SELLING LIQUOR.
RISKS IN AMERICA. “SPEAKEASY” OWNERS’ VIEWS. (United Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, March 30. The result of the poll taken among “speakeasy” operators has been published in the “New York Herald,” which showed them to be overwhelmingly in favour of modification or repeal of the Prohibition laws. The principal reason offered was the problem faced by operators of graft expenditure, exploitation bv the authorities and extortion by the police and Federal agents.
The next important hazards were: (1) The possibility of official raids. (2) The fear of hold-ups by gunmen who knew that their victims could not complain to the police. (3) The fear of “padlock” proceedings. (-1) Higher rentals. (5) Non-paying customers, such as the police. ■' (6) The social, stigma placed upon the “speakeasy” owner 1 and liis family. (7) Loss of liigh-class patronage due to home delivery.
The Opinion virtually of all those questioned seemed to be expressed by the operator, who said; “Sure; I’m for repeal. My last payment to the police will take me two months to make up.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19300401.2.37
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 145, 1 April 1930, Page 5
Word Count
174SELLING LIQUOR. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 145, 1 April 1930, Page 5
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in