Show REfUSE TO ON DIVES i j SAYING THEY DREAD AWfUL BLACK LIST I Ij I I. f. T. T L. o orr 4 Considerable discussion was wasI ns I 1 aroll aroused cJ at last nights night's meeting 4 of the council committee Jover J- J i ii i over the tact fact that the bartenders present p claimed thor th knew of 1 v i via vio- i. vernl al saloons f which arc are i latino tho law but h they I of ofF r i F would not peach on any them llio claimed v 4 that if they thc gave 0 any auy tiou tion n against their 4 v vI I 1 thc they would be and nna 4 1 forced breed to get out of town They of them wro ero 4 4 v claimed that most 4 men with nth families s HU aud lh they 4 this 4 r J 1 could not d to do to 4 f They also that this was vas vasI i i. I tho duty of the police i. i H H- H H The Broughton bar on West Second South street is to bo be the first victim of the reform crusade crua c instituted by b the busi busi- city council against shady liquor ness The cl eagerness erness with which the council license c committee of the council council coun coun- cil is s going oin at its work and sincerity of purpose were s shown last night when members pledged ed each other to vote rote unanimously Y for the thc revocation of this license lii c. c Ostensibly the r reason ason will bo be that the Brou Broughton bar kept open last that councilmen coun- coun councilmen councilmen Sunday it is taken to mean have bave on their fi fighting gloves lo es and have hao made a start started the With tho the movement mo thus idea of tho the license com committee mitt eo is to follow fol follow low up tho the situation step by step anti and among the first mo moves mores es decided upon last night ni ht wore Abolishment of tho the p payment of licenses by the tho quarter All AU retail and possibly wholesale liquor licenses to be bo paid for the year in iu advance Drug stores rooming houses parlor houses and possibly restaurants selling felling liquor to pay a a. retail license of 1320 1320 a a. year Holders of government licenses to pay paya a city liquor license of either oither or 1200 a year in as tho the cir cir- circumstances circumstances cir cir- may domand demand the tho possession of a n government license ll to bo prima facie fade evidence that the holder is engaged en on- in the liquor traffic SL Sis months to elapse before a new license will bo be granted to engage in ill inthe the tho liquor traffic in a place which has I been boon closed for a violation of or tho the liquor laws Saloons restaurants drug stores andall andall and andall all holders of liquor licenses Cs to conic como under tho Sunday closing law under penalty of a revocation of the their 1 licenses without refund for tho the term they thoy have to run 1 All connections such as exits and entrances entrances en en- trances between saloons and restaurants ants to be abolished These it is thought will be bo cleat to work upon for the present and find when wizen they arc are well under way war tho Ques que Question ues- ues tion tione of increasing tho the saloon license and establishing g a restricted et d district ct will willbo willbo bo be taken up Saloon matters were cere threshed out ith the aid of four members of the Bartenders Bartenders' Bar lIar tenders' tenders union aud and Fr Frank Wentzel proprietor of tho Owl bar bai The union union John Jobu men were Joseph Line ne president Foote secretary and md treasurer Thomas Osborne chairman of the label committee commit commit- tee tec of the tho state federation and i dole ele gate Jato to the tho central body of the organization of bai bartenders bai tenders in in Utah and Frank Stewart Stewart- Protest on Increase These men mon were sent scat before the tho com com- mitt mitt-co by the saloon aloon proprietor of tho the cit city eity to object to any increase in the liquor l license but in iu addition a a. great deal of excellent information was brought bt out to enU enlighten the members of the committee Thc They ar argued that the tho bi big trouble with the liquor business in salt bait alt Lake Lako City today ia is is the tho fact that drug stores restaurants rooming houses bawdy bawdyhouses bawdyhouses houses bou es cigar ci r stores and skating rinks are all permitted to sell liquor without navin paying the necessary license t thus u cut cut- I I I i t deeply into the business of the tho li- li mate git saloon It was claimed that the rooming house was responsible for the immorality usually usa usa- ally all charged char ed up against the saloon Beer I business is JS the rooming house O forte it I was as explain explained d. d It was also represented represent represent- ed cd that if dm drug stores were compelled to dispense with ith the liquor business at their soda fountains many would woul go o I out of business as several Ge sell as much I whisk as is any five saloons some retailing retail lug ing as us much as two barrels a day It It was asserted that many rooming houses would have havo to quit oCr the same reason Saloons ar are putting lunch stands 15 and aud stands into their theli places of business busi busi- nets ness ness it was said to get et female patronage patron patron- age a e and evade ado the law An increase proposed for saloon li licenses Ii Ii- censes ceases was as opposed ed b by the bartenders on ou the tho ground round that it would tend to create a monopoly of the tho saloon business business busi bust ness without raising uJ its moral tone That the advance would put some ome of tho so caled ed dives di out of business and increase tho the trado trade of the legitimate saloons saloons sa sa- sa loons was admitted but not in proportion proportion proper proper- tion to the proposed d increase 50 in tho the tho I I license It was claimed t that at the abel abol abolishment of the dive would not bring 5 5 a day additional business to a Ic legitimate iti- iti mate saloons as a they thoy arc not catering to business u now w enjoyed bv by tho the dives I Saloon men present explained that it itis itis 1 is mostly morth the foreign element that frequents frequents fre fre- the dives es and only a 3 small percentage per per- of this would be l in a I lc legitimate saloon It was also set forth that restaurants and rooming houses bouses I get got most of their trade from boys and girls who can cant can't t go o into a J. J I legitimate saloon Not a Gold Mine Mino Mr Ir Osborne in pi the bartenders bartenders' bartenders bartenders' bar bar- tenders' tenders views to tho the license committee committee commit commit- tee detailed the tho e expenses of the legitimate that the tho good mate saloon showing in saloon wag waa not a gold old mine under any consideration U The The profits of tho the legitimate to saloon ar arft UA now very ery small be said Tho The Thoo o i t of our union is is to elevate ole ele oleI cle- I rate vate the saloon and the saloon business to as a moral amoral plane pla-gc as possible We Wc wont want to place paco it U jt belongs He lIe then went vent on to show how the dive divo th ivos under the present conditions condi where they arc aro allowed to pay their licenses thus reducing I their responsibility to a a. minimum and an making it a 1 matter of a very small los loss to them 1 If closed up I Mr Jr Osborne advised that licenses s e issued only to American citizens that criminal or convicts ex-convicts be bo denied a li Ii li license cense Cento that the tho license mut be tic paid in advance ance and then if the- the holders bolders should break tho the law their licenses would bo be taken from them anti and tho the balance for for- felted J We fought for the Sunday closing I II I of saloons and null believe in ii it it sai said Mr lr Osborne i A U At t tho the pro present ent time many of tho outside saloons keep open Sundays Sun Situ days anti and tho the legitimate I l' l establishment must t also keep l upon open as a matter of protection It was represented that tho the life lifa of tho the average divo is from three or six months to three years Breweries anti and tho the landlord got get practically ly all nU tho the profits leaving tho the proprietor to scrape out outa a bare living as 35 best ho may maj Oftentimes Oftentimes Oftentimes Often Often- times it was shown such a a. proprietor has to call in ll his wife and oven O his children to help him out at tending bar and antI working around tho the in ill order I Ito c to cut down clown expenses as much as ble bic The Tho only time timo such a 2 saloon S. waxes fat on its profits is 15 when It manages manages man man- ages agos to land a a. sucker and rob him of his roll There Thero were several saloons that hadas hadas had hadas as many as three thieo bartenders in iu white whito coats and aprons at work on election day not the tho last one but on several before be bo- fore that was the claim made It was also claimed that saloons kept open as lS late as 3 0 o'clock in in tho the morning while sonic some were wore open at nt dali daylight ht Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day mornings s. s Councilman Martin suggested sug ested that all aU saloons be forced 1 to close at it 1208 0 o'clock midnight ht Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day ni nights and aud c every ery other ni night ht After Drug Stores So effective o the arguments of ot the bartenders that It Is likely that the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed Increase In the tho saloon license will wUl willbe willbe be dropped for or tho present and attention I turned to tho the dru drug stores rooming rooming- houses parlor houses and restaurants The raising rais rals- lag ing of th the drug chuS store license to 1200 would add approximately to the city's s revenues annually Upon this point the license committee appeared decided but the restaurant question will require deep Investigation One Otto thing appears I certain however and that Is that restaurants restaurants res res- taut ants that sell liquor and saloons will iii have to do away with closed booths Tho The assessing of a 0 city license n against holders of government licenses will practically eliminate this class of oC liquor dealers It ItIs ItIs Itis Is asserted The proposition of ot refusing to grant a R. liquor license sc to a place whore thero has hils been a n violation of ot the law for or six elx months afterward will UJ have the effect of ot making the owner of or the premises elt sit up and take notice It Is believed belle with the result that he will Interest himself far r O-r enough to re require ro- ro quire his tenant to pledge himself to comply comply com corn ply with the law before beCore ho allows him to I enter his premises As the first 1 step In the proposed re reform reform re- re form tho the license of tho the Broughton bar baron baron on West st Second South street l Is to bo be revoked T next net Monday night for violation of oC the law liw lost last Sunday Sunda |