the southern cities in which a low retail license rate Is 1 charged ire tre in districts or counties which contribute many thousands of dollars to the federal treasury in tho the form of internal fornal In revenue duties up to a year ago I 1 rooklyn had a fen ten of but it ban has been raised since there la Is a 50 license in now york tor for the sale of 0 ale or beer and hotels pay cither either or their classification being regulated r by the number of rooms room they have for guests new york has liquor 1 loons of all characters and lions and this Is 1 nearly one thousand fewer than the number of licensed places in new yc ack k nine years ago the population of the city hns or ry y greatly increased durler that time and the proportion ot at liquor saloons to thi ppul population atlon has therefore been steadily declining |